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NASA CONTRACTOR

REPORT

co

NASA CR-2581

APPLICATIONS OF MICROWAVES

TO REMOTE SENSING OF TERRAIN

Ronald A. Porter

Prepared by

RADIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Wakefield, Mass. 01880

for Langley Research Center

0UTtO

\Jj NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION • WASHINGTON, 0. C. • NOVEMBER 1975

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19760004317 2020-05-15T22:11:23+00:00Z

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1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No.

NASA CR-2581 4. Title and Subtitle

Applications of Microwaves to Remote Sensing

5. Report Date

NOVEMBER 1975 6. Performing Organization Code

of Terrain

7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No.

Ronald A. Porter 10. Work Unit No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

RADIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11. Contractor Grant No.

28C Vernon Street Wakefield, MA 01880

NAS 1-13126 13. Type of Report and Period Covered

r Contractor May-Oc tober 1

Repo 97

____________________________________________ 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

National Aeronautics & Space Administration Washington, DC 20546

14, Sponsoring Agency Code

15. Supplementary Notes Technical Monitor: Mr. Bruce M. Kendall, NASA Langley .Research Center, Hampton, VA 23365

TOPICAL REPORT

16. Abstract

A survey and study has been conducted to define the role that microwaves may play in the measurement of a variety of terrain-related parameters. The survey consisted of discussions with many users and

researchers in the field of remote sensing. In'addition, a Survey Questionnaire was prepared and replies were solicited from these and other users and researchers.

The results of the survey, and associated bibliography, were studied and conclusions were drawn as to the usefulness of radiometric systems for remote sensing of terrain.

11. Key Words (Suggested by Authorls)l IS. Distribution Statement

Microwaves Remote Sensing Unclassified - Unlimited Terrain Radiometers Imaging Radar Subject Category 35

19. Security Oassif. (of this report) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price

Unclassified Unclassified 57 $4.25

For sale by the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION -

SECTION 2 - TERRAIN SURVEY APPROACH

2-1

2.1 Introduction

2-1

2.2 Survey Approach Details

2-1

2.2.1 Comments on the Symposium

2-2

2.2.2 Meetings With Researchers and Users in Remote Sensing Field

2-3

2.2.3 Remote Sensing Questionnaire

2-4

SECTION 3 - TERRAIN SURVEY RESULTS

3-1

SECTION 4 - ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MICROWAVES

4-I

4.1 Airborne Microwave Systems

4-2

4.2 Satellite Microwave Systems

4.3 Sophistication of Microwave Sensors Over Other Techniques

4-5

SECTION 5 - DATA ANALYSIS PROBLEMS WITH MICROWAVES COMPARED WITH OTHER

TECHNIQUES

5-I

5.1 Radiometer Calibration

5-3

5.2 Non-Uniform Apparent Temperatures Across Scan

5-k

5.3 Compensation for Radiations Received Via the Antenna

Sidelobes

5-5

5.4 Effects of Solar Radiation

5-6

5.5 Automated Data Analysis Techniques

5-6

SECTION 6 - REFERENCES

M.

SECTION 7 -,BIBLIOGRAPHY ---------------------------------------------7-1

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure No. Page

Brightness Temperatures of Rough, Foam-Covered Ocean

Surfaces (2.5 GHz, T = 2840K, S = 33 0/oo, W = 1 and 20 m/s, Clear Sky and Heavy Rain) ----------------------- 4-7

LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Paqe

3-1 Summary of Terrain Survey -------------------------------3-2

iv

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of the work described in this report was to conduct a survey

and perform a study, to define the role that microwaves may play in the measure-

ment of terrain-related parameters such as soil moisture, crop and vegetation

identification, determination of crop growth stage and similar items of interest

to users of remotely sensed data. In addition, a study was required on the

advantages and disadvantages of microwaves over other remote sensing techniques,

both airborne and spaceborne.

The survey consisted of in-depth discussions with many users of remotely

sensed data and researchers in this field; attendance at the Ninth International

Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment; a visit to the Laboratory for

Applications of Remote Sensing at Purdue University; and solicitation of replies

to a variety of questions listed in a detailed Survey Questionnaire.

The information accumulated, as a result of the survey, was summarized and

analyzed. In addition, technical material furnished by many of the users and

researchers was studied. This information is listed in the References and

Bibliography. The results of the survey are presented in Section 3; analyses of the

results appear in Sections k and 5. Section 6 furnishes a list of references and

Section 7 furnishes a bibliography of technical material provided or referenced

by users and researchers.

It is clear that, in a survey and study of such broad scope, it would have

been relatively easy to assign a man-year of effort to the entire effort.

However, constraints imposed by the project, of which the survey is a minor part,

restricted this work to less than 1.5 man-months. Despite the brevity of the

effort, it is felt that the results are representative and the analyses, conducted

thereon, are valid.

The results of the survey and study show that microwaves can play an important

role in remote sensing, partly due to their relative immunity to the effects of

weather, partly to their unique detection capabilities (water salinity and soil

moisture) and partly to their ability to "see" through foliage and limited thick-

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nesses of soil. Although it may be difficult to achieve adequate spatial resolu-

tion with low frequency microwave radiometric sensors, from earth satellites,

focused side-looking radar (SLR) can furnish a resolution of, at least, 15 meters

from such vehicles. Of course, SLR cannot measure water salinity nor water

temperature. -

Based on the results of this work, it is clear that microwaves can play an

important role in remote sensing of terrain, from aircraft and spacecraft.

Accordingly, it is recommended that plans be initiated at an early date for air-

borne and spaceborne microwave systems. At the same time, development of the

related data processing and automated data analysis techniques should be accelerated.

It is felt that proper implementation of this work will be of considerable value to

the remote sensing field.

1-2

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Section 2

TERRAIN SURVEY APPROACH

2.1 INTRODUCTION

In certain respects, this survey has been viewed as an extension of the

survey conducted in connection with the study performed by Porter and Florance

[1]. In that work, a representative variety of microwave radiometric data were

generated and collected for use in computing brightness temperatures radiated

by various terrestrial materials and phenomena, under a range of atmospheric

conditions. The detectability of the materials and phenomena was, then, computed

at seven (7) microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies, with state-of-the-art

radiometric systems operating with specified antenna apertures.

Time has not permitted a similarly ambitious study in connection with this

survey; the above work occupied a period of ten (10) months, whereas the time

devoted to this survey has been just two (2) months. Of course, the objectives

of this study are somewhat different from the referenced work, in that extensive

data manipulations and analyses were not required. In addition, an exhaustive

evaluation of the state-of-the-art of microwave radiometric systems and space-type

antennas was not essential. However, a considerable amount of useful information

has been accumulated to permit a valid assessment . of the role that microwaves may

play in the measurement of various terrain-related parameters. This has included

results from ground-based, airborne and space-borne radiometric observations of

such items as soils, vegetation, fresh water, snow, ice and oil spills in ocean

water. Some of the equipments and analytical techniques, employed i.n these

observations, have been quite sophisticated. Accordingly, the results obtained

have provided a firm basis for this study.

2.2 SURVEY APPROACH DETAILS

Due to the short period of time available for the survey, it was decided to

obtain the requisite information in the following manner:

2-1

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1. Attendance at the Ninth International Symposium on Remote

Sensing of Environment, held April 15-19th, 197 4 at the

University of Michigan.

2. Meetings with researchers in the remote sensing field and

with users of remotely sensed data.

and 3. Solicitation of replies to a comprehensive questionnaire

from individuals engaged in remote. sensing activities and

from users of remotely sensed data.

2.2.1 COMMENTS ON THE SYMPOSIUM

A total of thirteen (13) papers dealt with microwave radiometry. One

other, to be written by a Russian author, was not presented. Eleven (11) papers,

dealing with radar, were presented. Most of these involved side-looking radar.

An additional paper, to be written by a Russian author, was not presented.

Reference [21 provides summaries of papers given at the Symposium.

Two interesting papers 13, 41 dealing with microwave radiometry, have been

obtained in preprint form The first-mentioned paper describes ground-based

radiometric observations at 1)4 and 10.7 GHz. The L-band radiometer data shows a

satisfactory response to soil moisture through low density vegetation, for

vertical polarization. In addition, surface roughness appears to have little

effect on soil moisture response for this polarization.

