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Earth sciences in the age of the satellite
- Title
- Earth sciences in the age of the satellite / Jean Pouquet.
- Author
- Pouquet, Jean, 1910-
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; Boston : D. Reidel, ©1974.
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Details
- Description
- vii, 169 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Uniform Title
- Sciences de la terre à l'heure des satellites. English
- Alternative Title
- Sciences de la terre à l'heure des satellites.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1900-
- Astronautics in earth sciences
- Earth sciences > Remote sensing
- Geowissenschaften
- Satellitenbild
- ELECTROMAGNETISM
- ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
- Earth sciences
- Remote sensing
- Sciences de la Terre
- Satellites artificiels en télédétection
- Satellites de télédétection des ressources terrestres
- Imagerie satellitaire
- Note
- Translation of Les Sciences de la terre à l'heure des satellites.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [163]-169.
- Contents
- From Galileo to Aldrin and Armstrong; The electromagnetic spectrum; The visible and near infrared of the electromagnetic spectrum; The invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum; Emitted radiation and reflected radiation: concrete aspects; Types of satellites; The problem of real time; Instrumentation onboard the satellites; Satellites destined for earth sciences; Processing of information received from meteorological satellites; Manned satellites; Broad principles of interpretation; Geopedological examples; Non-geopedological examples; Prospects for the future.
- ISBN
- 9027704376
- 9789027704375
- LCCN
- 73094454
- OCLC
- ocm01279121
- 1279121
- SCSB-288444
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library