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Earth Resources A Continuing January 1987 Bibliography with Indexes National Aeronautics and Space Adm i n i strat ion (hASA-SP-70UI (52) ) EAFiTH RESCCbCESt A 887- It3 14 1 CCNTILUING BIELICGBAPHY kl?b lBCEXES (ISSUE 52) [bational Aezonautics and Skace Adrinistration) 129 f CSCL 05s Unclas 00/43 43310 I !esEarth Resou 3* Earth Resou 3rth Resources th Resources I resource^ Earth1 lesources Earth sources Earth Re! a -- ACCESSION NUMBER RANGES Accession numbers cited in this Supplement fall within the following ranges. STAR (N-10000 Series) N86-28048 - N86-33262 IAA (A-10000 Series) A86-40003 - A86-50362 This supplement is available from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfleld, VIP ginia 22161, price code A06 NASA SP-7041(52) A CONTINUING BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH INDEXES Issue 52 A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical informationsystem and announced between October 1 and December 31, 1986 in Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA). Scientific and Technical Information Branch 1987 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC This bibliography was prepared by the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility operated for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by RMS Associates. INTRODUCTION The technical literature described in this continuing bibliography may be helpful to re- searchers in numerous disciplines such as agriculture and forestry, geography and cartography, geology and mining, oceanography and fishing, environmental control, and many others. Until recently it was impossible for anyone to examine more than a minute fraction of the Earth’s surface continuously. Now vast areas can be observed synoptically, and changes noted in both the Earth’s lands and waters, by sensing instrumentationon orbiting spacecraft or on aircraft. This literature survey lists 454 reports, articles, and other documents announced between October 1 and December 31,1986 in Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR), and International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA). The coverage includes documents related to the identification and evaluation by means of sensors in spacecraft and aircraft of vegetation, minerals, and other natural resources, and the techniques and potentialities of surveying and keeping up-to-date inventories of such riches. It encompasses studies of such natural phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, ocean currents, and magnetic fields; and such cultural phenomena as cities, transportation networks, and irrigation systems. Descriptions of the components and use of remote sensing and geophysical instrumentation, their subsystems, observational procedures, signature and analyses and in- terpretive techiques for gathering data are also included. All reports generated under NASA’s Earth Resources Survey Program for the time period covered in this bibliography are also included. The bibliography does not contain citations to documents dealing mainly with satellites or satellite equipment used in navigation or communication systems, nor with instrumentation not used aboard aerospace vehicles. The selected items are grouped in nine categories. These are listed in the Table of Contents with notes regarding the scope of each category. These categories were especially chosen for this publication,bd differ from those found in STAR and IAA. Each entrdconsists of a standard bibliographic citation accompanied by an abstract. The citations include the original accession numbers from the respective announcement journals. Under each of the nine categories, the entries are presented in one of two groups that appear in the following order: IAA entries identified by accession number series A86-10,000 in ascending accession number order; STAR entries identified by accession number series N86-10,000 in ascending accession number order. After the abstract section, there are seven indexes: subject, personal author, corporate source, foreign technology, contract number, report/ accession number, and accession number. