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In meteorology, transportable software package has been developed 
which can handle and integrate data from sounding, surface 
measurements and satellite imageries. Forecast model has been 
installed in PC environment. Verification of different satellite 
surface temperature data was executed. An upwarming trend is 
anticipated for the Carpathian basin for the next decades. Its 
impact on agriculture (soils and vegetation) have to be analyzed. 
In agriculture. developments are underway in order to meet the 
requirements of operational satellite remote sensing applications 
especially in large area vegetation/land—use mapping, assessing 
the type and magnitude of crops, crop development investigation 
and yield estimation modelling based on quantitative processing 
of multitemporal, multiplatform remotely sensed data. 
Technologies for aerial prior warning have been elaborated to 
detect, classify and locate shortages, providing information for 
decision makers in farm, regional and governmental level. 
The broader use of RS data in ame1iorization, land reclamation 
and soil mapping is supported by continuous training an by 
publishing guidelines and textbooks. In soil moisture analysis 
microwave technique has been introduced. For agricultural and 
environmental landcover monitoring, investigations on the 
spectral signatures of objects and canopy analyses were executed. 
In forestry. map revision using remote sensing data in VIS/IR 
spectral range are operational; forest canopy studies, compa 
rative investigations and spectral analysis using SPOT/Cosmos 
data were executed in international framework. Introduction of 
digital mapping technology in forest management has been started. 
In surveying and mapping the use of remotely sensed data is 
operational. Advanced technologies; digital mapping, DTM software 
and methods for computer aided orthophoto production from space 
imagery have been developed. Technology of topographic map 
revision, satellite image map compilation/printing has been 
solved using Cosmos and Landsat imagery. 
In environmental protection the general issues in Europe are: 
— the atmospheric warning, 
— the damages in shallow lakes and forests resulted by the 
increased acid deposition, 
— the impact of antropogen activities. 
In this field remote sensing applications in Hungary are as 
follow: 
— interpretation and inventory of natural resources in regional 
level (KomArom County); thematic mapping of environmental 
characteristics; registration of changes in industrial 
environment; air pollution studies for 5 counties and Budapest , 
— ecological resources analysis, land degradation and water 
quality assessments, mapping the danger of environmental acidity, 
In water management, guidelines has been published for use in 
Balaton—related activities, where satellite based water quality