SKYLAB EXPERIMENTERS

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• Publication Date: November 2, 1971
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The attached Preee Release (with change sheet) announces the inttial
group of scientiats tentatively chosen to analyze data from ERTS
and/or Skylab.
I note that experimentern from 22 foreign countries have proponed
experimento that have been tentatively approved.
We expect initial (very preliminary) timo-lining and =lesion experi-
ment optimization moults in early December. I will let you know
when we can diecuas thane firet reaulta.
Myron W. Krueger
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NASA review(s) completed.
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (202) 962-11.155
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20546 TELS: [phone]
Richard T. Mittauer
(Phone: [phone])
RELEASE NO: 71-202
FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY A.M.'s
OCTOBER 20, 1971
NASA TO SURVEY EARTH'S RESOURCES
A wide variety of the natural resources of Earth and
man's management of them will be studied by an initial
group of scientists tentatively chosen by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration to analyze data to
be gathered by two Earth-orbiting spacecraft.
The spacecraft are the first Earth Resources Technology
Satellite (ERTS-A) and the manned Skylab which will carry an
Earth Resources Experiment Package (EREP).
The initial group of experimenters are from 28 states
and the District of Columbia and from 22 foreign countries.
In the United States, the initial experiments will study
the feasibility of remote sensing from satellite in
gathering information on such things as:
- vegetation damage from highway construction in Maine,
- pollution of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana,
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the effectiveness of measures to control pink
bollworm infestation of cotton in the Imperial
Valley of California,
- the color of the ocean for the improvement of
commercial fishing off the coast of Oregon,
- the replanting of land used for strip mining in Ohio,
- county-wide land use planning in Florida,
the grazing of wild and domestic animals on the
public lands in the West,
- protection of the seacoast and tidal marshes in
New Jersey,
- the role of the playa lakes in the resupply of
ground water in the high plains of Texas,
land use in BOSNYWASH, the megalopolis extending
from Boston to Washington, D.C.
- the movement of sediment plumes in the Chesapeake
and San Francisco Bays,
- permafrost and wildlife habitats in Alaska,
- the ecological effects of the meandering of the
Gulf stream off the east coast of the U.S.,
rural landscape changes in eastern Tennessee,
- the marine and coastal environment in Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands,
- the formation and location of icebergs in the
Antarctic,
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large scale weather effects on the lee or southeast
shores of the Great Lakes,
- an active volcano in the Cascade mountains in Washington,
- storm and tidal erosion of the barrier islands chain
off the Gulf coast of Texas,
- inventory of the timber resources in all the major
types of forests in the U.S.,
- extent of snow cover for river and flood forecasting
in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and
- analysis of the haze over Los Angeles.
Overseas, the first group of experiments will study
the feasibility of surveying such things as:
land use and soil erosion in Guatemala,
- a variety of ground resources in India,
- winter monsoon clouds and snow cover in Japan,
- the hydrologic cycle of the Santa River basin in Peru,
- urban and regional planning in Venezuela,
- snow surveys to assess the risk of spring floods in
Norway, and
- detection of locust breeding sites in Saudi Arabia.
More than 700 scientists submitted proposals last June
for experiments with ERTS and EREP data, the greatest number
ever received by NASA.
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The ERTS ERTS proposals selected in this initial group are
those on which no negotiations on the experiment plan were
required with the proposer. In the case of EREP, however,
some negotiations may be necessary with some proposers to
determine the operation of the experiment by the Skylab
astronauts.
Still in the selection process are a number of proposals
which require such negotiations. Announcement of additional
selections will be made by NASA in the next several months.
About 270 proposals have been rejected.
NASA will fund the experiments selected from U.S.
proposers. The experiments proposed by foreign scientists
will be funded by the scientist's own country.
In addition to the foreign experiments in this initial
selection, cooperative Earth resources projects have been
established with Brazil, Canada and Mexico involving
aircraft as well as spacecraft remote sensing techniques.
The objective of both ERTS and the EREP aboard Skylab
is to obtain multispectral images of the surface of the
Earth with high resolution remote sensors and to process
and distribute the images to scientific users in a wide
variety of disciplines.
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ERTS-A is a 950 kilogram (2100-pound) automated
satellite to be launched in the spring of 1972 by a Delta
rocket from the Western Test Range into a Sun-synchronous,
near polar orbit at an altitude of 910 kilometers (565 miles).
ERTS-A will carry a return beam vidicon camera system using
three vidicon cameras in three spectral bands and a multi-
spectral scanner to sense in four spectral bands.
Data from ERTS will be telemetered to ground stations
and then relayed to the NASA Data Processing Facility (NDPF)
at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
It is anticipated that a combination of more than 300,000
photographs and digital images will be produced each week.
At the NDPF, the bulk of the ERTS data will be processed
within ten days and made available to experimenters.
