Y. Izráel', Ye. V. Kvasnikova, I. Nazarov, Ye. D. Stukin
{"title":"ATLAS OF RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION OF EUROPEAN RUSSIA, BELARUS, AND UKRAINE","authors":"Y. Izráel', Ye. V. Kvasnikova, I. Nazarov, Ye. D. Stukin","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642144","url":null,"abstract":"The content of an atlas dedicated to radiation conditions, the endproduct of a program of systematic spatially standardized measurements of fallout of radionuclides following the Chernobyl' accident and even before it, is described. The preparation of such an atlas marks the formation of a new scientific field: the mapping of radioactive pollution. The range of applications of such maps and other atlas materials is surveyed. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Ivestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 2000, No. 1, pp. 112-119.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129627805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. A. Abushenko, D. Altyntsev, A. Mazurov, N. P. Min'ko
{"title":"AVHRR/NOAA DATA IN ESTIMATING AREAS OF LARGE FOREST FIRES","authors":"N. A. Abushenko, D. Altyntsev, A. Mazurov, N. P. Min'ko","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642147","url":null,"abstract":"The areas of the active zone of five large forest fires among those occurring in Irkutsk Oblast in 1996 and 1997 and the burned-over areas formed by them were determined using an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) carried aboard satellites of the American NOAA series. Comparative estimates of the burned-over areas, determined using AVHRR (NOAA satellite) and MSU-SK (medium-resolution scanner) (Russian Federation Resurs satellite) imagery, were obtained.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130350428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MONITORING CHANGES IN LAKE BAYKAL'S SNOW AND ICE COVER USING AVHRR IMAGERY","authors":"N. Y. Mogilev, S. V. Semovskiy","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642152","url":null,"abstract":"Two researchers engaged in studies of the frozen surface of Lake Baykal (in particular of sub-ice algae blooms affected by the extent of penetration of solar radiation) describe a program of monitoring snow cover on the ice surface using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) imagery. Automated classification of small groups of AVHRR images for specific subperiods during the period February—March 1996 and 1997 permitted compilation of “composite images” for each of these subperiods (e.g., eliminating problems when parts of individual images are obscured). Pixel values from these were summed (with weighting factors) in turn to produce an image in which pixel brightness represents the frequency of appearance of snow cover on the frozen lake surface. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, Virginia from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1999, No. 4, pp. 90-93.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122987768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL REFERENCE ATLAS OF THE KURIL ISLANDS","authors":"A. A. Lyutyy, V. R. Gevorkov, L. V. Loginova","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642150","url":null,"abstract":"Three Russian cartographers review the content and compilation of the comprehensive Atlas of the Kuril Islands, the concept of which was developed over the period 1997–1999 in the Cartography Laboratory of the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences. Research work and atlas planning was undertaken as part of the federal program on “Socioeconomic Development of the Kuril Islands of Sakhalin Oblast for 1994–1995 and for the Period up to 2000.” The fundamental ideas governing the concept and plan for the Atlas (now being produced in both printed and electronic format), as well as its general orientation and content, are described. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 2000, No. 1, pp. 102-111.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131373684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION IN THE OUR EARTH ELECTRONIC ATLAS","authors":"D. Asoyan","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642149","url":null,"abstract":"A Russian remote sensing specialist describes the remote sensing imagery contained within the electronic atlas Our Earth, produced on the basis of Arcinfo and Arc View software. A comprehensive approach was used in the remote sensing part of the atlas for the interpretation of space images and utilized in the compilation of maps of the continents at scales of 1:10,000,000 and 1:20,000,000. Principles used for the selection of imagery for the atlas and examples of imagery and its interpretation are presented for each continent. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 2000, No. 2, pp. 96-101.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122563814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. A. Smirnova, D. Ionov, Y. Timofeyev, A. V. Vasil'yev