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Category 01 Agriculture and Forestry 1 Includes crop forecasts, crop signature analysis, soil identification, disease de- tection, harvest estimates, range resources, timber inventory, forest fire detec- tion, and wildlife migration patterns. Category 02 Environmental Changes and Cultural Resources 13 Includes land use analysis, urban and metropolitan studies, environmental im- pact, air and water pollution, geographic information systems, and geographic analysis. Category 03 Geodesy and Cartography 17 Includes mapping and topography. Category 04 Geology and Mineral Resources 19 Includes mineral deposits, petroleum deposits, spectral properties of rocks, geological exploration, and lithology Category 05 Oceanography and Marine Resources 30 Includes sea-surface temperature, ocean bottom surveying imagery, drift rates, sea ice and icebergs, sea state, fish location. Category 06 Hydrology and Water Management 43 Includes snow cover and water runoff in rivers and glaciers, saline intrusion, drainage analysis, geomorphology of river basins, land uses, and estuarine studies. Category 07 Data Processing and Distribution Systems 48 Includes film processing, computer technology, satellite and aircraft hardware, and imagery. Category 08 Instrumentation and Sensors 57 Includes data acquisition and camera systems and remote sensors. Category 09 General 65 Includes economic analysis. Subject Index ....................................................................................................................... A-1 Personal Author Index ........................................................................................................ B-1 Corporate Source Index ...................................................................................................... C-1 Foreign Technology Index ................................................................................................... D-1 Contract Number Index ....................................................................................................... E-1 Report Number Index .......................................................................................................... F-1 Accession Number Index .................................................................................................... G-1 V TYPICAL REPORT CITATION AND ABSTRACT NASA SPONSORED MICROFICHE ACCEm NUMBER-N86-12740'# Kansas Univ. Center for Research, Inc., Lawrence. --CORPORATE SOURCE Remote Sensing Lab. TITLE-EVALUATION OF SPACE SAR AS A LAND-COVER CLASSIFICATION Final Report AW-6. BRISCO, F. T. ULABY, and T. H. L. WILLIAMS 1985% refs Original contains imagery. Original photography may be PUBLICATION DATE purchased from the EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57198 ERTS C-CT NUMBER- (Contract NCC9-7) (E86-10004; NASA-CR-176267; NAS 1.26:176267; RSL-TR-605-1)-EPRT NUMBERS AVAllABlUTY SOURCE-Avail: NTlS HC AO6/MF A01 CSCL 028- The multidimensional approach to the mapping of land cover, COSATI CODE crops, and forests is reported. Dimensionality is achieved by using data from sensors such as LANDSAT to augment Seasat and Shuttle Image Radar (SIR) data, using different image features such as tone and texture, and acquiring multidate data. Seasat, Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A), and LANDSAT data are used both individually and in combination to map land cover in Oklahoma. The results indicates that radar is the best single sensor (72% accuracy) and produces the best sensor combination (97.5% accuracy) for discriminating among five land cover categories. Multidate Seasat data and a single data of LANDSAT coverage are then used in a crop classification study of western Kansas. The highest accuracy for a single channel is achieved using a Seasat scene, which produces a classification accuracy of 67%. Classification accuracy increases to approximately 75% when either a multidate Seasat combination or LANDSAT data in a multisensor combination is used. The tonal and textural elements of SIR-A data are then used both alone and in combination to classify forests into five categories. Author TYPICAL JOURNAL ARTICLE CITATION AND ABSTRACT NASA SPONSORED lFon YICROFICHE AIM ACCESSION NUMBER- A8&lSeOe'# National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. TITLE- BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS - MODELING, MEASUREMENT, AND REMOTE SENSING AUTHORS-D. L. PETERSON, P. A. MATSON. J. G. LAWLESS (NASA, Ames -AUTHOR'S AFFILIATION Research Center, Moffett Field, CA), J. D. ABER (Wisconsin. University, Madison), P. M. VITOUSEK (Stanford University, CA) et el. IAF. International Astronautical Congress, 36th, Stockholm, -MEETING Sweden, Oct. 7-12, 1985. 13 p. refs REPORT N~BER-(IAF PAPER 85-14)- MEETING DATE The use of modeling, remote sensing, and measurements to characterize the pathways and to measure the rate of biogeochemical cycling in forest ecosystems is described. The application of the process-level model to predict processes in intact forests and ecosystems response to disturbance is examined. The selection of research areas from contrasting climate regimes and sites having a fertility gradient in that regime is discussed, and the sites studied are listed. The use of remote sensing in determining leaf area index and canopy biochemistry is analyzed. Nitrous oxide emission is investigated by using a gas measurement instrument. Future research projects, which include