Capabilities of Remote Sensors to Determine Environmental Information for Combat

Abstract

U.S. Army Field and Technical Manuals were used to develop a list of 313 environmental information needs, or factors, required by the Army to accomplish its various tasks. Each factor was evaluated against a list of remote sensing systems to determine the extent to which each system could provide the needed information. Interpretation procedures were restricted to evaluation of imagery by conventional interpretation techniques and equipment. The systems evaluated are LANDSAT (ERTS), radar, thermal infrared, low-level oblique photography, standard photo index sheets, stereo 1:100,000 scale vertical aerial photography, and stereo 1:20,000 scale vertical aerial photography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035139

Entities

People

  • Alan E. Krusinger
  • Ambrose O. Poulin
  • Jack N. Rinker
  • Judy Ehlen
  • Paul B. Mccracken
  • Thomas R. Currin

Organizations

  • Geospatial Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photography
  • Bridges
  • Communication Systems
  • Crossings
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electric Power
  • Engineers
  • Industrial Plants
  • Landforms
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Photography
  • Radar
  • Remote Detectors
  • Remote Sensing
  • River Crossings
  • Side Looking Radar
  • Site Selection
  • Soil Classification
  • Terrain
  • Transportation

Readers

  • Computer Vision.