Chapter 11 References – For More Information About:
Early Satellite Remote Sensing:
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of the Earth Sciences.” Social Studies of Science 31 (2): 231-251.
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Cloud, J., and K. Clarke. 1999. “Through a Shutter Darkly: The Tangled Relationships
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Jensen, J. 2006. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Chapter 3.
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of 1958 (Unamended).” Updated February 18.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2007. “Sputnik and the Dawn of the Space
Age.” Updated October 10. http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik.
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National Reconnaissance Office. 2013. “CORONA Fact Sheet.” Accessed August 15.
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Project CORONA: Clandestine Roots of Modern Earth Science. 1999. Updated on December
7. http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~kclarke/Corona/Corona.html.
Satellite Orbits and Sensor Resolutions:
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GeoSage. 2013. “Image Fusion.” Accessed August 15.
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Jensen, J. 2006. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Chapters 1 and 7.
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Kimerling, A.J., A.R. Buckley, P.C. Muehrcke, and J.O. Muehrcke. 2009. Map Use: Reading
and Analysis. Redlands: ESRI Press. Chapter 9.
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Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2011. “Orbit and Coverage.” Landsat 7
Science Data Users Handbook. Updated March 11.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. “NOAA’s Eyes in the Sky Keep Tabs on the
Earth’s Environment.” NOAA Magazine. Accessed August 15.
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Short, N.M., Sr. 2005. “Overview and Use of This Tutorial.” Remote Sensing Tutorial.
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Short, N.M., Sr. 2005. “Sensor Technology.” Remote Sensing Tutorial.
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Global Land Cover Facility. 2013. “Landsat Imagery.” Accessed August 15.
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Jensen, J. 2005. Introductory Digital Image Processing: A Remote Sensing Perspective. 3rd
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2009. “Earth-Observing Landsat 5 Turns
25.” Updated March 2. http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/landsat_bday.html.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2011. “Data Products.” Landsat 7 Science
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2011. “Landsat 7 Science Data Users
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “History.” Landsat Science. Updated
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “LDCM/Landsat 8.” NASA Science
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. 2013. “Landsat 8.” Accessed August 15.
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OhioLink LANDSAT 7 Satellite Image Server. 2013. Accessed August 15.
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United States Geological Survey. 2013. “Opening the Landsat Archive/Product
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EO-1:
• Earth Observing-1. 2013. “Hyperion Instrument.” Accessed August 15.
http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/new/Technology/Hyperion.html.
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Jensen, J. 2006. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Chapter 7.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “The Extended Mission: Earth
Observing-1.” Accessed August 15. http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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United States Geological Survey. 2011. “EO-1.” Earth Observing 1 (EO-1).
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High Resolution Satellites:
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Airbus Defense Air and Space. 2015. “Airbus Group Takes Off Into 2014 With Joint Brand.”
Accessed August 28. http://www.geo-airbusds.com/en/5577-airbus-group-takes-off-into-2014-withjoint-brand
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Airbus Defense Air and Space. 2012. “Pléiades 1B will join its twin Pléiades 1A to offer daily revisit
in very high resolution.” Accessed August 28, 2015. http://www.spaceairbusds.com/en/press_centre/pleiades-1b-will-join-its-twin-pleiades-1a-to-offer-daily-revisit-invery-high.html
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Astrium. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.astrium.eads.net.
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Astrium. 2013. “Pleiades Satellite Imagery: the Very-High-Resolution Constellation.”
Accessed August 15. http://www.spotimage.fr/web/en/1663-pleiades-very-high-resolutionsatellite-imagery.php.
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Astrium. 2013. “Pléiades: the Next Generation of Observation Satellites.” Accessed August
15. http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/programme2/pleiades-9zn.html.
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Astrium 2013. “Pléiades, Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.astrium-geo.com/na/1032-pleiades-very-high-resolution-satellite-imagery.
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Astrium. 2013. “SPOT.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/programme2/spot-603.html.
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Astrium. 2013. “SPOT 6 and SPOT 7: Extending SPOT Continuity to High-Resolution,
Wide-Swath Imagery.” Accessed August 15. http://www.astrium-geo.com/na/1029-spot-6-7.
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Astrium. 2013. “SPOT 6 and SPOT 7: High-Resolution, Wide-Area Imagery.” Accessed
August 15. http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/147-spot-6-7.
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Astrium GeoInformation Services. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.astriumgeo.com/na.
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Campbell, J., and R. Wynne. 2011. Introduction to Remote Sensing. 5th ed. New York:
Guilford, Chapter 6.
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CNES. 2012. “PLEIADES.” Updated November 12. http://smsc.cnes.fr/PLEIADES.
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DigitalGlobe. 2010. “GeoEye selects Lockheed Martin to Begin Engineering and
Manufacturing of GeoEye-2, the Company's Next Commercial Earth-Imaging Satellite.”
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DigitalGlobe. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://www.digitalglobe.com.
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DigitalGlobe. 2013. “Standard Imagery.” Accessed August 15.
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DigitalGlobe. 2013. “WorldView-1.” Accessed August 15.
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DigitalGlobe. 2013. “WorldView-2.” Accessed August 15.
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DigitalGlobe. 2013. “WorldView-3.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.digitalglobe.com/downloads/WorldView3-DS-WV3-Web.pdf.
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DigitalGlobe. 2014. “U.S. Satellite Resolution Restrictions – LIFTED!” Accessed August
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GeoCommunity. 2012. “First images from SPOT 6 Satellite.” September.
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GeoEye. 2013. “About GeoEye-2.” Accessed August 15.
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Global Security. 2011. “Space: Imagery Intelligence.” Modified July 21.
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Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation.
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Satellite Imaging Corporation. 2013. “GeoEye-2 Satellite Sensor.” Accessed August 15.
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Satellite Imaging Corporation. 2013. “IKONOS Satellite Images and Sensor Specifications.”
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Satellite Imaging Corporation. 2013. “SPOT-5 Satellite Imagery and Satellite System
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