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NASA NTRS1985

Airborne lidar experiments at the Savannah River Plant

The results of remote sensing experiments at the Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Nuclear Facility utilizing the NASA Airborne Oceanographic Lidar (AOL) are presented. The flights were conducted in support of the numerous environmental monitoring requirements associated with the operation of the facility and for the purpose of furthering research and development of airborne lidar technology. Areas of application include airborne laser topographic mapping, hydrologic studies using fluorescent tracer dye, timber volume estimation, baseline characterization of wetlands, and aquatic chlorophyll and photopigment measurements. Conclusions relative to the usability of airborne lidar technology for the DOE for each of these remote sensing applications are discussed.

Krabill, William B.↗

NASA NTRS1986

Mapping diverse vegetation with multichannel radar images

Airborne-SAR, SIR-A, Seasat SAR, and Landsat TM images of the Savannah River Plant, a gently sloping area of South Carolina covered with diverse vegetation, are presented and briefly characterized. Preliminary results indicate that multiple-polarization images constructed from the airborne-SAR data give some indication of forest density and understory growth but do not permit discrimination between evergreen and deciduous forests. Heat-tolerant vegetation growing on sand bars in streams bearing thermal effluents from nuclear reactors on the site is found to have a distinguishing polarization signature.

Ford, J. P.↗

NASA NTRS1973

Observations of the plant growth and annual flooding in the inland delta of the Niger River, west Africa

The author has identified the following significant results. A large potential irrigation area with water delivery system in place was identified from ERTS-1 imagery. The site is in the Sahara Desert. Color additive change detection imagery was used to assess ground water potentials in the Savannah in conjunction with a major US AID-Mali livestock sector initiative. The potential capacity to map laterite deposits in the Inland Delta from space was established with the help of aerial and ground surveys. A color composite of the Inland Delta could have saved French biogeographers 3 5/6 man-years of professional field work had it been available, according to the man who prepared a plant community map of part of the southern Inland Delta.

Macleod, N. H.↗