Skylab is an 86,000 kilogram (190,000-pound) spacecraft
which will be launched unmanned in the spring of 1973 by a
Saturn V from Cape Kennedy into a 435 kilometer (270 mile)
orbit with an inclination of 50?. It will be manned by
three-man crews for one 28-day and two 56-day periods over
about eight months.
The EREP includes a six-camera multispectral photographic
facility, an infrared spectrometer, a multispectral scanner,
a K-band microwave radiometer, scatterometer, altimeter and
L-band microwave radiometer.
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At the end of each manned visit to Skylab, data from
EREP will be returned to Earth in the command module on
photographic film and digital data on magnetic tape.
Processing of the data will be at the Manned Spacecraft
Center, Houston, Texas, which will distribute the data
to experimenters.
Processed data on terrain features will ?be stored in
retrievable and reproducible form at the Department of
Interior's Earth Resources Observation System Data Center
at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Oceanographic and meteoro-
logical data will be stored at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite
Service at Suitland, Maryland.
There follows a list of the scientific experiments in
the initial group. They are categorized by the state of
the principal investigator.
The ERTS or EREP notation on the Proposal Number
column indicates whether the experiment will be conducted
with ERTS or EREP data. ERTS/EREP indicates the experiment
will use data from both satellites.
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UNITED STATES
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/REP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
? NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
7XPRRTMRNT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
CALIFORNIA
027 Dr. Ralph C. Hall
ERTS Natural Resources Management
Corp., Eureka
042
ERTS
044
ERTS
059
ERTS
084
ERTS
Ernest I. Rich
School of Earth Sciences
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Dr. Monem Abdel-Gawad
North American Rockwell
Thousand Oaks
John L. Hult
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica
Dr. Lowell N. Lewis
University of California
at Riverside
153 Dr. Donald J. Spencer
ERTS TRW Systems Group
Redondo Beach
154
ERTS
John E. Taber
TRW Systems Group
Redondo Beach
Detection and monitoring of
forest insect infestation in
the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Structural and lithologic
study of north coast range
Identification and interpre-
tation of tectonic features
from ERTS
Surveying Antarctic iceberg
resources
Remote sensing in controlling
pink bollworm in cotton
Image data compression
technique
Digital correction techniques
Yosemite Environmen-
National tal Quality,
Park Ecology
Northern Geology
California
Southwestern
U.S.,Red Sea
and African
Rift
Antarctica
Coachella,
Imperial
and Palo
Verde Valleys
Worldwide
No specific
site
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Geology
OceanograpN
Agriculture,
Forestry
Interpreta-
tion
Technique
Development
Interpreta-
tion
Technique
Development
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DISCIPLINE
EXPERTENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
CALIFORNIA
206
Dr. Erk Reimnitz
Studies of inner shelf and
North coast
Oceanogra02
ERTS
U.S. Geological Survey
coastal sedimentation
of Alaska
Menlo Park
207
Oscar J. Ferrians
Permafrost and geologic
Alaska
Geology
ERTS
U.S. Geological Survey
hazards in Alaska
Menlo Park
226
Robert C. Heller
Identification of forest,
Atlanta,Ga.,
Agriculture,
ERTS
U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Berkeley
rangeland, water resources
and forest stress
Black Hills,
S.D. and
Forestry
Manitou, Colo.
230
Dr. Ernest H. Rogers
Remote haze monitoring by
Los Angeles
Environmen-
ERTS
Aerospace Corporation
Los Angeles
satellite
tal Quality,
Ecology
245
Dr. Claus B. Ludwig
Determination of the aerosol
Southern
Environmen-
ERTS
General Dynamics Corp.
San Diego
content in the atmosphere
California
tal Quality,
Ecology
409
James V. A. Trumbull
Marine and coastal processes
Puel-to Rico
Geology
EREP
U.S. Geological Survey
on Puerto Rico and Virgin
and Virgin
Menlo Park
Islands
Islands
438
Dr. Monem Abdel-Gawad
Identification and interpre-
Southwestern
Geology
EREP
North American Rockwell
tation of tectonic features
U.S.
Thousand Oaks
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INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
CALIFORNIA
463 Dr. Paul M. Merifield
EREP Earth Science Research Corp.
Santa Monica
574 Dr. P. A. Davis
EREP Stanford Research Institute
Menlo Park
599 Dr. Dale F. Leipper
EREP Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
COLORADO
131
ERTS
147
ERTS
208
ERTS
Edwin D. McKee
U.S. Geological
Denver
Thomas Heller
U.S. Geological
Denver
Larry D. Cast
U.S. Geological
Denver
Survey
Survey
Survey
234 Lynn M. Shown
ERTS U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
Investigate peninsula range
Southwestern Geology
California
Airborne lidar (light detec- Texas
tion and ranging) observations
in support of studies of
atmospheric radiative transfer
Remotely sensed data as a
supplement to surface ocean
observation
Study of morphology
Range quality during normal
grazing sea In
No site
required
Meteorology
Oceanographj.
