Basics of Remote Sensing & Application for CCA's

Remotely sensed data may enhance your abilities to focus on problem areas within a field. It can also assist you in predetermining by the patterns shown on remote sensed images as to whether one is dealing with a nutrient, pest, soil condition or management problems. It doesn’t alleviate one from not going to the field. In fact, ground reference data is your most valuable friend when using remotely sensing data. This presentation will cover types of available remote sensing data, types of image displays, ground reference (sometimes called ground truth) that assists one in analyzing or interpreting the data/images and ways that you can use remote sensing in your CCA work.

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Dr. Chris JohannsenProfessor Emeritus of Agronomy
Purdue University
johan@purdue.edu


Chris J. Johannsen is Professor Emeritus of Agronomy, Purdue University. His BS and MS degrees are from University of Nebraska and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Dr. Johannsen has been employed at University of Missouri, University of California and Purdue University focusing on soil conservation, land use and precision farming topics using remote sensing and geographic information systems technology. He is the author or co-author of over 225 articles, papers, and book chapters and has edited a book on remote sensing. At Purdue he served as Director of Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS) from 1985 through 2003. Dr. Johannsen is recognized as a national and international authority on remote sensing applications in agriculture.