RST
The Remote Sensing Tutorial

WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM SENSORS ON SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFT THAT LOOK INWARD AT THE EARTH AND OUTWARD AT THE PLANETS, THE GALAXIES AND, GOING BACK IN TIME, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE - THE COSMOS

RST Notices

BECAUSE OF A MIX-UP IN RECORD KEEPING, MANY OF THE IMAGES, PHOTOS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TUTORIAL THAT ARE NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN MAY NOT BE CREDITED, OR IF SO, ARE NOT PROPERLY CREDITED. IF YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ANY SUCH ILLUSTRATIONS AND YOU WISH TO HAVE YOUR DESIRED CREDIT (NAME, ORGANIZATION, ETC.) APPLIED TO THE IMAGE(S), OR YOU CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE THE ILLUSTRATION(S) USED IN THIS TUTORIAL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE WRITER, NICHOLAS M. SHORT, AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS GIVEN NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. SEE ALSO THE WHAT'S NEW PAGE IN THE 'FRONT' FOLDER.

OWING TO LACK OF FUNDING AND MANPOWER, THE INTERNET VERSION OF THIS TUTORIAL WILL ONLY OCCASIONALLY (ABOUT FOUR TIMES A MONTH) BE UPDATED, UPGRADED, AND ENRICHED WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS. HOWEVER, THE CD-ROM VERSION (see below) WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXPANDED IN MISSION COVERAGE AND UPDATED WITH ADDITIONAL VISUAL MATERIALS ALOST DAILY SO THAT PURCHASERS WILL ALWAYS GET THE "LATEST" EDITION.

Since its inception, the tutorial has been constructed for screen display at 800 x 600 pixels. In recent years, an increasing fraction of those who access it have set their screen display at a higher resolution. The result is that the illustrations, which are properly sized at the lower resolution, become notably smaller (often making wording unreadable). If you have a higher resolution display and the size decrease is a hindrance, we suggest that you reset resolution to the 800 x 600 pixel level.

THE PIT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE CD-ROM VERSION.

The latest images from the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft around Saturn are kept as current as possible.