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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Geotechnical Applications of Remote Sensing and Remote Data Transmission
By
AI Johnson
AI Johnson
1
International Committee on Remote Sensing and Data Transmission
,
Arvada, CO 80003
;
symposium cochairman and editor
.
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CB Pettersson
CB Pettersson
2
Brown and Root, Inc.
,
Houston, TZ 77001
;
symposium cochairman and editor
.
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0969-5
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0969-8
No. of Pages:
288
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1988

During the last decade, electronics, communications, and satellite technologies have greatly enhanced the collection and communication of environmental data from remote locations. While numerous environmental data collection agencies have begun to employ remote telemetry systems operationally, hydrologic data collection agencies have made the greatest transition to these technologies. The U.S. Soil Conservation Service has established a remote communications network with over 500 hydrologic sites, using a communications technique known as “meteorburst,” which relies on ionized micrometeor trails in the atmosphere to reflect radio messages between a hydrologic station and an interrogation site. Most major agencies collecting hydrologic data in the United States and Canada rely on satellite communications to collect data directly from approximately 3000 remote locations and to provide the data in real time to central data processing and dissemination facilities. Elements of remote data transmission systems are discussed, and major operators and users of such systems are identified.

1.
Barton
,
M.
, “
SNOTEL—Design, Performance and Use
,”
International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Remote Sensing and Remote Data Transmission
,
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
,
Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
,
1983
.
2.
Herschy
,
R. W.
, “
Satellite Data Transmission as an Aid to Hydrologic Telemetry
,”
International Workshop on Hydrological Applications of Space Technology
,
Cocoa Beach, FL
,
1983
.
3.
GOES Data Collection System Monitoring and Control Functions and Needs
, prepared under U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Contract DACW-72-83-C-0008,
Operations Research Inc.
, Washington, DC,
1983
.
4.
Paulson
,
R. W.
and
Shope
,
W. G.
, Jr.
, “
Development of a Distributive System for Handling Real-Time Data Collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
,” IAHS Publication No.
145
,
International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Remote Sensing and Remote Data Transmission
,
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
,
Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany
,
1983
.
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