Africa and Geology
Asia
Oregon,
Arizona and Forestry
Alaska
Agriculture,
Remote sensing of reclamation Rocky Moun- Geology
tains, and
Colo. and
Wyoming
Preparation of hydrological
atlases of arid land water-
sheds
Northeastern Hydrology
Montana,
Wyoming and
New Mexico
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EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE DISCIPLINE
COLORADO
236
Harry W. Smedes
Computer mapping of terrain
Yellowstone Geology
ERTS
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
National Park,
Wyoming,
Montana and
Idaho
238
Dr. Roger B. Morrison
ERTS imagery of the Great
Illinois, Geology
ERTS
U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
Plains
Iowa ,Missouri,
Nebraska and
South Dakota
381
Dr. P. M. Kuhn
Concentrated atmospheric
Texas and Meteorology
EREP
National Oceanic and
radiation project
Arizona
Atmospheric Administration
Boulder
487
Kenneth Watson
Remote sensing of geophysics
Southeastern Geology
EREP
U.S. Geological Survey
Calif. and
Denver
Mill Creek,
Oklahoma
491
Dr. Roger B. Morrison
EREP imagery of the Great
Central Geology
EREP
U.S. Geological Survey
Plains
Great Plains:
Denver
Ill., Iowa.,
Mo., Kan.,
Neb., S.D.
DELAWARE
477
Dr. Vytautas Klemas
Ecological, geological and
Delaware Bay Ecology
EREP
University of Delaware
oceanographic studies
and estuaries
Newark
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NUMBER
DISTRICT
140
ERTS
141
ERTS
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INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/tREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIMENT
OF COLUMBIA
Dr. Richard R. Anderson
American University
Dr. Frank J. Wobber
Earth Satellite Corp.
186 Dr. John L. Place
ERTS U.S. Geological Survey
235
ERTS
251
ERTS
258
ERTS
SITE
DISCIPLINE
Bill J. Van Tries
Bureau of Sport Fisheries
and Wildlife
Jules D. Friedman
U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. Paul M. Maughan
Earth Satellite Corp.
297 Dr. William A. Brewer
ERTS Earth Satellite Corp.
363 Allan Shapiro
EREP Naval Research Laboratory
Monitoring wetlands and shallow
water environments with ERTS
Monitor snow cover and snow
melting to obtain geological
information
Land use mapping and modeling
for the Phoenix quadrangle
Management of wildlife habitat
in Alaska
Thermal surveillance of active
volcano--Cascade range
To improve menhaden
predictions
Mineral exploration
of ERTS data
fishery
potential
Derive terrain properties and
topography from shape of EREP
Chesapeake
Bay, part of
N. Carolina
Mass. and
W. Virginia
Arizona
ecological
test site
Alaska
Oregon,
Wash. and
California
Gulf of
Mexico
Arizona
(South
Central)
Across U.S.A
Atlantic and
Pacific
Oceans
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tal Quality,
Ecology
Geology
Environmen-
tal
Ecology
Environmen- -
tal Quality,
Ecology
Geology
Oceanography
Geology
. Interpre-
tation
Technique
Development
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INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A REP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
455 Morris Deutsch
EREP U.S. Department of Interior
474 Dr. William A. Brewer
EREP Earth Satellite Corp.
485 Dr. Richard R. Anderson
EREP American University
FLORIDA
108
ES/REP
196
ERTS
George A. Maul
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Miami
John W. Hannah
Brevard County Planning
Department, Titusville
385 John W. Hannah
EREP Brevard County Planning
Department, Titusville
INDIANA
325 Dr. Charles Wier
ERTS/tREP Indiana Geological
Society, Bloomington
Hydrologic significance of
faults in the Great Smokey
Mountains National Park
Mineral exploration potential
of EREP data
Wetlands ecology using EREP
data
Remote sensing of ocean
currents
Remote sensing in urban and
regional planning
Remote sensing in urban and
regional planning
Application of imagery to
fracture-related mine safety
hazards
N.Carolina, Hydrology
Great Smokey
Mountains
National Park
Arizona Geology
New Jersey, Ecology
Maryland,
N.Carolina
and S.Carolina
New York, Oceanography
Pennsylvania,
Maryland,
Florida and
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Geography
Florida Geography
Indiana Geology
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NUMBER
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLE
WISAS
5i9-1
EEPa
42_3
E8EP
U
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0
0
MINE
E251I4'S
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4-EP
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1RYLAND
113
ERTS
Dr. Richard K. Moore
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Dr. Richard K. Moore
University of Kansas
Lawrence
John U. Hidalgo
Tulane University
New Orleans
Raymond G. Woodman
Maine State Highway
Commission, Bangor
Ernest Stoeckeler
Maine State Highway
Commission, Bangor
Ernest G. Stoeckeler
Maine State Highway
Commission, Bangor
Allan Jelacic
Wolf Research and Development
Corp., Riverdale
S-193 performance evaluation Various
and data collection for future
systems design
S-193 performance evaluation
and radseat performance
evaluation
Study of ecology of Lake
Pontchartrain
>
Sensor-0
Techno*y
Various Sensor()
TechnoGa-y
m-
U
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Lake Pont- Envircrtsen-
chartrain tal Qua2ity,
Ecologi
0
Geolo9A
0
Maine Enviroraen-
tal Quaity,
Ecolog4
0
Geologlig
Map glaciofluvial deposits and Maine
land forms
Detection and monitoring of
vegetation damage
Multidisciplinary analysis for Maine
highway engineering
Interdependence of lake ice
and climate
Central
North
America
FPI
Meteorolczy
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NUMBER
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
MARYLAND
1.*1
TS
a
Ers
0
z7r
Ralph Bernstein
I.B.M. Corp.
