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The Remote Sensing Tutorial
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/
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This is the web page for the National Aeronautics & Space Administration's Remote Sensing Tutorial, a training manual for learning the role of space science and technology and for using remote sensing to monitor planetary bodies and distant stars and galaxies. The Earth itself is the main focus. The tutorial defines remote sensing and then provides an in-depth explanation of how remote sensing is applied to the study of the land, sea, air and biotic communities that comprise the Earth's environments, its vital role in exploring the planets and reaching the stars and galaxies well out into the Cosmos. Not only does it provide insight into past uses of aerial photography and space imagery, but it also helps the user develop skills in interpreting these visual displays and data sets by direct inspection and by computer processing. Using a processing program called PIT, it even allows the user to apply their newly acquired knowledge to actual image interpretation on "raw" image data available from the Internet. Due to the comprehensive nature of the tutorial, it is adequate for use either as a bona fide text or as a supplement.
Intended for grade levels:
  • College (13-14)
  • College (15-16)
  • Graduate / Professional
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Tutorial
  • Visual:
    • Imagery - remotely sensed
  • Text:
    • Glossary
  • Dataset:
    • Remotely sensed
Subject:
  • Space science
  • Technology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Information on this site is in the public domain, except where copyright is otherwise indicated. You may use NASA imagery (including Internet screen captures), video, and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages. The NASA material must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA's endorsement of commercial goods or services. If a NASA image includes an identifiable person, using the image may infringe that person's right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person. You may link to NASA pages provided the link you design is strictly for information and does not convey NASA's implicit or explicit endorsement of any goods or services you might be offering. You may not put the NASA logo on your personal Web page, even to use as a link back to the NASA Home Page. Check with NASA Public Services Division for questions about commercial use.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-000-729
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Dr Nicholas M. Short
National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center

Publisher: The Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
Intelligence Resource Program
http://www.fas.org/irp/