REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

NRC"S CAPABILITY IN PHOTO REPRODUCTION AND DATA ANALYSIS WILL BE STRENGTHENED BY THE PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED TO PROCESS SATELLITE DATA NOW BEING RECEIVED FROM LANDSAT III AND EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED FROM LANDSAT IV. ADDITIONAL COLOR REPRODUCTION EQUIPMENT WILL ALSO BE PURCHASED TO ALLOW NRC TO PROCESS IMAGERY FOR USER AGENCIES AT THE LEVELS NOW DEMANDED AND FOR THE IMPENDING NEEDS OF THE REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER AT THE ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (AIT). NRC WILL REPRODUCE ALL OF THE IMAGERY AND WILL SUPPLY ALL OF THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS REQUIRED BY AIT. NRC SCIENTISTS WILL BE TRAINED IN ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY. OVERSEAS TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ONE CANDIDATE AT THE PHD LEVEL AND FOR 2 CANDIATES AT THE MS LEVEL. IN ADDITION, TECHNICIANS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VARIOUS PRODUCTION ELEMENTS IN NRC WILL BE GIVEN SHORT-TERM TRAINING IN SUCH FIELDS AS PHOTO REPRODUCTION TO UPGRADE THEIR TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS. IN TURN, THE PREVIOUSLY TRAINED SCIENTISTS WILL TRAIN AND ASSIST LINE AGENCY PERSONNEL IN THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY. AS TRAINING PROGRESSES, THE MANAGEMENT LOAD NOW CARRIED BY A FEW VERY SKILLED INDIVIDUALS IN NRC WILL BE DELEGATED TO THE VARIOUS PRODUCTION UNITS WITHIN NRC, THUS ALLOWING THE MOST SKILLED ADMINISTRATORS/SCIENTISTS TO CONCENTRATE ON COORDINATION WITH LINE AGENCIES AND IN SPREADING THE END PRODUCT OF BETTER DEVELOPMENT DATA THROUGH THOSE AGENCIES TO THE RURAL POOR. THE MISSION WILL MANAGE THE PROJECT. RTG WILL PROVIDE OPERATING COSTS OF A GROUND RECEIVING STATION AND OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL. THE PROJECT IS A DIRECT FOLLOW-ON OF THE 1972-79 EARTH"S RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE PROGRAM.