Gaithersburg
Dr. Norman A. Macleod
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Morton Keller
National Oceanic and
0 Atmospheric Administration
0 Rockville
MaSSACHUSETTS
cE34
TS
co
'73
L4 ?
0
0
0
0
0
:4-
1
TS
Nicholas Gramenopoulos
Itek Corp.
Lexington
James C. Barnes
Allied Research Associates
Concord
0 Dr. Paul Mohr
Smithsonian Institution
Cambridge
All-digital precision process-
ing of ERTS images
Observations of plant growth
and annual flooding in Niger
River, West Africa
Feasibility of EREP photo-
graphy for coastal zone
mapping at small scales
Automated thematic mapping
and change detection
Application of imagery for
snow cover surveys
Mapping major structures of
African Rift system
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No site
required
Inland delta
of Niger
River,
West Africa
Chesapeake
Bay and
Delaware Bay
Lexington,
Mass.
Interpp-
tationyg
Techniaue
Develogment
Hydrolgky
U
0
0
Geogragv
Sierra Nev.,
Upper Columbia
Basin, Salt
River Project,
Upper Miss .and
Missouri Basins
0
0
0
0
>
Enviroigmen-
tal Qulit
Ecologg
co
0
HydroliWy
Co0
0
0
Ethiopia,
East and
Central Africa
8
8
Geolog8
ci71
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PROPOSAL
NUMBER
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
D1SCIPLIN;
MASSACHUSETTS
389
David T. Chang
Development of improved
Great Lakes
OceanwraT
EREP
Allied Research Associates
techniques for mapping sea
and Eastern
Concord
and lake ice
Canadian
Seaboard
0
a
?439
David T. Chang
Atmospheric effects on radio-
Continental
Inter;re-
20E P
Allied Research Associates
metric measurements using
U.S.
tation
Concord
EREP
Technithgue
Develtmen
55 5
saTs
0
MICHIGAN
g77
WTS
X
iD9
V1TS
1330
0
S1-4
TS8
EAEP
Prof. H. T. U. Smith
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Frederick J. Thompson
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Dr. John W. Petty
Bendix Corporation
Ann Arbor
Prof. E. P. Whiteside
Michigan State University
East Lansing
John G. Braithwaite
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mapping and analysis of sand
dune fields and related eolian
erosional features
Map terrain features in
Yellowstone National Park
Ecological effects of strip
mining in Ohio
Identification of soils and
soil conditions
Investigate S-192 operations
performance
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Africa and
Asia
Yellowstone
National Park,
Wyoming
Eastern Ohio
Michigan
No site
required
0
Geolog%
0
Enviroamen-
tal Quglity
Ecologjg
X
Agricugure
Forestlk
0
Sensors
Technolipgy
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NUMBER
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EREP
CD<
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T450
;EREP
U
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%598
18pTS
0
0
44INNESOTA
0
$257
iERTS
-0
???1
CO
itISSOURI
03
168
kTs
0
ITS
th
240
ERTS/EREP
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/BREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
DISCIP=
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
David C. Anding
Measure sea temperature and
Gulf of
Oceailogra
University of Michigan
cloud properties
Mexico
a
Ann Arbor
0
Dr. Robert E. Turner
Determination of the earth's
No site
Metegolo
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
aerosol albedo
required
U
0
0
0
Dr. Vann Elliot Smith
Study of eutrophication of
Oakland
Hydrgogy
Bendix Corporation
Ann Arbor
inland lakes
County,
Southeastern
Michigan
8
8
5
George D. Swanlund
Automatic photo interpretation
Minnesota
Inteilgre-
Honeywell
for land use management
tatio4
Minneapolis
Techn&que
Devel2pmer
Jerry D. Vineyard
Missouri Geological Survey
Rolla
James F. Daniel
U.S. Geological Survey
St. Louis
William H. Stevenson
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
St. Louis
Land use planning in the
St. Louis-Kansas City
corridor
Performance of ERTS system
on a total system context
Relate oceanographic data to
fish resource abundance
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Missouri
Nationwide
Gulf of
Mexico,
Northeastern
Coast of U.S.
