Remote sensing of wildland resources: A state-of-the-art review

Robert C. Aldrich

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Remote sensing of wildland resources: A state-of-the-art review

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Authors:

Robert C. Aldrich

Year:

1979

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-71 Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 56 p.

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Abstract

A review, with literature citations, of current remote sensing technology, applications, and costs for wildland resource management, including collection, interpretation, and processing of data gathered through photographic and nonphotographic techniques for classification and mapping, interpretive information for specific applications, measurement of resource parameters, and observations and counts of occurrences.

Keywords

remote sensing, photographic, nonphotographic, classification, mapping interpretation, measurements, observations, wildland, forest, range, soils, water

Citation

Aldrich, Robert C. 1979. Remote sensing of wildland resources: A state-of-the-art review. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-71 Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 56 p.