Open AccessWide‐ranging sensor applications
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo080i021p00238-01
Subject(s) - general partnership , remote sensing , environmental science , environmental resource management , environmental planning , computer science , meteorology , business , geography , finance
The next time you sip a glass of wine from California's Napa Valley, you may want to offer a toast to NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A new partnership between the two agencies could help to improve the management of vineyards there. The partnership, which will apply remote‐sensing data from satellites to 13 initial research issues, also could improve scientists' understanding of wildfires, range management, floodplain drainage, and other resources. The goal of the research, according to NASA, is to accelerate the movement of remote sensing research results and data into the operational arena.