Environmental Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring

Remotely sensed data have two significant characteristics. Firstly, they are available in digital form, which allows them to be manipulated by computer. Secondly, they provide a range of information derived from observations made using electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths ranging from those of the visible wavebands (0.4–0.7 μm) to the microwave region (3–30 cm). Modulation of incomi...

Environmental applications of remote sensing

Erratum: “Remote-Sensing Applications for Environmental Health”

incorrectly stated that the Boston-based nonprofit Health Effects Institute is " looking forward to a followup study currently under review at EHP. " The mention of this study should have appeared in an earlier paragraph.

Remote-Sensing Applications for Environmental Health Research

A number of new Earth-observing missions are planned for the next decade, including Sentinel-5 aboard the European Space Agency's MetOp Second Generation satellites (pictured). 48 In the meantime researchers are finding new uses for the satellite data currently available.

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Remote Sensing Approach

Environmental monitoring and assessment includes a wide spectrum of study that overlaps many disciplines, all of which are independent. This paper illustrates several broad subjects related to environmental constraints including water pollution, effects of atmospheric contamination, strip mining, and natural disasters. Remote sensing can provide complementary information to existing ground-base...