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- SWRC and Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed Booklet

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                  5 - Page 5  Landsat-7 launchLaunch of Lansat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) on 15 April 1999 at Vandenberg Air Force BaseThe term remote sensing encompasses methods that employ electromagnetic energy as the means of detecting and measuring target characteristics, commonly with sensors mounted on aircraft or satellite platforms.  SWRC remote sensing research has been directed toward four general activities:**Calibration and signal processing**Sensor calibrationReflectance factor retrievalBidirectional reflectance distribution function**Algorithm and model development**EvaporationSoil moistureVegetation**Field experiments and inter-disciplinary programs**Monsoon '90Walnut Gulch '92Semi-Arid Land Surface Atmosphere (SALSA) ProgramLandsat-7 Science Team ProgramRANGESEarth Observation 1 (EO-1) Validation Team Program**Data archive**WCL Image and Ground Data Archive (WIGDA '99) Suggested publications: Moran, M. S., Y. Inoue and E. M. Barnes. Opportunities and limitations for image-based remote sensing in precision crop management, Rem. Sens. Env. 61:319-346. Published 1997. Moran, M. S. Image-based remote sensing for agricultural management - perspectives of image providers, research scientists and users, 2nd Intl. Conf. Geospatial Information in Agric. and For. 10-12 Jan., Orlando, Fla. I-23-I-30. Published 2000. [1]
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