KidSat views 1997 Indonesia fires

Author

Tseng, Conray ; Hung, Norman ; Jue, Shannon

Author_Institution

La Canada High Sch., CA, USA

Volume

37

Issue

4

fYear

1999

fDate

7/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1827

Lastpage

1833

Abstract

In 1997, El Nino-related fires raged across the Indonesian archipelago, and smoke from the fires covered Southeast Asia. Images of this disaster were captured by the KidSat camera. The KidSat Project was a NASA pilot program designed to allow students to view and study the Earth from space using a shuttle-mounted camera. A series of 15 images was taken by the camera of the Indonesian fires as they began to rage out of control. Using various techniques to analyze these images, the KidSat Exploration Team comprised a report detailing the social and scientific significance of the Indonesian fires

Keywords

air pollution; air pollution measurement; atmospheric techniques; education; fires; forestry; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; teaching; vegetation mapping; AD 1997; Asia; El Nino-related; Indonesia; Indonesian archipelago; KidSat; air pollution; atmosphere; disaster; education; forestry; geophysical measurement technique; satellite remote sensing; smoke; teaching; tropical forest fire; vegetation; Air pollution; Asia; Cameras; Earth; Fires; Image analysis; Internet; Java; NASA; Space shuttles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.774695

Filename

774695