SKYLAB EXPERIMENTERS

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lel11Y 1,1 Al IN ,)1 WX 1."4"?40"mum"1"1"ide ? Approved For Release 200T10 'On* 74600681R0001001agei-/- .1w-7E1mm,- NA I IONAL AFRONAU T IC ANI ';1-1/V APIA (WI 1?A I ION WA ,111W, kir; I w .1)41 Non FOR In. 4E-50 Central Intelligence Agency RE: Skylab Experimenters 7/ I Wait 2 19ii 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 Attachments - 2 cc: Dr. Steininger---- State Dept. review completed NASA review(s) completed. Approved For Release 2 If ii)g 7 :ikCIA-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 ?Aly t Tit - NEWS Approve Rel ase 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (202) 962-11.155 WASHINGTON,D.C. 20546 TELS: (202) 963-6925 Richard T. Mittauer (Phone: 202/75-53680) 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, Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Approved For Release 2007/02/07: CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 -2- 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, Approved For Release 2007/02/70:rSIA-RDP74B00681R000100150005-1 ( Approved For Rel4ase 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 -3- 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. -more- Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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. -more- Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 -5- 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. -more- Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 , -6- \Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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. -more- Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 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 -7- Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Geology OceanograpN Agriculture, Forestry Interpreta- tion Technique Development Interpreta- tion Technique Development PROPOSAL NUMBER Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07:Q1A-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 , 77,17, 17, Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 701A-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 PROPOSAL NUMBER Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-AMEP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 :-..a:RDP741300681R000100150005-1 PROPOSAL NUMBER DISTRICT 140 ERTS 141 ERTS Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 7e1r-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 Environmen- tal Quality, Ecology Geology Environmen- tal Ecology Environmen- - tal Quality, Ecology Geology Oceanography Geology . Interpre- tation Technique Development Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07-:/&-RDP741300681R000100150005-1 PROPOSAL NUMBER INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS EXPERIMENTER AND INSTITUTION EXPERIMENT SITE DISCIPLE WISAS 5i9-1 EEPa 42_3 E8EP U LEUISIANA 0 0 MINE E251I4'S 2E5 4-EP th 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 o ? 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 PROPOSAL 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 -14- 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 INITIAL GROUP OF ERTS-A/EREP SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 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 -15- 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 PROPOSAL NUMBER MTnilTnAla 1,..,111.U11.11 -0 422 EREP CD< 0- T450 ;EREP U Is) %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 -16- Missouri Nationwide Gulf of Mexico, Northeastern Coast of U.S. 0 Co 0 0 Geoloer 0 0 th0 0 Hydrol.kgy Oceanogray. PROPOSAL 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 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 NEWS NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (202) 755-8370 WASHINGTON, D ,C. 20546 TELS: (202) 755-8347 Richard T. Mittauer (Phone: 202/755-3680) 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 - more - October 19, 1971 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1 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 - ena - Approved For Release 2007/02/07 : CIA-RDP74600681R000100150005-1