EXPERIMENTAL REMOTE SENSING RESEARCH ON THE THERMAL STATE OF GEOSYSTEMS

The authors explore how the utilization of remote sensing images can help supplement gaps in knowledge of thermal conditions in poorly studied areas not adequately covered by the Russian Federation network of hydrometeorological stations. Particular attention is devoted to the potential of aerial remote sensing surveys (e.g., radiometers) in densely forested, wetland, and high-mountain regions. A methodology of radiation temperature measurement is applied in a test area in southern East Siberia and regions of distinctive radiation temperature conditions are identified. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1998, No. 1, pp. 22-26.