NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Collections About News Help Login
Back to Results
Thailand National Programme of the Earth Resources Technology SatelliteThe author has identified the following significant results. Forest inventory of Thailand was completed in January 1975, using LANDSAT-1 imagery and ground truth survey. Results showed the existing forest covers only 37% of the land area. The last country-wide survey using aerial survey photographs at 1:60,000 scale conducted in 1961 gave the figure of 58%. ERTS-1 imagery showed that Thailand's mangrove forest covers an area of approximately 3130 sq k. The previous aerial survey showed 3681 sq k of mangroves.
Document ID
19760005355
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Sabhasri, S. (National Research Council Bangkok, Thailand)
Swasdiyakorn, C. (National Research Council Bangkok, Thailand)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1975
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-145595
E76-10055
Accession Number
76N12443
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

Related Records

There are no records associated with this record.
No Preview Available