0
Co
0
0
Geoloer
0
0
th0
0
Hydrol.kgy
Oceanogray.
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NUMBER
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
?
DISCIPLINT7
NEBRASKA
1RTS
a.
liVADA
9
TS
0
0
A
0
Dr. James V. Drew
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Dr. Paul T. Tueller
University of Nevada
Reno
Dr. Joseph Lintz, Jr.
University of Nevada
Reno
44 HAMPSHIRE
ll
ETS
0
JERSEY
-
ES
0
31Y4
Egrs
(7.1
NEW YORK
070
ERTS/EREP
Dr. Robert B. Simpson
Dartmouth College
Hanover
John M. Danko
RCA, Princeton
Roland Yunghans
Department of Environmental
Protection, Trenton
Dr. Edward Yost
Long Island University
Greenvale
Mapping and managing soil
and range resources in the
Sand Hills region
Develop method of satellite
imagery for wildlife resource
evaluation
Compilation of two photo maps
of the State of Nevada
Land use of northern megalo-
polis
Meteorological utility of high
resolution multispectral data
Protection and management of
New Jersey coastal environment
Estuarine and coastal oceano-
graphy of Block Island Sound
and adjacent New York water
-17-
North central
Nebraska
Great Basin
Nevada
Nevada
New England
To be
determined
N.J. coast,
Sandy Hook
to Cape May
New York
Block Island
Sound
Agricuture
Forest&
0
(7)
Agricufture
Forest
0
0 ?
GeozraAly,
Demogr4hyi
Cartography
Geogray
0
0
Co

0
0
Meteoro2aczy
0
0
th
Environgen-
tal Quagity,
Ecolazyl,
Oceanograph:,
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/tREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBFJZ EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCTF*.-
NEW YORK
Dr. Bernard E. Dethier
ES Cornell University
< Ithaca
a
0
U
0
ERgS/REP
0
34 Dr. Yngvar W. Isachsen
ERTS University of State of
0
New York, Albany
456 Dr. Edward Yost
ER? Long Island University
Greenvale
0
0
NOH CAROLINA
01? Dr. Charles W. Welby
ER 1? North Carolina State
University, Raleigh
0
OKSHOMA
173 Dr. Robert Collins
ERTS Eason Oil Company
Oklahoma City
William Harting
Tri-State Transportation
New York City
Evaluate satellite data as a
source of useful information
for agriculture/forestry
Investigate satellite imagery
for regional planning
Evaluate usefulness of
satellite imagery as geolo-
gical sensor
Application of advanced
image processing techniques
to S-190
Use of satellite data in
geological data regional
planning, forests, etc.
Evaluation of suitability of
ERTS data for petroleum
exploration
-18-
Alaska,
Indiana,
Maine, Mich.,
New York,
Puerto Rico,
Pennsylvania,
Texas, Vermont
and Virginia
New Jersey,
New York and
Connecticut
New York
State
No site
required
N.Carolina
Oklahoma
and Texas
>
Agriculy
Forestr4
a
0
U
0
0
Geograp
se;
0
Geology
0
Interpret'
tation
Techniqug
Develop.
0
0
0
Geology,i
Forestryg
HydrologE
Geology
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A REP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUR7R EXPERDENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
OKL,VOYA
>
49i Dr. Robert Collins Evaluation of suitability of OklahomaGeoloc7y m
m
n
c)
ER A? Eason Oil Company EREP data for 'Petroleum and Texas <
0
7?; Oklahoma City exploration a
r
m
m
0
n
PEASYLVANIA
19101E Richard W. Paulson Near real-time water resources Pennsylvania, Sensor f,
Elialp U.S. Geological Survey data for river basin management Delaware, Technologu
K.) Harrisburg New Jersey K.)
0 0
0 and New York 0
...,
0
...,
K.)
0
...,
N. K. Olson Applicability of multispectral S. Carolina Geology 0
South Carolina State photography to mineral and ?'
33 Development Board, Columbia land resources of South Carolina M
D 0
T
TEN zSSEE ...,
4=.
co co
1622:3 John B. Rehder Geographic applications of East Geograph4R
0
ERI
University of Tennessee imagery to rural landscape Tennessee 0
_.
M Knoxville change M
0 0
0 0
91-71aS -?
0
---:=--45?
SH CAROLINA
507'
0 0
_.
010cli D. W. Fryrear Wind erosion of soils Big Springs, Agricultlge,
ERA' U.S. Department of Texas Forestry 8
(5), Agriculture, Big Springs
057 Grant H. Heiken
EREP Manned Spacecraft Center activity
Houston
Observation of volcanic
-19-
Worldwide, Geology
Central and
South America
PROPOSAL
NUT:DER
S.
