Compte-Rendus du Seminaire de Teledetection (Proceedings of a Seminar on Remote Sensing Held in Senegal on March 31 through April 10, 1980). Volume 1

摘要

Remote sensing (RS), the use of satellites to record topographical characteristics, can be of great help to developing nations by providing them with vital information on land and natural resources management. This two-volume document presents the proceedings of a seminar on RS and natural resources partially sponsored by A.I.D. and held in Dakar, Senegal from March 31 to April 10, 1980. Some of the topics discussed during the sessions include the following: The physics of RS; the capabilities of the Landsat satellite; image processing and information systems; establishing a topographical data bank on the Lower Casamance region of Senegal; creating a mosaic of Senegal at a scale of 1:500,000; image interpretation models of Landsat data; a physiographical analysis of Senegal's soil using RS; the use of radar in vegetation analysis and natural resources inventories in arid zones; the FRACARTE system and physiographical cartography of western Senegal; physiographical analysis of Lower Casamance using Landsat data.