| Title: | Landsat and beyond : sustaining and enhancing the Nation's land imaging program |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Washington : The National Academies Press, 2013 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-309-29001-2 |
| Size: | 1 electronic resource (73 p.) / 23 cm |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | G3201.A43 |
| Subjects: | Artificial satellites in earth sciences ; Landsat satellites ; Remote sensing images ; Scientific satellites |
| Description: | The Department of the Interior's (DOI's) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requested that the National Research Council's (NRC's) Committee on Implementation of a Sustained Land Imaging Program review the needs and opportunities necessary for the development of a national space-based operational land imaging capability. Landsat and Beyond: Sustaining and Enhancing the Nation's Land Imaging Program is the result of the committee's investigation. This investigation included meetings with stakeholders such as the DOI, NASA, NOAA, and commercial data providers. The report includes the committee's recommendations, information about different aspects of the program, and a section dedicated to future opportunities. |
| Contents note: | 1. Imperative for a sustained and enhanced land imaging program 2. Technical characteristics of the core program 3. Enhancing a sustained land imaging program 4. Data systems 5. Opportunities on the path forward. |
| Access: | http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18420/landsat-and-beyond-sustaining-and-enhancing-the-nations-land-imaging |
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