The second-mentioned paper presents airborne imagery of agricultural areas,

obtained with a 35 GHz scanning radiometer, during winter, spring and summer

conditions. The data show that field patterns, ponds, lakes, roads, forested

areas and buildings are detectable through approximately 0.5-meter snow depths.

In addition, these features and buildings were imaged through a cloud layer 1,500

feet thick. This is rather significant, at this frequency, and indicates the

superiority of microwave sensors over those in the visible and infrared regions,

where atmospheric effects are concerned.

2-2

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Most of the non-microwave papers, presented at the Symposium, dealt with

data obtained by the ERTS-1 Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS). It was clear from

these that ERTS is performing a valuable function in the measurement of terrain-

related parameters, notwithstanding the sensors' inability to penetrate cloud

cover and collect information on the dark side of the earth, and the satellite's

infrequent scan repetition (once every 18 days). Although the MSS sensors are

limited to operation over the daylight side of the earth, the Data Collection

Platforms permit reception of telemetered data under, both, daylight and night-

time conditions. These devices tend to mitigate the shortcomings of the MSS

sensors, where cloudy and nighttime conditions are concerned.

2.2.2 MEETINGS WITH RESEARCHERS AND USERS IN REMOTE SENSING FIELD

Several important meetings were held with researchers in the remote sensing

field and with users of remotely sensed data, to obtain information for the

survey. These are listed below:

1. L.F. Silva, D.A. Landgrebe, R.M. Hoffer, F. Schultz, B. Robinson

and V. 'Vanderbilt, Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing,

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,

2. R.H. Miller, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC.

3. W. Fischer, D. Carter and C. Robinove, EROS Program, U.S.

Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.

4 G.B. Torbert and J.M. Linne, Bureau of Land Management, Dept.

of the Interior, Washington, DC.

5. J.D. KOutsandreas, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.

6. E.P. McLain, A.E. Strong, D.R. Wiesnet and J.W. Sherman, III,

National Environmental Satellite Service, , National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, Hillcrest Heights, Maryland.

7. T.J. Schmugge, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt,

Maryland.

The results of the above personal contacts are given in Section 3.

2-3

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2.2.3 REMOTE SENSING QUESTIONNAIRE

To facilitate collection of information for the terrain survey, a

comprehensive questionnaire was prepared, reproduced and forwarded to twenty-

four (24) researchers and users in the field of remote sensing. The question-

naire consists of three (3) pages and cites the purpose of the survey, followed

by fifteen (15) individual questions to be answered by the addressee. The

questionnaire is reproduced on the following pages. A total of fifteen (15)

replies were received from this solicitation. These are considered to be

representative of the remote sensing field. Many replies include extensive

bibliographies; a few respondents furnished copies of fecent papers.

2-k

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RADIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. 28C Vernon Street,

Wakefield, MA 01880

Tel: (617) 245-8070

TECHNICAL SURVEY

NASA - Langley Contract NAS 1-13126

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC SENSING OF TERRAIN

PURPOSE OF SURVEY

• To define the role that airborne and spaceborne microwave radiometry may play in the measurement of terrain-related parameters.

2. To determine the advantages and disadvantages of microwave radiometry over other remote sensing techniques (space and airborne).

The prime terrain-related parameters, to be covered in the survey, are as follows:

1. Soil identification

2. Soil temperature

3. Soil and snow moisture, with distribution

14 • Soil moisture for landslide potential

5. Snow depth and density

6. Discrimination between crops, forests and other vegetation

7. Discrimination between crops

8. Discrimination between different types of trees

9. Crop and forest growth stage

10. Crop diseases

11. Forest diseases - for example, defoliation due to gypsy moth infestation

12. Crop and forest acreage

13. Crop and forest moisture

lL . Detection of forest fires

15. Assessment of burned and clear cut areas

16. Flood boundaries

17. Water pollution - thermal and chemical

18. Fresh water ice

19. Beach erosion

20. Geological features - fault lines, volcanic activity, lava flows, and

extent of strip mining

21. Hydrogeological - glacial, snow and ice

22. Land use - crop and truck farming

- housing

- transportation

2-5

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RADIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.

28C Vernon Street, Wakefield, MA 01880

Tel: (617) 245-8070Date: 1974

MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC. SENSING OF TERRAIN

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

1. User name and address

. Mteria1s and phenomena of interest

3. Why is remotely sensed data important to you?

14 • How important is remote sensing-to you? Please explai

5. What is the required data accuracy? (%, °K, Position in appropr;iate units)

6. What order of spatial resolution is required for your purposes? (Sq. meters, sq.

ft., acres, sq. miles, etc.)_______________________________________________

7. What types of correlative data are considered important for your purposes?_____

8. In what form should the remotely sensed data be presented? (Computer tabulations,

imagery, graphical plots, computer maps etc.)_________________________________

9. What types of equipment are currently employed, by your organization, for remote

sensing? Give operating frequencies, wavelengths, accuracies, resolution______

2-6

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10. Are samples of data, obtained with your equipment, available for inclusion in

our report? Please describe and attach to this Questionnaire___________

11. Have there been any significant data interpretation problems associated with

your current remote sensing techniques? Please describe______________

12. Please give names of other users, or potential users, for remotely sensed data

in your area of interest__________________________________________________________

13. Please provide list of technical reports or papers, published in connection

with your current remote sensing program (attach to this Questionnaire).

i'+. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of microwave radio-

metric remote sensing, from aircraft and spacecraft, over other techniques?_

15. Other comments

(Signature)

(Name, please print)

(Title)

(Tel. No.)

2-7

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Preceding Page BlankSection 3

TERRAIN SURVEY RESULTS

As stated in the preceding Section, a total of fifteen (15) replies were

received from twenty-four (2 1+) Survey Questionnaire solicitations. For ease

of review, replies to the key items have been summarized in Table 3-I.

These are considered to be representative OF the remote sensing community since

they furnish a rather wide variety of useful information.

It is worth reviewing some the key requirements listed by the respondents.

Referring to Table 3-1 the following materials and phenomena are of interest to

users:

Soil classification, moisture; depth and particle size.

Soil cover and plant type.

Estimates of soil evapotranspiration.

Land use patterns.

Percentage stone in land areas.

Sand and mud flat areas.

Beach erosion.

Drainage patterns.

Snow, glacier ice, lake ice and sea ice.

Fresh water quality and temperature.

Lake wave height.

Flood boundaries.

Sediments and suspended materials.

Environmental pollutants on land and in water.

Forest fires.

Crops, forests, forest burned and clear cut areas.

Vegetation cover types.

Geological features - fault lines, volcanic activity, lava

flows, and extent of strip mining.

3-1

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Most of the users need temperature data. The required absolute accuracy

lies in the range 0.1 to 10°K; however, accuracies in the range 0.1 to 20K

are the most popular. Other accuracy requirements are: Salinity - <1 part per

thousand; Oil spills - < 0.1 mm; Soil moisture - ± 1%.

Spatial resolution requirements fall in the range .4 m 2 to 2.6 x 106 m2,

with the median value lying at approximately 4047 sq. meters. One respondent

(U.S. Army CRREL) needs a profile resolution of 5 to 10 m.

A wide variety of correlative data appear necessary for remote sensing data

interpretations. The following requirements were listed in response to Item 7

in the Ouestionriaire:

Surface temperatures (IR or other)

Solar radiation flux

Multispectral data

Visible and reflective IR data

Spectral emissivity and reflectance

Photographic data (black-and-white and color)

Soil type, moisture, salinity and density

Vegetation type and height

Surficial geological maps

Topographic maps

Bedrock geological data

Water quality and depth

Water pollution concentration

St reamf low

Suspended material concentration

Water salinity

Water pH

Snow depth, wetness, density and grain size.

Time overlays of snow cover and sea ice

Sky brightness temperatures'H

Atmospheric attenuationMicrowave

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Clearly, collection of the above data would require a formidable array

of instruments and equipment. Furthermore, if more than one site were involved

in a given sensing application, which is very likely, certain portions of this

group of instruments would have to be multiplied by the number of sites. This

problem would, of course, be somewhat mitigated by the existence of portions of

the needed instrumentation in the user's inventory.