34-3
EFIrs
41
E oP
0
581.1
ERRP
X
0
5
CO
585
ER,11,
(1.
58E
EREP
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
DISCIPLINE
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT .
SITE
Dr. Ralph E. Hunter
U.S. Geological Survey
Corpus Christi
Dr. William D. Miller
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Dr. H. S. Hayrre
University of Houston
R. Bryan Erb
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Dr. David E. Pitts
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Dr. David E. Pitts
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Dr. Thomas L. Barnett
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Monitoring changing geologic
features along the Texas Gulf
coast
Dynamics of playa lakes in the
Texas high plains
Cross-correlation study of
surface roughness effects on
rolling terrain
Utilization of EREP data in
Houston test site
Investigation of severe storm
environments
Land-use signature evaluation
Comprehensive study of atmos-
pheric attenuation
Texas Gulf
coast
Texas
Texas
Texas
Worldwide,
emphasis on
Beta network
in Central
Oklahoma
Worldwide,
emphasis on
U.S.
No site
required
>
Geologyg
a
0
HydroloV
Sensor .9
Technol#y"
a
Ecology C)
X
0
MeteorolLgy
0
0
0
Co
X
0
0
0
Interprqg
tation 2
Techniqdg
Developrdint
Interpre-
tation
Technique
Development
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-AAREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUN3ER
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLI:a
TEXAS
David L. Tingley
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
R. Bryan Erb
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Dr. Aulis O. Lind
University of Vermont
Burlington
Dean T. Edson
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Dr. Robert B. McEwen
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Dr. Lynn Glover III
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, Blacksburg
Joseph T. Pilonero
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Quantitative determination
of stratospheric aerosol
characteristics
Utilization of ERTS data for
Houston area
Environmental study of Lake
Champlain Basin
Application of ERTS imagery
to thematic mapping
Cartographic evaluation of
satellite data
Geological land form analysis
in Virginia and North Carolina
Compile small scale photomaps
of U.S. from ERTS data
No site
required
Texas
Lake
Champlain
Basin
No site
required
No site
required
Virginia and
N. Carolina
Chesapeake
Bay, Arizona,
Dakotas, and
Lake Erie
?
MeteoroZoEy
0
a
Environlen-
tal QualLty,
Ecologyu
0
0
Hydroloy. ?
0
0
Geograpg-
Geogramgr
0
0
0
Geologyg
(711
0
0
0
GeograpS-
EF
ft
6c
Elfs
VaMONT
0
ETIVS
0
V*GINIA
ElS
0
EPS
0
0
16?1
Ergs
0
0
th
ERTS
-21-
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-AAREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
VIRGINIA
ITS
<
TS
X
4 ?
EA3P
49g
ERP
41.
CO
5Org
ER#r
0
0
51iLi
EREP
Dr. Alden P. Colvocoresses
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Joseph W. Luckus
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
John D. McLaurin
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Joseph T. Pilonero
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Joseph W. Luckus
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Dr. Alden P. Colvocoresses
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Dean T. Edson
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
Dr. William V. Hargis, Jr.
Virginia Institute of Marine
Science, Gloucester Point
Evaluation of ERTS imagery for No site
cartographic application required
Man-made culture interpreta-
tation and map revision from
ERTS imagery
Cartographic evaluation of
S-192 scanner images
Compile small scale photomaps
of U.S. from S-190 data
Man-made cultural interpreta-
tion and map revision from
EREP data
Overall evaluation of EREP
images for cartographic
application
Application of EREP imagery
to thematic mapping
Southern Chesapeake Bay water
color and circulation analysis
-22-
U.S .
No site
required
Chesapeake
Bay, Lake
Erie, Arizona
and Dakotas
U.S.
U.S. and
selected
foreign areas
U.S.
Southern
Chesapeake
Bay
? >
-o
-o
Geogra
Geogra_y,
Demogrqphy,
Cartoglaphy
GeogralAy
0
-%1
GeograpW
70
0
1=.
Geograply
0
Geograplig
a
a
Geograph?
(in
Oceanography
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-AAREP SCTENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
WISCONSIN
0514 Prof. James L. Clapp
EPJ University of Wisconsin
a Madison
0
22
ERTE
0
0
WYWNG
35A
ERAT
0
0
0
0
Co
(T)
0
0
8
0
(7.1
0
0
0
th
r!
Dr. Walter A. Lyons
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Dr. Clarence F. Becker
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Application of ERTS data to
regional land use planning
process
Use ERTS data for Great Lakes
mesometeorological studies
Wisconsin,
Lakes
Michigan and
Superior
Lake Mich.
and Lake
Ontario Basins
Energy exchange at the atmos- Wyoming and
Colorado
phere-soil interface
>
EnvironmEn-
tal
Ecology
0
Meteorolqgy
0
U
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
"
0
>
Ecology
0
0
0
CO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
cin
LA/
..11.72"--;:: -7
INITIAL GROUP OF
FOREIGN
ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
E:L'ERIIIENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIYENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE,
IISTRALIA
ETS
a.
