Basic Investigations for Remote Sensing of Coastal Areas.

Abstract

This report is divided into three sections. The first section deals with progress to date in using processing techniques to extract coastal bottom information from passive multispectral scanner (MSS) data. A summary is presented on development of a reflectance model used to obtain information on coastal bottom compositions. The second section deals with the progress in the beach environment task. Preliminary result are reported on development of an algorithm to determine the percentage water by volume. Determination of mineral composition is also discussed. The final section deals with a radar study on the problem of rocky beach recognition. Various existing theories for equating radar backscatter to terrain roughness are explored.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019959

Entities

People

  • C. T. Wezernak
  • David R. Lyzenga
  • F. J. Thomson
  • R. A. Shuchman

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Backscattering
  • Environment
  • Multispectral
  • Physical Properties
  • Recognition
  • Reflectance
  • Remote Sensing
  • Roughness
  • Surface Properties

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Vision.