Title :
Preliminary evaluation of NASA EO-1 imagery through an analysis of land cover/land use in Belize, Central America
Author :
White, W.A. ; Crawford, M.M. ; Smith, S.S. ; Tremblay, T.A. ; Raney, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Bur. of Econ. Geol., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
This project, funded through NASA´s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) program, is a 2-year investigation to evaluate EO-1 ALI and Hyperion in Belize, Central America. The Bureau of Economic Geology and Center for Space Research are evaluating the newly acquired data in cooperation with the Government of Belize
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; ALI; Belize; Central America; EO-1; Earth Observing-1; Hyperion; IR imaging; agricultural land; coastal lands; equipment; forests; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; land cover; land surface; land use; multispectral remote sensing; natural resources; satellite remote sensing; savanna; spectral remote sensing; terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; wetlands; Earth; Environmental economics; Geology; Government; Hyperspectral imaging; Hyperspectral sensors; Image analysis; NASA; Remote sensing; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976054