57
EDEP
0
BAZIL0
0
Ata to be
lergy.
CANADA
D6ta to be
fmom satel
CI LE
320
EFS
0
8
CBLOMBIA
Dr. N. H. Fisher
Australian Committee
Canberra
Pr. N. H. Fisher
Australian Committee
Canberra
provided as part of
Earth resources imagery of Aus-
f'or ERTS, tralia, Antarctica, Papua, and
New Guinea
Usefulness of EREP data for
for ERTS, Earth resources studies in
Australia
a
cooperative Brazil/U.S. remote sensing
provided as part of a cooperative
lites and aircraft.
Canadian
Australia,
Papua, New
Guinea
Australia
program for
>
Geologjg
<
a
0
Geology?
0
U
0
0
0
0
0
Earth resolgces
8
"
0
. program of experimental remote sens
Rene Saa Annual and seasonal changes in
Institute for Investigation the use of soil
of Natural Resources, Santiago
Chile
0
0
0
Agricuaure
Forestigr
Geogray
8
0
rn
th
0
315
M
. .1.4 ? 4:1-1-,L.SILLIC.11
Soil survey, land use and sur-
Llanos
Aricu]aure
E2TS
Centro Interamericano de
Fotointerpretacion, Bogota
face water in the savannah areas
of Llanos Orientales
Orientales,
Colombia
Forest ir
Hydrology
360
ERTS
Dr. Ramiro G. Delgado
University Del Valle, Cali
Environmental quality assessment Call,
and ecological diagnosis for Colombia
health actions
Environmen-
tal
Ecology
-224-
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/REP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUM-RER
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLin,
ECUADOR
i7RT-S
Dr. Nester V. Moreno
Agricultural, forestry and
Andean pla- Agricatur
0
RA NCE
National Planning Council,
Quito
hydrologic surveys in Ecuador
teau, Ecuador Foreqry
0
a
4108
M. Villevieille
Meteorological research (cloud
France
Meteoiolog
EREP
U
French Weather Bureau
physics)
U
P31
gRirs
0
Dr. Fenand Verger
Ecole Pratique des Hautes
Etudes, Paris
Study of alluvial zones
Atlantic
Littoral,
France
GeogrSphy
Geolokr
Hydroogy'
0
8
Paul-Augustin Rey
Development of automatic data
Southwest
Agric44tur
gt-RTS
French National Center for
Interpretation
France
'Foresy
0
Scientific Research, Toulouse
0
5
0
CO
cr)
co
Co
CO
0
0
0
8
0
cUl%
0
0
0
-25-

8
0
cUl%
0
0
0
cin
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMBER EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIYENT
SITE
DISCIPLII1E
0
*44
ERF
U
GERMANY
3
EAS/EREP
0
0
-4
GR2ECE
EiTs
GliTEMALA
3
0
0
(711
0
0
0
0
*LDr. Thomas is a French citizen and his experiment is to be funded by France.
Dr. Jean-Claude M. Thomas Analysis and use in research,
Catholic University of America teaching and other applications
Washington, D.C. of Rhone Delta and neighboring
regions
Dr. Dieter Bannert
Geological Survey, Federal
Republic of Germany, Hannover-
Buchholz
Dr. N. J. Yassoglou, Greek
Nuclear Research Center,
Athens
Dr. Luis Garcia
National Geographical Insti= data in Guatemala
tute, Guatemala City
Multidisciplinary geoscientific
experiments in Central Europe
Land use map, forest, soil
surveys
Southern
France
W. Germany
and adjacent
areas
Greece
Updating land use and resource Guatemala
-26-
0
Geograp4V
Demograly
Cartograhy
U
0
0
Geology8
GeograplIT
Cartograry
0
0
>
Agricul*re
ForestrA
4=.
0
0
0
0
Agricullire
ForestrI?
Hydrology
2
0
0
0
0
0
PROPOSAL
NUMBER
INDIA
44
T..Ts
<
a
VEP
IliDONESIA
-
C24
EtS
0
4AEL
54$-3
E:ApP
0
EP
2
JfFAN
Og Dr. Takakazu Maruyasu
ES/REP Science and Technology Agency
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
DISCIPLINE
EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
Dr. P. R. Pisharoty
Survey of Indian ground
India and
AgricuRture
Indian Space Research
resources using ERTS data
adjacent seas
HydrolZgy
Organization, Ahmedabad
and Arabian
Oceanot.raph
Sea
0
Dr. P. R. Pisharoty
Survey of Indian ground
India and
Oceanofraph
Indian Space Research
resources using EREP data
adjacent Seas
Hydrolegy
-Organization, Ahmedabad
Geologi
Dr. John A. Katili
Indonesian Institute
Science, Djakarta
Prof. Joseph Otteiman
Tel Aviv University
Prof. Joseph Otterman
Tel Aviv University
Investigation of satellite use
of in acceleration of natural re-
source exploration
Tokyo
Surveys in hydrology, agri-
culture and oceanography
Indonesia
Israel
Survey of agriculture, forestry Israel
and natural vegetation
Investigation of the environ- Japan
mantal change pattern of Japan and sea areas
0
0
0
Geologg
5
Hydrolty
Agriculgure
Oceanoaaph:
Agriculiure
Forestr2
0
0
th0
0
Environaen-
tal Quality/
Ecology
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUMPFIR EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE DISCIPLINE
JAPAN
0?
