Monday, June 28, 2010

Interior Continues Leadership Role in Land Remote Sensing Under National Space Policy Announced by the President


“Land remote sensing is a crucial tool in our efforts to develop broad, effective, holistic approaches to both mitigate and adapt to the environmental challenges of our day,” said Castle, who oversees Interior’s Water and Science agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey. “In addition, remote sensing has critical event-specific uses, for example, in closely monitoring the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and establishing baseline and post-spill conditions.”

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  1. In remote sensing
    , information transfer is accomplished by use of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Through remote sensing spectral, spatial, and temporal information about material objects, area, or phenomenon is acquired. Without direct physical contact with the objects, or area, or phenomenon under investigation, some means of transferring information through space is utilised.

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