With reference to the required form of data presentation, most users

specified a need for imagery. Most of them require computer compatible magnetic

tapes from which computer tabulations, maps and plots can be generated for

further analysis of imaged data.

Many of the users have employed microwave radiometric sensors in their work;

some have used radar. Many are also exploiting the ERTS-1 Multi-Spectral Scanner

system. This includes, of course, the USGS and NOAA. The latter Agency is also

using its visible and infrared radiometers in the NOAA-2 Satellite. Black-and-

White and color photography are widely used by the Department of the Interior and

the Environmental Protection Agency. It is assumed that false color infrared

photography is employed by some users; however, there was no mention of this

technique in the responses.

It was noted, during the survey, that some users were not very familiar with

the utility of microwave radiometric sensing. During the course of several inter-

views, it was necessary to give lengthy tutorials on this technique. It would

appear that an extensive educational process may be required before widespread use

of microwave radiometry can be anticipated. The impression gained during the

survey was that, unless there is broader dissemination of information on the

capabilities of microwave radiometry, widespread application of this remote sensing

technique is unlikely to occur for some time.

An excellent beginning in this direction would be an annotated and tutorial

bibliography on microwave radiometry, similar to that prepared by M.1. Bryan [6]

on radar. Dr. Bryan's work is quite impressive and his approach warrants some

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During the course of the survey, a considerable quantity of technical

material was furnished by users and research scientists on various remote sensing

techniques. A particularly interesting collection was provided on microwave radio-

metry by Dr. T.J. Schmugge of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Another, even more

comprehensive, collection of reports on remote sensing in the visible spectrum was

furnished by Professor L.F. Silva of the Laboratory for Applications of Remote

Sensing, Purdue University. All of this material is listed in the Bibliography.

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Section k

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MICROWAVES

Survey Questionnaire Item 14, concerning the advantages and disadvantages

of microwave radiometry, evoked some interesting replies. The advantages cited

were as follows:

1. All-weather, day or night, sensing capability.

2. Useful for detection of soil moisture, water salinity and oil spills.

3. Capable of providing surface temperature data.

k. Capable of detecting lake ice through cloud cover.

5. Has detected terrain under snow and can provide information on

snow wetness, density and thickness.

6. Less expensive than radar (no transmitter).

The disadvantages of microwave radiometry were less frequently mentioned.

Comments received were as follows:

1. Inadequate spatial resolution from satellite altitudes.

2. Theory insufficiently developed for terrain analysis.

3. Data interpretation tends to be subjective and is, partly, due

to high skill and technical background required of the interpreter..

k. Equipment is more expensive than sensors in visible region of the

spectrum.

Several favorable comments were made with respect to side-looking radar

(SLR) [7] in connection with the above remarks. These include the following:

1. Good spatial resolution from satellite altitudes.

2. Useful in mapping sea ice age distribution through snow cover.

3. All-weather capability.

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It is worth elaborating somewhat on the above user comments, in terms of the

various naturally occurring and man-made features. This discussion will be

divided into two parts: Airborne and Space microwave systems, respectively.

14.1 AIRBORNE MICROWAVE SYSTEMS

Both microwave radiometry and side-looking radar (SLR) can detect land-water

boundaries with considerable ease. This is due to the strong contrast in emissive

and reflective properties of land and water. Accordingly, these systems will

clearly delineate flood boundaries, stream channels, lakes, lagoons, barrier

islands, tidal creeks and inlets, tidal marshes, stream terraces and flood plains,

and drainage patterns.

In addition, both types of sensors are capable of detecting various water-

associated man-made features such as harbors, ship channels, piers, ships, bridges,

seawalls, and water-treatment sites.

Further, these systems can furnish imagery for the location and identification

of other man-made features such as urban and residentil areas, parks, sports

arenas, industrial complexes, airports, sewage-disposal plants, highways, rail-

roads, large high tension towers, tank farms, quarries, and cemeteries.

All of the above features can be detected in avariety of atmospheric condi-

tions and in the absence of sunlight. The degree to which microwave sensors can

penetrate various cloud, rain and precipitating snow conditions is, of course,

dependent on operating frequency and, in the case of radar, on transmitter power.

In addition to the above features, Reference []] report showed that a micro-

wave radiometer can discriminate between the following materials:

Dry and moist soils versus weed-covered loam

Limestone and pumice versus weed-covered loam

Wheat, oats and alfalfa versus weed-covered loam

Dry and wet snow, and ice versus stoney loam

Forest fires versus forested areas.

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Terrain imagery obtained with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

airborne Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) is quite impressive

8,9 . The false color strip-map presentations cover the brightness temperature

range from 170°K to 280°K and resemble the false color ERTS-1 data. Such presen-

tations, when correlated with topographic, hydrogeologic, and geologic maps, can

be very useful in data interpretation. It will be recalled that most of the

respondents to the Survey Questionnaire specified a need for imagery, for ready

examination of remote sensing data in the early stages of data analysis. Thus,

to be successful, microwave systems must be capable of furnishing suitable imagery.

This information must, of course, be adjustable in scale and geometrically

correctable to permit ready correlation with topographic maps.

The disadvantages of airborne microwave systems were cited, in part, at the

beginning of this Section. Reference was made there to inadequate spatial resolu-

tion, with microwave radiometers, from satellite altitudes. This comment could

also apply to airborne radiometric systems, if the required resolution is of a

high order, the radiometer operating frequency is low, and the aircraft is at a

high altitude. For example, consider the following conditions:

Radiometer operating frequency: 1.1+ GHz (A =21 cm)

Antenna aperture: 1.82 meters

Operating altitude: 3048 meters

At nadir the 3-db antenna beamspot diameter would be close to 427 meters; at

a 45-degree incidence angle it would be 854 meters (double major-axis of ellipse).

Thus, the spatial resolution available with the system would range from approxi-

mately 0.45 km to 0.9 km. The swath width, for a ± 45-deg ree raster scan would

be approximately 7 km. If a factor-of-two improvement in spatial resolution

were desired, the altitude would have to be lowered to 1524 meters; thus, the

available resolution would be 214 to 427 meters, over the above angular range,

and the swath width would reduce to 3.5 km.

The above example illustrates the difficulty involved in realizing high

spatial resolution with microwave radiometric sensors. Of course, many terrain

features do not require resolution of 214 to 427 meters, alt ough the median

value specified by the users (Section 3) was approximately 4047 sq. meters. Now,

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if one were to consider operation at S-band (2.7 GHz), there would be a factor-

of-two improvement in spatial resolution, with the same antenna aperture and

operating altitudes. Thus, an S-band system would come close to satisfying the

1-acre resolution requirement, at an altitude of 1524 meters.

Airborne side-looking radar (SLR) is capable of considerably higher spatial

resolution. For example, the AN/APQ-102A (X-band) system has a resolution of

15 meters. Since this is a focused synthetic aperture radar, the resolution is

independent of operating altitude. In fairness to microwave radiometric systems,

however, it should be stated that an X-band radiometer, operating with a 6-foot-

aperture antenna would have a resolution of 29 to 58 meters, over a ± 45-degree

scan angle, from an altitude of 1524 meters.

A disadvantage of radar is that it cannot measure temperatures or salinities.

SLR is also a •good deal more expensive than a microwave radiometer operating at

the same frequency.

4.2 SATELLITE MICROWAVE SYSTEMS

The basic difference between airborne and satellite operation is the much

greater distance from the sensor to the earth's surface. At an altitude of

926 km, this distance is approximately 600 times greater than the above-mentioned

1524 meter altitude. Accordingly, the above radiometer resolutions will be

degraded by this factor, if the antenna aperture remains fixed.

If, however, the antenna aperture were increased to 100 meters (328 feet),

this factor would be reduced to about 11. At S-band, a radiometer would, then,

have a resolution of 1.85 to 3.7 km over the ± 45-de g ree scan angle. For the

L-band radiometer, this would degrade to 3.7 to 7.4 meters. These resolutions

would make microwave radiometers quite attractive for remote sensing from space.