EgTS/EREP
KIEA
EMS
U
MCC()
Deja to
stgvey.
NdaWAY
37
ERS
0
37
Els
37
EIRS
8
0
th
Pau
3c4
ERTS
Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
Japan Meteorological Agency
Tokyo
Dr. Joung Hwan Lee
Geological Survey of
Korea
Study of mesoscale phenomena,
winter monsoon clouds and snow
area
Geological and structural
features of Korean Peninsula
be provided as part of a cooperative Mexico/U.S. remote
Ole H. Bremne
Norwegian Meterological
Institute, Oslo
Beige Odegaard
State Power Board, Oslo
Olav M. Skulberg
Royal Norwegian Council for
Scientific and Industrial
Research, Oslo
Dr. Jose C. Pomalaza
Institute Geofisico Del Peru,
Lima
sensing
Studies of sea ice in the
Spitzbergen area
Snow surveying to assess risk
of spring flooding
Study of environmental quality
Application of remote sensing
techniques to the study of the
Santa River Basin.
-28-
Japan Mterolpgy
0
a
Korea Geology(T
U
0
0
0
0
0
program for Earth resout!ces
2
0
0
Greenlanu and Oceanogtphy
Barents Sea 0
Southern Norway 0
0
Hydroloa
Norway and Environn-
Spitzbergen tal Qua ty/
Archipelago Ecologys
(711
0
0
0
0
Santa River Hydrology
Basin, Peru
INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS
PROPOSAL
NUFRFR EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION
EXPERIMENT
SITE
DISCIPLINE
SOUTH AFRICA
57
EFS
<
a
B. P. Gilbertson
Spectral Africa (PTY)
Randfontein
SVITZERLAND
-4
33 Dr. Harold Haefner
EtITSid;REP Univrsity of Zurich
UtLTED KINGDOM
D. E. Pedgley
Anti-Locust Research Center,
London
ES
0
0
011P.
EIS
0
co
VItIEZUELA
Egs
(7.1
0
lib
EATs
Monitor vegetation growth on Republic of Envirommen-
South Africa tal Qui4ity,
Ecologll
X
Snow survey and vegetation Switzerland Geograily
growth in Swiss Alps Hydrollty
0
0
Detection of potential South-West Agricugure
locut breeding sites Saudi Arabia Forestit
Limited, mine dumps
D. P. Bickmore
Royal College of Art
London
P. G. Mott
Hunting Surveys, LTD., Herts
Manuel J. Corao
Ministery of Public Works,
Caracas
Dr. Adolfo C. Romero
Cartografia Nacional,
Experimental cartography using
ERTS Data
South Central Geograllty
England 0
Geologyg
Co
Cartographic research program- U.K.
ming for small scale mapping
Urban and regional planning in Northern
Venezuela Venezuela
Investigate natural resources
Caracas remote areas Geology
Geograly
(11
0
0
0
in South Venezuela cin
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [phone]
WASHINGTON, D ,C. 20546
TELS: [phone]
Richard T. Mittauer
(Phone: [phone])
NOTE TO EDITORS
FOR RELEASE: UPON RECEIPT
Several changes should be made in NASA Release No. 71-202,
"NASA to Survey Earth's Resources," for release Wednesday AM's,
October 20, 1971.
1. One experimenter listed under MISSOURI should be
listed under MISSISSIPPI. The address for Proposal No. 240
(ERTS/EREP) should be William H. Stevenson, National Maritime
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
2. Additional negotiations will be required in seven
of the experiments which are listed as those on which no nego-
tiations on the experiment plan are required. The seven still
in the selection process are:
CALIFORNIA
599 Dr. Dale F. Leipper
EREP Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
COLORADO
131 Edwin D. McKee
ERTS U.S. Geological Survey
Denver
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mASSACHUSETTS
555
ERTS
MICHIGAN
598
ERTS
TEXAS
183
ERTS
VIRGINIA
233
ERTS
Prof. H. T. U. Smith
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Dr. Vann Elliot Smith
Bendix Corporation
Ann Arbor
Dr. Ralph E. Hunter
U.S. Geological Survey
Corpus Christi
Dr. Alden P. Colvocoresses
U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
500 Dr. Alden P. Colvocoresses
EREP U.S. Geological Survey
McLean
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