Engineering PapersSearch

NASA NTRS · 19730019667

Water resources

Abstract

The application of ERTS-1 imagery to the conservation and control of water resources is discussed. The effects of exisiting geology and land use in the water shed area on the hydrologic cycle and the general characteristics of runoff are described. The effects of floods, snowcover, and glaciers are analyzed. The use of ERTS-1 imagery to map surface water and wetland areas to provide rapid inventorying over large regions of water bodies is reported.

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

Salomonson, V. V., Rango, A.. 1973-05-01. Water resources. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19730019667

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.