In contrast to the above, a focused SLR will retain its resolution capability

regardless of altitude. Thus, the afore-mentioned SLR system will demonstrate a

resolution of 15 meters at a satellite altitude of 926 km. This should be of

considerable significance to the remote sensing community, particularly since an

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X-band SLR will be capable of furnishing a variety of useful data under most

weather conditions. It would, therefore, appear that a focused SLR could fulfill

an important role in remote sensing of terrain-related parameters from spacecraft

altitudes.

4.3 SOPHISTICATION OF MICROWAVE SENSORS OVER OTHER TECHNIQUES

Microwave sensors possess an inherent sophistication, relative to sensors in

the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum, due to the decreasing attenuation

in physical matter with increasing wavelength. Thus, depending upon wavelength,

the atmosphere and terrestrial materials can be fairly transparent or quite opaque.

A clear atmosphere is relatively transparent at, both, long and short wave-

lengths through the visible region of the spectrum. However, the presence of

condensed water vapor causes heavy attenuation of electromagnetic energy, beginning

with the higher millimeter-wave region. At infrared and optical wavelengths, the

attenuation due to clouds is so great that even thin cloud layers are essentially

opaque. Thus, in the presence of clouds and heavy haze the earth is masked from

the view of satellite sensors operating at infrared and optical wavelengths. Such

is not the case in the microwave region of the spectrum. Here, with the exception

of the weak water vapor absorption peak at 22 GHz, clouds are relatively transparent

from 1 GHz to about 40 GHz, although the attenuation increases progressively with

frequency. Therefore, microwave satellite sensors have an inherent advantage over

infrared and optical sensors, due to their ability to "see" through a cloudy

atmosphere.

Similar statements may be made concerning the attenuation of electromagnetic

energy in dielectrics, such as solid terrestrial materials and water. Due to the

high attenuation in these materials, in the infrared and optical region, they are

opaque at these wavelengths. However, depending on the value of the complex

dielectric permittivity, at a given frequency, microwave energy can penetrate these

materials to some degree. Thus, microwaves are not confined to surface effects; it

is possible to sense energy emanating from some depth beneath the surface of a

dielectric material. This has important ramifications in remote sensing, for it

permits detection and measurement of such items as subsurface moisture in soils;

moisture content of snow; ice and soils through snow cover; and terrain and water

through foliage. Examples of these capabilities are given in References [3], [8],

[1+] and [3] respectively.

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Another useful characteristic of microwaves is that of antenna polarization.

An antenna can be horizontally polarized (E vector perpendicular to the plane of

incidence), vertically polarized (E vector parallel to the plane of Incidence) or

circularly polarized, which represents a combination of horizontal and vertical

polarizations. An antenna designed to receive energy at a given polarization will

essentially reject most of the energy from the other polarization component.

Both microwave radiometry and radar, when operating with linearly polarized

antennas, show markedly different results for horizontal and vertical polarizations.

A good example of these responses is shown in Figure -1 wherein theoretical bright-

ness temperatures are shown at a frequency of 2.5 GHz, for two wind velocities [9].

During the course of the referenced study, It was found that use of the vertical

component of polarization results in smaller errors, when deriving ocean tempera-

tures from brightness temperatures, than is the case with horizontal polarization.

This is because the latter polarization is somewhat more sensitive to surface rough-

ness. Subsequent studies [10] show that the sensitivity of the horizontal component

of polarization to surface roughness forms the basis for a remote sensing technique

that will furnish information on ocean surface wind velocity with a maximum error

of ± 1.5 m/s under a relatively broad range of environmental conditions, with an

error-free radiometer.

Radar has been used fairly extensively for indirect measurement of ocean surface

wind velocities [11]. In the referenced work, both horizontal and vertical polar-

izations were employed. Results ..." indicate that the scatterometer response

is essentially proportional to the square of windspeed for vertical polarization".

The above comments on polarization effects indicate an added sophistication

inherent in microwave sensors, thus enhancing their value for remote sensing.

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W = L m/s: 0.1%

W = 20 m/s: 16%

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Section 5

DATA ANALYSIS PROBLEMS WITH MICROWAVES

COMPARED WITH OTHER TECHNIQUES

Proper interpretation of data from a remote sensing system requires that the

user be knowledgeable about the energy-matter interactions taking place between,

1. The vegetation, soil, snow, ice, water or other material on the

earth's surface,

and 2. The energy that is reflected, absorbed, transmitted, scattered

or emitted by those materials.

Knowledge of these energy-matter interactions permits the spectral characteristics

of the materials to be predicted and the remote sensor data to be accurately

interpreted.

The above statement appears in slightly different language in a technical

note by Hoffer [12]. Hoffer goes on to make the following statement:

"In remote sensing research involving vegetation, we are frequently

interested in one or more of three problem areas:

1. To delineate, identify, and map various species

(i.e. floristic mapping).

2. To delineate, identify, and map vegetative groupings

having different physical characteristics (i.e. physiog-

nomic mapping).

3. To detect, identify, and map various types of vegetative

stress conditions (e.g. stress caused by diseases, insects,

lack of available soil moisture, fertility, pollutants in

the air or water, etc.)."

Similar comments can be made about other materials and phenomena. However,

accurate analysis of remotely sensed data is dependent on a considerable store of

knowledge relative to the spectral characteristics of given materials and phenomena.

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Such characteristics are reasonably well known in the visible and infrared

regions, due to the rapid development of components and remote sensing techniques.

The success of the ERTS-1 system, and similar airborne and ground-based systems,

substantiates this statement.

A variety of sophisticated processing and computer analysis techniques,

including pattern recognition, have been developed for semi-automated analysis

of data collected by multispectral sensors, by such institutions as the Environ-

mental Research Institute of Michigan (ERIM) and the Laboratory for Applications

of Remote Sensing (LARS) at Purdue University. These techniques have permitted

rapid and accurate analysis of large amounts of data recorded by, both, the ERTS-1

system and airborne visible and infrared sensors.

Unfortunately, similar claims cannot be made for microwave systems, due to

the somewhat slower development of, both, these systems and related data inter-

pretation techniques. This lag has been, partly, due to insufficient emphasis

on ground-based measurements, wherein the radiometric and radar characteristics of

materials could have been obtained under known conditions.

During the latter half of the 1960's there was a great rush, by several

groups, into airborne microwave systems - long before any comprehensive knowledge

was available on the characteristics of materials and phenomena at various

frequencies in this region of the spectrum. As a result, a great deal of conjec-

ture arose as to the meaning of much of the data collected with these systems.

These controversies persist to this day, although at a diminished level. This is

due to an increased awareness, in recent years, of the need for better information

on the microwave response to various materials and phenomena. Work by many

researchers within NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, the Environmental

Research Institute of Michigan, Ohio State University, University of Kansas and

several industrial research firms has contributed markedly to enhanced knowledge

in this area. However, a great deal remains to be accomplished before microwave

sensor data can be analyzed with the precision and efficiency of information

collected by visible and infrared sensors. This view is reflected in some of the

user responses appearing in Section 3.

As stated in Section 14, most of the users, responding to the Survey Question-

naire, specified a need for imagery to facilitate data interpretation. It is

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evident, from a review of Reference [8] that false color imagery is of considerable

value in the analysis of microwave radiometric data. Accordingly, it would seem

appropriate to utilize this.form of presentation with any scanning system. However,

such displays should be geometrically corrected to facilitate comparison with

topographic maps. Computer maps are also very useful in data interpretation, as

shown in many reports by ERIM and LARS. For ease. of examination, however,

individual maps should be limited to a maximum of four or five symbols.

The five most important problems in the analysis of remotely sensed microwave

radiometric data are considered to be as follows:

I. Achievement of accurate, absolute temperature calibration of the

radiometer.

2. Elimination, or compensation for, the tendency of, apparent tempera-

tures, at the center of a transverse scan, to be higher or lower

• than those at the edges of the scan, depending on whether a vertical

or horizontally polarized antenna is employed, respectively.

3. Compensation for radiations received via the antenna sidelobes.

14 Elimination of the effects of reflected solar radiation from

specular surfaces such as water.

5. Development of automated data analysis techniques, similar to

thoseused with optical sensors.

