Summary of Remote Sensing Applications

  • Land classification
    Land classification map in Russia
    Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/astart.htm

     

  • Meteorologic
    • Weather forecasting
    Hurricane Floyd
    Source: modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery

     

  • Environmental
    • UV Radiation and Ozone concentration
    • Air and water pollution
    Polar ozone monitoring over Antarctica
    Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/astart.htm

     

  • Natural Hazards
    • Volcano monitoring
    • Tectonic displacement due to earthquakes
    • Damage assessment from hurricanes, tornados, floods

    Measuring deformation after an earthquake using interferometry

    Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/ceos1/casetud/fdb/aetna.htm

     

  • Monitoring Climate Change
    • Ocean temperature
    Thermal anomaly detected by the SPOT satellite shows the development of an eddy southeast of the Island of Crete off the coast of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea.
    Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/astart.htm

     

    • Polar ice thickness and extent
    • Glacial ablation
    • Drought
    Portion of the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica
    Source: http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/terra/dataproducts.asp
  • Military applications
Al Sijood Palace in Iraq
Source: rst.gsfc.nasa.gov
  •   Astronomy from space
Colliding galaxies as seen from Hubble Space Telescope
Source: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/showcase/galaxies/g10.shtml