veral dozens (more than 50) of zonal and
colour composite images received by the
systeu "Fragment" for different in nature
and economy territories of the European
part of the USSK, as well as for GDK and
Bulgaria, results of their thematic inter-
pretation (fragments of more than 100
maps) and recommendations for visual and
automatic interpretation are presented in
the Atlas.
The Atlas has thematic structure and re-
veals opportunities and methods for images
use for the sake of studies and map compi-
lation of geologic and geomorphologic st-
ructure of a territory, river deltas, wa-
ter reservoirs, soil cover, forest vege-
tation, landscapes, agriculture, antropo-
genic environmental impact, for solving
of environmental and social economie mo-
nitoring problems. Complex studies, con-
ducted particulary for agricultural pur-
poses dealing with the idea of agricultu-
ral landscapes are distinguished specia-
lly. The two published volumes are widely
used as scientific-metodics manual for
multispectral scanner images interpreta-
tion and their use for the Earth natural
resourees studies. They are adopted for
educational purposes in high scool for
training of specialists in different fi-
elds of Earth sciences and remote sensing.
Now the laboratory of air-cosmic methods
of the department of cartography and geo-
informatics of the Geographical facuity,
Moscow University showed the initiative
to prepare the third volume of this series
- an atlas "Cosmic methods in geoecology".
The planned third volume is marked by all-
directed use of cosmic information for so-
living of ecological problems using various
materials and methods for their processing
and interpretation for these purposes. The
Atlas will promote space information sup-
ply of the national programm "Nature con-
servation", which includes an academic
biosphere and ecologic investigations pro-
gramme, as well as the international geo-
sphere-biosphere programme VGBP.
The scientific-methodics part of the Atlas
stipulates revealing of possibilities of
space information use for antropogenic im-
pact studies and monitoring, control of
negative consequences of such impact.They
are chosen for different natural zones and
types of land use. Special attential is
payed to unstable to antropogenic impact
natural complexed. Technogenic impact on
soil-vegetation cover on permafrost is
shown for tundra regions - oil and gas ex-
traction, oil pipes construction, not ra-
tional transport use of territories, tra-
ffic outside roads. Influence of inten-
sive land use for timber production on
changes in forest types inevitable without
sutiable mesures for forests restoration
are presented for taiga regions. Control
possibilities of timber felling rules vio-
lation are shown; results of mass forest
deseases and pests outbreaks, forests fi-
res, possibilities of forest restoration
at ashes and auttings control are shown.
Development of erosion processes are
shown for forest-steppe mainly agricultu-
ral regions as weli as images of linear
erosion intensity, soil sheet erosion,
humus losses. Possibility of control fil-
ling and water quality of small water re-
servoirs, ponds, waterbasins comprising
typical characteristics of landscapes ex-
periencing precipitation deficit in the
steppe zone are demonstrated, Fossibility
of control soil deflation, sand storme
are shown for arid steppe and semidesert
regions.
Pasture digression as the result of exce-
ssive grazing, formation of spots near
wells and strips of desertification of
cattle-routes, soil destruction and defla-
tion development center the influence of
overgrazing, transport use of a territory,
mineral resources exploitation images are
forseen for desert and semidesert pastu-
res regions. Processes of secondary soils
salinization as the result of irrigation
waters discharge, processes of bogs for-
mation and salinization under the influ-
ence of water percolation from irrigation
canals, desertification of shriveling wa=-
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