5.1 RADIOMETER CALIBRATION

Various approaches are used in radiometer calibration. The important elements

of a sound method are summarized below:

1. The calibration circuit and the RE portion of the radiometer should

be housed in a well-insulated temperature-controlled enclosure, to

• reduce to a minimum fluctuations, due to temperature changes, in

reradiation from lossy components in the calibration circuit, and in

output level from the calibration source. Good temperature stability

also minimizes voltage gain fluctuations in solid-state RE amplifiers.

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2. The noise levels of the calibration circuit should be determined

indirectly by measuring the response of the radiometer to

accurately known input noise temperatures, furnished by a stable

external noise source. If possible, the error in the external

level-setting attenuator should not exceed 0.05 db.

3. The radiometer amplifiers and other critical circuits should be

powered by highly stable regulated power supplies which, in turn,

should be supplied with clean, stable primary power.

1 • The radiometer RE head should be thoroughly shielded against

electromagnetic interference and all RE cables running to and

from the radiometer should be double-shielded.

5. During normal operation, the radiometer should be calibrated

frequently, consistent with the long-term gain drift of the

receiver amplifiers.

If the above basic rules are observed, data analysis will be greatly facili-

tated by the elimination of shifts in absolute apparent temperatures measured by

the radiometer. Some early radiometer measurement programs have suffered because

of insufficient attention to these imortant items.

5.2 NON-UNIFORM APPARENT TEMPERATURES ACROSS SCAN

This problem occurs mainly when a radiometer is covering a wide angular scan

(typically ± 145 degrees) over specular or near-specular materials. Referring to

Figure 14-1, it will be observed that the vertically polarized brightness temperatures

of ocean water increase markedly from a nadir angle of zero degrees to an angle

of 145 degrees. In the case of the horizontal component of polarization, the

opposite is true. Similar brightness temperature responses are obtained for fresh

water and other specular and near-specular materials.

There is no basic objection to these characteristics when data is presented in

the form of plots or when comparisons are made between various materials at the

same nadir angle. The problem arises in false color imagery, since most apparent

temperatures at, and near, the center of the scan are presented in different colors

than those near the edges. Thus, material identification and classification can

be difficult with this type of display.

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Three solutions seem possible to this problem. The first and easiest one

is to limit the angular scan, whenever possible, to about ± 15 degrees. This has

a disadvantage in that the swath width will be rather narrow. In addition,

angular effects will be minimized in the data; this may present problems where

the angular dependence is important to the user. The second solution is to introduce

a compensation to the data for the angular curvature, over the scan width, by observ-

ing typical curvatures over a variety of terrain. This correction would only be

applied to false color imagery. This type of angular rectification should markedly

increase the value of this form of data presentation. The third solution is,

perhaps, the best; it involves the use of a conical scan, wherein the angle of

incidence of the antenna beam, at the terrain surface, is constant over the swath

width. Of course, this method may be difficult to implement in electronically

scanned phased array antennas, but it represents a reasonable solution to the

problem of non-uniform apparent temperatures across the antenna scan.

5.3 COMPENSATION FOR RADIATIONS RECEIVED VIA THE ANTENNA SIDELOBES

Radiations received via the antenna sidelobes and backlobes tend to raise the

apparent temperatures sensed by a terrain-scanning radiometer. Depending on the

actual sidelobe levels and observed material, the increase in apparent temperatures

due to this effect can be as great as 1+-5°K. To make matters worse, the effect

tends to be a function of scan angle because, in the case of a horizontally polarized

antenna, all the high antenna sidelobes are receiving energy from the surface at the

center of the scan where the radiated energy is highest (for a homogeneous material)

whereas most of the sidelobes are receiving lower level energy at the end of the

scan. The opposite effect applies to a vertically polarized antenna. Thus, a signal

modulation takes place during the antenna scan. For a ± 145-degree scan angle, this

modulation can range from 0 to 14-50K, depending on actual sidelobe levels.

• This problem can be eliminated to some extent by a technique which, in effect,

subtracts the energy received by the sidelobes from the total energy received by

the antenna. A method for this is described in Reference [1] report. One of the

problems inherent in any such technique is the considerable amount of computer

processing time required to perform the corrections. Thus, certain approximations

are necessary to ensure economic data reduction. •

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5•4 EFFECTS OF SOLAR RADIATION

This problem arises principally at frequencies below approximately 10 GHz,

where solar radiation flux is relatively high, and only when a microwave radio-

meter is viewing highly reflective surfaces, such as water, in the direction of

the sun. Reference [13] provides an analysis of this effect, over ocean surfaces,

at a frequency of 2.5 GHz. The results show that, depending on the degree of ocean

surface roughness, the reflected solar brightness temperature lies in the range

2.90K to ll.O°K, in the specular direction i.e., in the main lobe of the antenna.

Such "interference" would cause considerable problems in data analysis, if the

higher brightness temperatures were not eliminated during data reduction. However,

the problem would not exist if the solar radiation were scattered only in the

direction of the antenna sidelobes. Since the average level of this portion of the

antenna pattern is typically about -20db, with respect to main lobe peak, the above

reflected solar radiation levels would be reduced by a factor of 100. Thus, solar

interference would be negligible under these conditions.

The most practical way to eliminate the effects of solar radiation, scattered

into the main lobe of the antenna, is to take into account the direction of the

radiometer flight path, sun position and sun elevation angle during reduction of low

frequency radiometer data.

5.5 AUTOMATED DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

This problem is considered to be one of the most difficult of all the problems

cited at the beginning of this Section. This is partly due to the fact that micro-

wave remote sensing is, to some extent, still in the research stage. However, this

situation is expected to change during the next 2-3 years, with extensive opera-

tional applications developing during this period. The Nimbus 5 Electrically Scan-

ning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) [la] represents, perhaps, the beginning of the

operational phase of, both, microwave radiometry and radar in space.

Automated data analysis is very , important where large quantities of airborne

or satellite data are concerned. Considerable advances have been made in this area,

with optical sensors, at ERIM and LARS. D.A. Landgrebe [15] has presented a

valuable summary on this topic. The referenced Work'furn,ishes an extensive biblio-

graphy on machine processing, classification and analysis of remotely sensed data.

Such information can form the basis for automated-analysis of microwave data; it

would be wise to exploit the techniques described in the above work and associated

references for this purpose.

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Section 6

REFERENCES

1. Porter, R.A. and E.T. Florance, "Feasibility Study of Microwave Radiometric

Remote Sensing", Ronald A. Porter, Professional Engineer, NASA Electronics

Research Center Contract NAS 12-629, January 1969.

2. "Ninth International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment", Summaries,

April 15- 19th, 1974, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan.

3. Newton, R.W., S.L. Lee and J.W. Rouse, Jr., "On the Feasibility of Remote

Monitoring of Soil Moisture with Microwave Sensors", Technical Memorandum

RSC-91 Texas A&M University. Presented at the Ninth International

Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, April 1974.

k. Moore, Robert P., and John 0. Hooper, "Microwave Radiometric Characteristics

of Snow-Covered Terrain", U.S. Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA.

Presented at the Ninth International Symposium on Remote Sensing of

Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, April 1974.

5. Finegan, J.W., "Use of ERTS-1 DCS in the Management and Control of Water

Resources Systems" Proceedings of the Data Collection Workshop - Earth

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6. Bryan, M.L., "Radar Remote Sensing for Geosciences", An Annotated and

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8. Schmugge, T.J. et al, "Microwave Signatures of Snow and Fresh Water Ice",

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9. Porter, R.A. and F.J. Wentz, "Microwave Radiometric Study of Ocean Surface

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10. Wentz, F.J., "The Effect of Surface Roughness on Microwave Sea Brightness

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Section 7

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Allen, W.A., A.J. Richardson andH.W. Gausman, "Reflectance Produced by a Plant Leaf", 1st Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, P. 30C:1-13, 1969.

Gausman, H.W., R. Cardenas, W.A. Allen, V.I. Myers and R.W. Leamer, "Reflectance and Structure of Cycocel-Treated Cotton Leaves, Gossypium Hirsutum L;", 1st Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, P. 3013:1-9, 1969.

Leamer, R.W. and D.A. Weber, "Crop and Soil Identification From Aerial Photographs", 1st Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, P. 30A:1_4, 1969.

