Remote sensing of the Chesapeake Bay
Subtitle: a conference ...
Contributors: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office.
Series: NASA SP-294; NASA SP ;; 294.
Publisher: Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Remote sensing -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) -- Congresses.; Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) -- Congresses.
Description: "The objective of this Conference on Remote Sensing of the Chesapeake Bay is to identify the primary environmental problems of the Chesapeake Bay area and determine the extent to which remote sensing can contribute to the solution of these problems. This volume and the conference it records will focus on ten major problem areas present in the Chesapeake Bay area. These areas include: Pollution-Industrial Wastes; Pollution-Air; Pollution-Agricultural Sedimentation and Wastes; Estuarine Turbidity, Flushing, Salinity, and Circulation; Extractable Biological Resources; Agriculture and Forestry--Identification, Vigor, and Disease; Recreational Uses; Engineering Changes; Shoreline Activities; and Urban Development and Growth."--Page iii-iv.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"In cooperation with State of Delaware, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia, Smithsonian Institution [and] National Aeronautics and Space Administration."