{"title":"TOMS-BASED ASSESSMENTS OF TOTAL OZONE CONTENT OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPE","authors":"O. A. Smirnova, D. Ionov, Y. Timofeyev, A. V. Vasil'yev","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642145","url":null,"abstract":"Results of time-series analysis of measurements of total ozone content (TOC) using the TOMS spectrometer for the period fall 1978 to spring 1993 are presented. TOC trend levels were ascertained for four stations in middle and high latitudes of European Russia and Norway. Emphasis is on identification of decadal and seasonal trends within an overall decline in ozone content in middle and high latitudes of both hemispheres. Trends computed using an earlier version of processing of TOMS data (version 6) are compared with data processed using the latest version 7, and differences are noted, especially during the autumn-winter period.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"333 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124303959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SPACE IMAGERY IN THE STUDY OF SOIL COVER IN THE KUDA RIVER BASIN","authors":"T. V. Keyko","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642148","url":null,"abstract":"A Russian remote sensing specialist reviews applications of false-color imagery obtained from multispectral space cameras in the study of soils, using the Kuda River basin of Siberia as a case study. The focus is on the analytical power, at diverse spectral resolutions, of multiscalar and multitemporal research approaches made possible by remote sensing technologies. Discussion also centers on the need to employ indirect methods of image interpretation because of concealment of soils from direct observation by vegetation. The study compares imagery from a variety of spectral ranges to determine the most informative wavelengths for discrimination of soil types. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1999, No. 4, pp. 94-97.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129265948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PROBLEMS IN THE CARTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF VEGETATION DISTURBANCE","authors":"A. V. Belov, L. Sokolova","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642141","url":null,"abstract":"Methods employed by researchers to compile a map depicting five levels of vegetation disturbance in Irkutsk Oblast in East Siberia are described. The paper describes the principles involved in the compilation, in an initial stage, of a geobotanical map depicting general levels of fire resistance within basic classes of vegetation, which provides a base for a derivative thematic map of overall vegetation disturbance. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1999, No. 3, pp. 13-17.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128973291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MAPS OF CHANNEL PROCESSES: COMPILATION PRINCIPLES, CLASSIFICATION, AND PURPOSE","authors":"R. Chalov, A. Chernov","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642137","url":null,"abstract":"The author describes a method, developed at Moscow State University beginning in the 1980s, whereby small-scale maps can be compiled to depict various processes associated with river channels and floodplains. As an example of the application of the method, an excerpt from a map of river channels of European Russia and adjacent regions is presented that simultaneously depicts channel morphology, dynamics, causes of channel deformation, use by humans, and floodplain relief. This type of (general channel) map is compared with those produced by three other main directions of river channel mapping in Russia—thematic, atlas, and applied. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1999, No. 3, pp. 18-28.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125236760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Lebedev, I. K. Bel'chenko, I. Y. Bruni, S. D. Ventskevich, V. Y. Voznesenskiy, A. Y. Vorob'yev, V. Gavrilov, I. Gorokhova, Ye. I. Kupriyanova, N. Strekalova, V. Kharitonov
{"title":"AN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM OF THE MOSCOW RING ROAD","authors":"V. Lebedev, I. K. Bel'chenko, I. Y. Bruni, S. D. Ventskevich, V. Y. Voznesenskiy, A. Y. Vorob'yev, V. Gavrilov, I. Gorokhova, Ye. I. Kupriyanova, N. Strekalova, V. Kharitonov","doi":"10.1080/07493878.2000.10642140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07493878.2000.10642140","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe the creation and operation of a geographic information system designed to monitor and analyze the environmental impacts generated by the Moscow Ring Road, a multi-laned expressway encircling the city of Moscow. Particular attention is devoted to the Road's effects on soils, vegetation, and surface waters. The structure of the GIS databases and the nature of their operation are described. Translated by Edward Torrey, Alexandria, VA from: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, seriya geograficheskaya, 1999, No. 5, pp. 80-89.","PeriodicalId":405012,"journal":{"name":"Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing","volume":"72 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114390232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}