Myers, V.I. and R.W. Learner, "Integration of Detailed Laboratory and Field Studies With the Aircraft Program", 1st Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Review., Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 29: 1-22, 1969.

Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausman, A.J. Richardson,and J.R. Thomas, "Interaction of Isotropic Light With a Compact Plant Leaf", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 59:1376-1379, 1969.

Myers, V.I. and M.D. Heilman, "Thermal Infrared for Soil Temperature Studies", Photogramm. Engin. XXXV(10):102 14-1032, 1969.

Gausman, H.W. and R. Cardenas, "Effect of Leaf Pubescence of Gynura Aurantiaca on Light Reflectance", Bot. Gaz. 130(3):158-162, 1969.

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Schupp, M.L., H.W. Gausman,and R. Cardenas, "Leaf Anatomy Monograph, Photomicro-graphs of Transections of Fully-Grown Leaves of Twenty-Nine Plant Genera", SWC Res. Rept. 1412 (Multilithed), 1969.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and A.J. Richardson, "Relation of Light Reflectance to Cotton Leaf Maturity (Gossypium Hirsutum L.)", Proc. 6th Symp. Remote Sens. of Environ., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor. 11:112311 14 1, 1969.

Richardson, A.J., W.A. Allen and J.R. Thomas, "Discrimination of Vegetation by Multispectral Reflectance Measurements", Proc. 6th Symp. Remote Sens. of Environ. Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, 11:11143-1156, 1969.

Von Steen, D.I-I., R.W. Learner and A.H. Gerbermann, "Relationship of Film Optical Density to Yield Indicators", Proc. 6th Symp. Remote Sens. of Environ., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, 11:1115-1123, 1969.

Allen, W.A., "Differential Corrections Applied to an Izsak-Borchers Ballistic Trajectory", Amer. Inst. Aeronaut, and Astronaut, 7(5):890-895, 1969.

Myers, V.1., M.D. Heilman, R.J.P. Lyon, L.N. Narnken, D.S. Sirnonett, J.R. Thomas, C.L. Wiegand and J.T. Woolley, "Soil Water and Plant Relations. Ch. 6 In Remote Sensing, With Special Reference to Agriculture and Forestry", National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., p. 253-297, 1970.

Allen, W.A., T.V. Gayle and A.J. Richardson, "Plant Canopy Irradiance Specified by the Duntley Equations", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 60(3):372-376, 1970.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, V.I. Myers, R. Cardenas and R.W. Learner, "Reflectance of Single Leaves and Field Plots of Cycocel-Treated Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutun L.) in Relation to Leaf Structure", J. Remote Sens. Environ. l(2):103-107, 1970.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and A.J. Richardson, "Relation of Light Reflectance to Histological and Physical Evaluations of Cotton Leaf Maturity (Gossypium Hirsuturn L.)", Appl. Opt. 9:5145552, 1970.

Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausman and A.J. Richardson, "Mean Effective Optical Constants of Cotton Leaves", J. Opt. Soc. Amer. 60( 14 ):5142-547, 1970.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and R.L. Bowen, "Color Photos, Cotton Leaves and Soil Salinity", Photogramm. Engin. XXXVI (5) :1+5141+59, 1970.

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Wiegand, C.L., H.W. Gausman, W.A. Allen and R.W. Learner, "Interaction of Electro-magnetic Energy With Agricultural Crops", 2nd Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 22:1-14, 1970.

Gausman, H.W. W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and M. Schupp, "The Influence of Cycocel Treatment of Cotton Plants and Foot Rot Disease of Grapefruit Trees on Leaf Spectra in Relation to Aerial Photographs With Infrared Color Film", Proc. Aerial Color Photography in the Plant Sciences Workshop, Gainesville, Fla., p. 16-214, 1970.

Gerbermann, A.H., H.W. Gausman and C.L. Wiegand, "Shadow and Other Background Effects on Optical Density of Film Transparencies", Proc. Aerial Color Photo-graphy in the Plant Sciences Workshop, Gainesville, Fla., p. 127-129, 1970.

Cardenas, R., H.W. Gausman, W.A. Allen and M. Schupp, "The Influence of Ammonia-

Induced Cellular Discoloration Within Cotton Leaves (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) on Light Reflectance, Transmittance, and Absorptance", Remote Sens. of Environ. l(3):199- 2 02 , 1970.

Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausmán, A.J. Richardson and C.L. Wiegand, "Mean Effective Optical Constants of Thirteen Kinds of Plant Leaves", AppI. Opt. 9(11): 2573-

2577, 1970. -

Richardson, A.J., R.J. Torline, D.A. Weber, R.W. Learner and C.L. Wiegand, "Compari-son of Computer Discrimination Procedures Using Film Optical Densities", SWC Res. Rept. 1422, 1970.

Baumgardner, F.J. (ed.), R.W. Learner and J.R. Shay, "Remote Sensing Techniques Used in Agriculture Today", Aerial Space Science and Agricultural Develop., Amer.

Soc. Agron. Spec. Pub. No. 18, p. 9-26, 1970.

Wiegand, C.L. and J.F. Bartholic, "Remote Sensing in Evapotranspiration Research on the Great Plains", Proc. Great Plains Agricultural Council Evapotranspira-tion Seminar, Research Committee Great Plains Agricultural Council, Publication

No. 50, p. 137-180, 1970.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and R.L. Bowen, "Detection of Foot Rot Disease of Grapefruit Trees With Infrared Color Film", J. Rio Grande Valley Hort.

Soc. 214:36142, 1970.

Gausman, H.W. W.A. Allen, M.L. Schupp, C.L. Wiegand, D.E. Escobar and R.R. Rodriguez, "Reflectance, Transmittance and Absorptance of Electromagnetic Radia-tion of Leaves of Eleven Plant Genera With Different Leaf Mesophyll Arrangements",

Texas A&M Univ. Tech. Monogr. 7, 38 p., 1970.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and A.J. Richardson, "Effects of Leaf Nodal Position on Absorption and Scattering Coefficients and Infinite Reflectance of Cotton Leaves, Gossypium Hirsuturn L.", Agron. J. 63:87-91, 1971.

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Wiegand, C.L., "Agricultural Applications and Requirements for Thermal Infrared Scanners", Proc. International Workshop Earth Resource Survey Systems, United States Government, Vol. II, p. 66-81, 1971.

Gausman, H.W., "PhYtographic Remote Sensing of 'Sick' Citrus Trees", Proc. Inter-national Workshop Earth Resource Survey Systems, United States Government, Vol. II, P. 15-30, 1971.

Wiegand, C.L., R.W. Learner, D.A. Weber and A.H. Gerbermann, "Multibase and Multi-emulsion Space Photos for Crops and Soils", Photogramm. Engin. XXXVII(2):147-156, 1971.

Gerbermann, A.H., H.W. Gausman and C.L. Wiegand, "Color and Color-IR Films for Soil Identification", Photogramm. Engin. XXXVII(4):359-36 14 , 1971.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, D.E. Escobar, R.R. Rodriguez and R. Cardenas, "Age Effects of Cotton Leaves on Light Reflectance, Transmittance, and Absorptance, and on Water Content and Thickness", Agron. J. 63:1+65_1+69, 1971.

Gausman, H.W. and M. Schupp, "Rapid Transectioning of Plant Leaves", Agron. J.

63:515-516, 1971.

- Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausman, A.J. Richardson and R. Cardenas, "Water and Air Changes in Grapefruit, Corn, and Cotton Leaves With Maturation", Agron. J. 63:3923914,

1971.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, C.L. Wiegand, D.E. Escobar, R.R. Rodriguez and A.J. Richardson, "The Leaf Mesophylls of 20 Crops, Their Light Spectra, and Optical and Geometrical Parameters", SWC Res. Rpt. 423, 88 p. , 1971.

Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausman and C.L. Wiegand, "Spectral Reflectance from Plant Canopies and Optimum Spectral Channels in the Near Infrared", Proc. 3rd Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 23.1-23.15, 1971.

Bartholic, J.F., C.L. Wiegand, R.W. Learner and L.N. Namken, "Thermal Scanner Data for Studying Freeze Conditions and for Aiding Irrigation Scheduling", Proc. 3rd Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 27.1-27.23, 1971.

