Remote Sensing Instruments: A Sensor Tutorial

Figure 1 A rather novel approach to remote sensing. The famed pigeon fleet that operated in Europe

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Figure 2 Sine wave plot of different wavelengths

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Figure 3 The electromagnetic spectrum

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Figure 4 Generalized diagram of atmospheric transmission windows in the electromagnetic spectrum

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Figure 5 Typical spectral responses for basic land cover types

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Figure 6 Satellite Orbits

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Figure 7 ERTS-1 -- the 1st Landsat satellite

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Figure 8 Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS)

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Figure 9 MSS band 4 image

Figure 10 MSS band 5 image

Figure 11 MSS band 11 image

Figure 12 MSS band 7

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Figure 13 MSS false color image

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Figure 14 Spectral responses for various land covers as identified from Landsat MSS data

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Figure 15 Table of Landsat TM characteristics

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Figure 16 NE Alabama -- ridge and valley landscape

Figure 17 Death Valley, California

Figure 18 Sonoran Desert, Mexico

Figure 19 Mexico City

Figure 20 Mexico City

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Figure 21 Table of Landsat ETM+ characteristics

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Figure 22 ETM+ color composite image of southern California

Figure 23 ETM+ PAN image of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland

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Figure 24 CCD Imaging Arrays

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Figure 25 SPOT stereo viewing capabilities

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Figure 26 SPOT image of center pivot irrigation, Kansas

Figure 27 Photo of center pivot irrigation

Figure 28 SPOT image of Ivory Coast, west Africa

Figure 29 SPOT Panchromatic image of U.S./Mexico border

Figure 30 SPOT color image of Mali, Africa

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Figure 31 IRS PAN image of Frankfurt, Germany airport

Figure 32 IRS LISS-III color image of Bay of Naples, Italy

Figure 33 IRS WiFS color image of Switzerland and France

Figure 34 IRS PAN/LISS-III data merge

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Figure 35 AVHRR color composite image of the Mississippi River Delta

Figure 36 Composite of AVHRR images for analysis of vegetation in Africa

Figure 37 Composite of AVHRR images of the entire globe

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Figure 38 GOES global data

Figure 39 GOES data of part of the U.S.

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Figure 40 Landsat TM thermal image

Figure 41 Color enhanced AVHRR TIR image

Figure 42 Aircraft daytime TIR color enhanced image

Figure 43 Aircraft nighttime TIR image

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Figure 44 Radar image of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area

Figure 45 Radar image of Nigeria/Cameroon, west Africa

Figure 46 Radar image of Pine Mountain thrust fault region of North Carolina

Figure 47 Merged radar and Landsat image

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