REMOTE-SENSING TECHNIQUES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING OFWATER AREAS

Results of studies on aerial and space monitoring of large water bodie s are presented that were obtained in the recent years under different natural-climatic and landscape conditions. It is shown that the data of multizonal remote sensing can be used to reliably detect the presen ce and to estimate the content of substances like sediment suspension and chlorophyll in water, as well as to determine the transparency and surface temperature of water. The results of experiments that were pe rformed in a laboratory scale under controllable conditions are descri bed.