1. Remote Sensing What can we do with it?

2. The early years

3. Yellowstone Fires 1988, Recorded 7/2001

4. How it works Incoming solar energy Reflecting surfaces Scatter, absorb, and reflect light

5. Electromagnetic Energy and surface reflectance

6. Spectral Reflectance

8. Progression of common satellites MSS spatial scale 20m, TM 30m

9. Satellite Sensors SatelliteSpatial Resolution Spectral Resolution QuickBird1-4meters.45-.90 µ m Ikonos1&21-4meters.45-.90 µ m SPOTHR-XS10-20meters.51-1.75 µ m LANDSAT TM 7(1)15m.45-.515 µ m (2,3,4,5,7) 30m.525 – 2.35 µ m (6)60m2.09-2.35 µ m AVRIS20m224 bands

10. Sun Synchronous Orbital Flight Row and Path

11. TM 30 meter multi-spectral imagery

12. Keweenaw Peninsula, bands 2, 3 and 4 provide a color composite

13. Summer AVHRR Composite Spatial Scale 1km

14. New Technologies

16. AVRIS Spectra

17. AVRIS Hyperspectral Cube Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 224 spectral channels 400 – 2500 nm spectral resolution, 20 meter ground resolution. Brine Shrimp pond

19. Lidar Light Detection and Ranging Visible portion of spectrum Excellent opportunities for vertical dimensions not for horizontal Data from Lefsky et al