| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Inventory and monitoring of shrimp farms by radar satellite data. Pilot study in Sri Lanka |
| Inventory and monitoring of shrimp farms are essential tools for decision-making on aquaculture development, including regulatory laws, environmental protection and revenue collection. Therefore, the availability of an accurate, fast and mainly objective methodology that also allows the observation of remote areas assumes a great value. The satellite remote sensing data are unique for mapping shri... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIre0084.htm |
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| Environment - Policy and management |
| Environment - Geoinformation, monitoring and assessment |
| Wetlands Monitoring by ERS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data in Zambia |
| The objectives of the study presented in this paper were: to assess the suitability of European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images in monitoring the seasonal changes of the wetland areas and to carry out a comparison of the results obtained from both ERS SAR and NOAA AVHRR data. A summary of the process and results of the study are provided here. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EIdirect/EIan0007.htm |
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