MONITORING BASED ON HIGH- AND INTERMEDIATE-RESOLUTION SCANNER IMAGERY OF FOREIGN AREAS WITHOUT GROUND TRUTH

Abstract

Visual interpretation and computer classification of space imagery of the Korean Peninsula, obtained from intermediate (MSU-SK)- and high (MSU-E)-resolution Russian scanners on board the Resurs-01 satellite, makes it possible to identify a broad range of environmental and other monitoring problems that can be solved using space imagery of this type. The special problems confronted in the monitoring of distant regions for which no ground truth is available are discussed.