Richardson, A.J., R.J. Torline and W.A. Allen, "Computer Discrimination Procedures Applicable to Aerial, Space, and ERTS Multispectral Data", Proc. 3rd Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 28.128.2 14, 1971.

Gausman, H.W., R. Cardenas and W.G. Hart, "Aerial Photography for Sensing Plant Anomalies", Proc. 3rd Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, Vol. II, Agricultural, Forestry and Sensor Studies, NASA-MSC, Houston, p. 214.1_ 24.15, 1971.

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Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, C.L. Wiegand, D.E. Escobar and R.R. Rodriguez, "Leaf Light Reflectance, Transmittance, Absorptance, and Optical and Geometrical Parameters for Eleven Plant Genera With Different Leaf Mesophyll Arrangements", Proc. 7th Intl. Symp. Remote Sens. of Environ., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor. Vol. 111:1599-1626, 1971.

Richardson, A.J., R.J. Tori me and W.A. Allen, "Computer Identification of Ground Patterns from Aerial Photographs", Proc. 7th Intl. Symp. Remote Sens. of Environ., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, Vol. 11:1357-1375, 1971.

Cardenas, R., H.W. Gausman and A. Peynado, "Detection of Boron and Chloride Toxicities by Aerial Photography", Proc. 3rd Bienn. Wksp. on Aerial Color Photo-graphy in the Plant Sciences, Gainesville, Fla., p. 267-288, 1971.

Cardenas, R., A. Peynado, H.W. Gausman, A.H. Gerbermann and R.L. Bowen, "Photo-graphic Sensing of Boron and Chloride Toxicities of Citrus Trees", J. Rio Grande Valley Hort. Soc. Vol. 25:36-145, 1971.

Allen, W.A. and A.J. Richardson, "Calibration of a Laboratory Spectrophotometer for Specular Light by Means of Stacked Glass Plates", The Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 142(12):1813-1817, 1971.

Thomas, J.R. and G.E. Oerther, "Estimating Nitrogen Content of Sweet Pepper Leaves by Reflectance Measurements", Agron. J. 614:11-13, 1972.

Wiegand, C.L. and L.J. Bartelli, "Remote Sensing for Conservation and Environmental Planning", Soil Conserv. Soc. Amer. Proc. Aug. pp. 2312 140, 1971.

"Effects of Salt Treatments of Cotton Plants (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) on Leaf Mesophyll Cell Microstructure", Agron, J. 61:133_136, 1972.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen and C.L. Wiegand, "Plant Factors Affecting Electromagnetic Radiation", SWC Res. Rept. 1432, 1972.

Richardson, A.J., C.L. Wiegand, R.W. Leamer, H.D. Petersen, A.H. Gerbermann and R.J. Torline, "Final Report: Bendix 9-Channel Scanner 1969 Seasonal Flights", SWC Res. Rept. 1431, 1972.

Bartholic, J.F., L.N. Namken and C.L. Wiegand, "Aerial Thermal Scanner to Determine Temperature of Soils and of Crop Canopies Differing in Water Conditions", Agron. J. 614:603-608, 1972.

Richardson, A.J., C.L. Wiegand, R.W. Learner, A.H. Gerbermann andR.J. TorI me, "Discriminant Analyses of Bendix Scanner Data", Proc. 4th Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, NASA-MSC, Houston, Vol. V, Section 119:22 p.,

1972.

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Cooper, G.R., R.L. Bowen and H.W. Gausman, "The Use of Kodak Aerochrome Color Film, Type 214143, As a Remote Sensing Tool", Proc. 14th Ann. Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review, NASA-MSC, Houston, Vol. V, Section 117: 6 pp., 1972.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and A.J. Richardson, "Effects of Leaf Age for Four Growth Stages of Cotton and Corn Plants on Leaf Reflectance, Structure, Thickness, Water and Chlorophyll Concentrations and Selection of Wavelengths for Crop Discrimination", Proc. Earth Resources Observation and Information Analysis Systems, Vol. I, pp. 25-51, 783 pp. , March 1972.

Wiegand, C.L., H.W. Gausman and W.A. Allen, "Physiological Factors and Optical Parameters as Bases of Vegetation Discrimination and Stress Analysis", Proc. Seminar on Operational Remote Sensing, Amer. Soc. Photogram., pp. 82-102, Falls Church, VA, 3141 pp. , 1972.

Heald, C.M., W.H. Thames and C.L. Wiegand, "Detection of Rotylenchulus Reniformis Infestations by Aerial Infrared Photography", Journal of Nematology 14:298-300, 1972.

Cardenas, R., H.W. Gausman and G.E. Thomas, "Photographic Previsual Detection of Watermelon Mosaic Virus in Cucumber", J. Rio Grande Valley Hort. Soc. 23:73-75, 1972.

Gausman, H)iI., W.A. Allen, C.L. Wiegand, D.E. Escobar, R.R. Rodriguez and A.J. Richardson, "The Leaf Mesophylls of Twenty Crops, Their Light Spectra, and Optical and Geometrical Parameters", U.S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bull. No. 11465, 59 pp. , 1973.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen, R. Cardenas and A.J. Richardson, "Reflectance Discrimina-tion of Cotton and Corn at Four GrowthStages", Agron. J. 65:1914-198, 1973.

Cardenas, R., and H.W. Gausman,' "Relation of Light Reflectance of Six Barley Lines With Chlorophyll Assays and Optical Film Densities", Agron. J. (Note) 65:518-519,

1973.

Gausman, H.W., "Photornicrographic Record of Light Reflected at 850 Nanometers by Cellular Constituents of Zebrina Leaf Epidermis", Agron. J. (Note) 65:5014-505,

1973.

Richardson, A.J., C.L. Wiegand and R.J. Torline, "Temporal Analysis of Multispectral Scanner Data", Proc. 8th Intl. Symp. on Remote Sens. of Environ., Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, 11:121491258, 1973.

Learner, R.W., V.I. Myers and L.F. Silva, "A Spectroradiometer for Field Use", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1414:611-6114, 1973.

Allen, W.A., "Transmission of Isotropic Light Across a Dielectric Surface in Two and Three Dimensions", J. Opt. Soc. Am., 63:6614-666, 1973.

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Gausman, H.W., "Reflectance, Transmittance, and Absorptance of Light by Subcellular Particles of Spinach (Spinacia Oleracea L.) Leaves", Agron. J., 65:551-553,

1973.

Gausman H.W., and W.A. Allen, "Optical Parameters of Leaves of Thirty Plant Species", Plant Physiol., 52:57-62, 1973.

Gausman, H.W. and R. Cardenas, "Light Reflectance by Leaflets of Pubescent, Normal, and Glabrous Soybean Isolines", Agron. J. (Note) 65:837-838, 1973.

Wiegand, C.L., and W.A. Swanson, "Time Constants for Thermal Equilibration of Leaf, Canopy, and Soil Surfaces With Changes in Isolation", Agron. J. 65:722-724,

1973.

Allen, W.A., H.W. Gausman and A.J. Richardson, "Willsttter-Stoll Theory of Leaf Reflectance Evaluated by Ray Tracing", J. Opt. Soc. Am. 12:2 14148_2453, 1973.

Learner, R.W., and A.J. LaRocca, "Calibration of Field Spectroradiometers", Opt. Engin. 12:121+-130, 1973.

Richardson, A.J., M.R. Gautreaux and C.L. Wiegand, "ERTS-1 Aircraft Support, 2k-Channel MSS CCI Experiences and Land Use Classification Results", Conf. Machine Processing of Remotely Sensed Data, LARS, Purdue Univ., 2a,33-53, 1973.

Gausman, H.W., W.A. Allen and D.E. Escobar, "Refractive Index of Plant Cell Walls',', Appi. Opt. 13(l):109-111, January 1974.

Gausman, H.W., R. Cardenas and A.H. Gerbermann, "Plant Size, Leaf Structure, Spectra, and Chlorophyll Content of Normal and Chiorotic Sorghum Plants and Correlations With Film Density Readings from Aerial Infrared Color, Positive Transparencies", Photogram. Engr. XL(l):61-67, January 1974.

Gausman, H.W., "Light Reflectance of Leaf Constituents", 2nd Ann Remote Sens. Earth Resources Conf., Tullahoma, TN. 11:585-599, 1973.

