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
Land classification map in Russia Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/astart.htm
Hurricane Floyd Source: modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery
Polar ozone monitoring over Antarctica Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/astart.htm
Measuring deformation after an earthquake using interferometry Source: http://ceos.cnes.fr:8100/cdrom-98/ceos1/casetud/fdb/aetna.htm
Measuring deformation after an earthquake using interferometry
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
Portion of the Ross ice shelf in Antarctica Source: http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/terra/dataproducts.asp