Title :
An economic value of remote sensing information: Application to agricultural production and maintaining ground water quality
Author :
Forney, Will M. ; Raunikar, R. ; Mishra, S. ; Bernknopf, R.
Author_Institution :
Western Geographic Sci. Center, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Abstract :
Presents a collection of slides covering the following topics: This application would not be possible without MRLI, and VOI cannot be estimated without an application; An estimate of VOI for MRLI and the Landsat Data Continuity Mission is $38.1B ± $8.8B for northeastern Iowa; VOI estimate could be lower with additional constraints, land use policies, and management practices; VOI estimate could be higher with larger regions or different applications; By soft-coupling complex geospatial, agricultural production, hydrogeologic and groundwater vulnerability models, our results give regional decision makers natural resource management tools to use in context of protecting public health.
Keywords :
agriculture; environmental monitoring (geophysics); groundwater; remote sensing; water quality; Landsat Data Continuity Mission; MRLI; VOI; agricultural production; complex geospatial models; economic value; ground water quality maintainance; land use policies; management practices; natural resource management tools; northeastern Iowa; public health; regional decision makers; remote sensing information; soft-coupling; Agriculture; Biological system modeling; Earth; Production; Remote sensing; Satellites; Soil;
Conference_Titel :
Socio-economic Benefits Workshop, 2012
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2777-0
DOI :
10.1109/SeBW.2012.6292272