Rodriguez, R.R. and H.W. Gausman, "Flooding Effects on Light Reflectance, Trans-mittance, and Absorptance of Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum L.) Leaves", Jour. Rio. Grande Valley Hort. Soc. 27:81-85, 1973.

Nixon, P.R., L.N. Namken and C.L. Wiegand, "Spatial and Temporal Variations of Crop Canopy Temperature and Implications for Irrigation Scheduling", 2nd Ann. Remote Sens. Earth Resources Conf., Tullahoma, TN. II:643-657, 1973.

Gausman, H.W., "Leaf Reflectance of Near-Infrared Light", Photogramm. Engr. XL(2): 183-191, Feb. 1974.

Gausman, H.W., "Light Reflectance of Peperomia Chloroplasts", J. Rio Grande Valley Hort. Soc. 27:86-89, 1973.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FURNISHED BY H. L. MC KIM

U.S. Army CRREL, Hanover, NH

Symposium, Conference, and Journal Articles

Lange, G.R. and H.L. McKim, "Saturation, Phase Composition and Freezing Point Depression in a Rigid Soil Model," 1st International Permafrost Convention, 1963.

McKim, H.L., T.L. Marlar, and D.M. Anderson, "The Use of ERTS-1 Imagery in the National Program for the Inspection of Danis," Remote Sensing of Water Resources International Symp., Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 11-11+ June 1973. Also USACRREL Special Report 183.

Haugen, R.K., H.L. McKim, L.W. Gatto, and D.M. Anderson, "Cold Regions Environ-mental Analysis based on ERTS-1 Imagery." Proc. of the 8th International Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment, Univ. of Michigan, 2-6 Oct. 1972.

Anderson, D.M., H.L. McKim, L.W. Gatto, and W.K. Crowder, 'The Use of ERTS-1 Imagery in the Regional Interpretation and Estuarine Processes in Alaska," Proc. of the Second Annual Remote Sensing of Earth Resources Conference, Univ. of Tennessee, Space Institute, March 1973.

Crowder, W.K., H.L. McKim, S.F. Ackley, W.D. Hibler, and D.M. Anderson, "Mesoscale Deformation of Sea Ice from Satellite Imagery," International Symposium on Snow and Ice Resources (IHD), Monterey, California, 1973.

Anderson, D.M., L.W. Gatto, and H.L. McKim, "Sediment Distribution and Circulation Patterns in Cook Inlet, Alaska," Proc. of ERTS-1 Symposium, March 1973.

Anderson, D.M., H.L. McKim, W.K. Crowder, R.K. Haugen, L.W. Gatto, and T.L. Marlar, "Applications of ERIS-1 Imagery to Terrestrial and Marine Environmental Analysis in Alaska," Third ERTS Symposium, Washington, DC, 1973.

Anderson, D.M., A.R. Tice, and H.L. McKim, "Unfrozen Water in Frozen Soils," Second International Permafrost Conference, Yakutsk, U.S.S.R., July 1973.

Hibler, W.D., S.F. Ackley, W.K. Crowder, H.L. McKim, and D.M. Anderson, "Analysis of Shear Zone Ice Deformation in the Beaufort Sea Using Satellite Imagery," in "The Coast and Shelf of the Beaufort Sea," San Francisco, Jan. 7-9, 1974, the Arctic Institute of North America, Washington, DC, pp. 285-299, editors: Reed, J.C. and Sater, J.E.

Technical Reports

Anderson, D.M., H.L. McKim, and A.R. Tice, "The Specific Heat Capacity of Frozen Soils," CRREL Technical Report 73-16, January 1974.

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Special Report

McKim, H.L., L.W. Gatto, and C.J. Merry, "Inundation Damage to Vegetation at Selected New England Flood Control Reservoirs," CRREL Special Report 220, March 1975.

Research Report

Anderson, D.M., H.L. McKim, L.W. Gatto, R.K. Haugen, T.L. Marlar, W.K. Crowder, and A. Petrone, 'An ERTS View of Alaska: Regional Analysis of Earth and Water Resources Based on Satellite Imagery," CRREL Research Report 241, June 1973.

Presentation Given; Abstracts Published -

McKim, H.L. and G.H. Miller, "Pedological Weathering in Oligocene Deposits of Northwestern Nebraska," Midwest Regional UsGS Meetings, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1971.

Lynn, W.D., H.L. McKim, and R.B. Grossman, "Clay Minerology in a Desert Area of South-Central New Mexico," presented at the SSSAP meetings, Tucson, Arizona, 1971.

McKim, H.L., "Relationship of Free Iron, Aeration Porosity, and Clay Content in Loess Soils from Southern Iowa," Ph.D. Thesis, Iowa State Univ., presented at the Soil Sci. Soc. of Amer., Annual Meetings, October-November 1972.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FURNISHED BY D.R. WIESNET

NOAA-ESG, Hillcrest Heights, MD

Recen.t Satellite Hydrology Papers from NOAA-ESG

Strong, A.E., McClain, E.P., and McGinnis, D.F., Detection of Thawing Snow and Ice Packs through the Combined use of Visible and near-Infrared Measurements from Earth Satellites, Monthly Weather Review, V. 99, no. 11, P. 828-830, 1971.

Wiesnet, D.R., Comparison of Remote Sensors for Soil Moisture and other Hydrologic, Proc. 14th Annual Earth Resources Prog. Review. Houston, 11 pp , 1972.

Wiesnet, D.R. and McGinnis, D.F., Determination of Thawing Snow and Ice Surfaces using Earth Satellite Data, Proc. 14th Ann. Earth Resources Prog. Review. Houston, 11 pp, 1972.

Wiesnet, D.R., Quasioperational Current Mapping by Thermal Infrared in South Korean Coastal Regions, Proc. Coastal Mapping Symposium, Amer. Soc. Photogramm. Washington, DC., 18 pp, 1972.

McGinnis, D.F., Detecting Melting Snow and Ice by Visible and Near-Infrared Measurements from Satellites, Proc. Internat. Sympos. on Role of Snow and Ice in Hydrology, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 10 pp, 1973.

Wiesnet, D.R., The NOAA/NESS Program of Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture, Proc. Internat. Conf. Remote Sensing in Arid Lands, U. of Arizona, Tucson, 1973.

Wiesnet, D.R., and Peck, E.L., Progress Report on Aircraft Gamma-Ray Surveys for Soil-Moisture Detection at a NOAA Test Site near Phoenix, Arizona, Proc. 8th Internat. Symp. on Remote Sensing of Environment, Ann Arbor, Mich., P. 747-754, 1973.

Wiesnet, D.R., Detection of Snow Conditions in Mountainous Terrain, Proc. ERTS-1 Sympos., Sept. 1972, p. 13 1 -132, 1973.

McGinnis, D.F., and Wiesnet, D.R., Snowline Mapping using NOAA-2's Very High Resolution Radiometer (abs) Trans. Amer. Geophys. Un., v. 514, no. 14, p. 272, 1973.

Wiesnet, D.R., and McGinnis, D.F., Hydrologic Applications of NOAA-2's Very High Resolution Radiometer, Proc. Amer. Water Resources Assoc. Sympos. on Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Burlington, Ont, In Press.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FURNISHED BY A. N. WILLIAMSON

USAE Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg, MS

Williamson, A.N., "Interpretation of Multispectral Remote Sensor Data." This paper was submitted to the American Society of Photogrammetry in October 1973 and was ultimately published in revised form in the Journal of Surveying and Mapping Division, Proceedings of the America] Society of Civil Engineers, November 1974.

Williamson, A.N., et al., "Sediment Concentration Mapping in Tidal Estuaries,"

NASA SP-351, December 1973.

Williamson, A.N., "Mapping Suspended Particle and Solute Concentrations from Satellite Data." This paper was not published; it was presented at a symposium in Los Angeles, California. Unfortunately, the author does not recall the exact name of the symposium. The paper is dated January 1974.

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USGS, Tacoma, WA

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Meier, M.F.,, 1969, Evaluation of South Cascade Glacier test site results: NASA Earth Resources Aircraft Program Status Review 1968, v. III, Hydrology, Oceanography, and Sensor Studies, Sec. 20, 17 p.

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