Remote sensing for resources development and environmental management: Remote sensing for resources development and environmental management

Damen, M. C. J.

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Title:: Remote sensing for resources development and environmental management

Sub title:: proceedings of the 7th international Symposium, Enschede, 25 - 29 August 1986

Year of publication:: 1986

Place of publication:: Rotterdam; Boston

Publisher of the original:: A. A. Balkema

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Additional Notes:: Volume 1-3 erschienen von 1986-1988

Editor:: Damen, M. C. J.

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Persistent identifier:: 856343064

Title:: Remote sensing for resources development and environmental management

Sub title:: proceedings of the 7th international Symposium, Enschede, 25 - 29 August 1986

Scope:: XV, 547 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1986

Place of publication:: Rotterdam; Boston

Publisher of the original:: A. A. Balkema

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Editor:: Damen, M. C. J.

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Title:: 2 Microwave data. Chairman: N. Lannelongue, Liaison: L. Krul

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Title:: Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A) interpretation of the Kashgar region in western Xinjiang, China. Dirk Werle

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aspects of Xinjiang. SIR-A imagery used in this study provides the first opportunity for targeting applications, where spaceborne SAR can be useful for land use, natural resource and terrain analysis in the Kashagar region. Terrain units previously classified on LANDSAT imagery for other parts of the province, can also he identified with considerable detail in the Kashgar region on SIR-A imagery. Different topographic features and physiographic regions of the Pamirs may be differentiated on the radar image despite displacement and layover effects of high-relief alpine landforms. However, boundaries of snow- and icefields can not be clearly identified for monitoring seasonal change and meltwater run-off. In the Tarim Basin, topographic relief is hardly expressed on the radar image, but different surface roughness parameters and surface materials of the sandy desert terrain, the alluvial plain and alluvial fans each provide distinct signatures. The SIR-A image also renders a detailed account of land reclamation, the distribution of irrigation water, and the afforestation efforts. Forested windshelter belts are frequently identified features which in turn provide an excellent indication of cultivated areas and irrigation schemes. Radar imaging techniques are regarded as most suitable for monitoring afforestation in arid regions. Windshelter belts which otherwise may not be detected in similar detail on LANDSAT imagery, play a vital role in the protection of the cultivated areas. Agricultural development is currently focusing on marginal lands within the alluvial plains which offer favourable conditions in terms of topography, soils and hydrological conditions. Terrain analysis and continuous monitoring of cultivated regions in Central Asia by means of spaceborne imaging radar may offer a powerful tool in land use management of arid and semi-arid regions. Ulaby, F.T. 1982, Radar signatures of terrain. IEEE Proc.70(12):1410-1428. USSR Academy of Science/Institute of Geography 1969. The physical geography of China, New York. Weggel, 0. 1984. Xinjiang - eine Landeskunde. Mitt. Inst. f. Asienkunde 138, Hamburg. Wiens, H. 1966. Regional and seasonal water supply in the Tarim Basin and its relation to cultivated land potentials. Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geogr, 56:350-366. Woldai, T. 1983. LANDSAT and SIR-A interpretation of the Kalpin Chong Korum mountains of China. ITC Journal 1983-3:250-252. Zhao Songqiao 1984. Analysis of desert terrain in China using LANDSAT imagery. In: El-Baz, F. (ed.) Deserts and arid lands, pp. 115-132, The Hague. Zhao Songqiao & Xia Xuncheng 1984. Evolution of the Lop desert and Lop Nor. Geogr. J. 150(3):11-121, Zhao Songqiao & Han Qing 1981. Landwirtschaftliche Erschliessung am Nordrand des Tarim Beckens. Geographische Rundschau 33(3):113-118. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Reproductions of SIR-A imagery for this study were provided by the Principal Investigator of the SIR-A experiment, Dr. Charles Elachi, through the World Data Center 'A' for Rockets and Satellites, Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. REFERENCES Cimino, J.B. & Elachi, C. (eds.) 1982. Shuttle imaging radar experiment. JPL Publ. 82-77, Pasadena, Ca. Chang Chih-Yi 1949. Land utilization and settlement possibilities in Sinkiang. Geogr. Rev. 39:57-75. Chu Liangpu 1982. The lineament features of Tarim Basin (west part) and its bearing on the characteristics of Cenozoic tectonic stress fields. Paper pres, at the 3rd Asian Conf. on Rem. Sens., Dec 4-7, 1982, Dacca, Bangladesh. Edelmann, G. 1979. Ein weisser Fleck wird getilgt. Geo-Magazin 2(ll):62-67. Evans, D.L., Farr, T.G., Ford, J.P., Thompson, T.W. and Werner, C.L. 1986. Multipolarization radar images for geologic mapping and vegetation discrimination. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 24(2):246-257. Field, W.O. (ed.) 1975. Mountain glaciers of the northern hemisphere, Hanover, N.H., CRREL. Ford, J.P., Cimino, J.B. and Elachi, C. 1983. Space shuttle Columbia views the world with imaging radar: the SIR-A experiment. JPL Publ. 82-95, Pasadena, Ca. Freeberne, M. 1965. Glacial meltwater resources of China. Geogr. J. 131:57-60. Petrov, M.P. 1976. Deserts of the world. Jerusalem. Shi Yafeng & Yang Zhenniang 1985. Water resources of glaciers in China. GeoJournal 10(2):163-166.

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