CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 NUMBER | Cover. H. Graf Fire from space: Global fire eatin usings hinee remote sensing. J. M. Robinson Remote sensing with small satellites. G. J.— _— as Ss. R. Cvetkovie .B.e The 183 GHz water and ozone channels on the upper atmosphere research satellite microwave limb sounder. W. A. Lahoz Utilization of a best linear discriminant function for designing the binary decision tree. Y. likura and Y. Yasuoka. A regional assessment of land-use/land-cover types in Sicily with TM data. S. Khorram, J. A. Brockhaus and A. Geraci Synergistic use of satellite infrared imagery and high-frequency radar near a shelf sea temperature boundary. J. P. Matthews A review of Landsat MSS image acquisition over the United chat 1976— 1988, and the implications for operational remote sensing. C. A. Legg ... Multiresolution analysis of remotely sensed imagery. J. G. Jones, R. W. Thomas and P. G. Earwicker ; Computer simulation of radar altimetric waveforms. E. Novotny and A. P. R. Aerosol and Rayleigh radiance contributions to coastal zone color scanner images. B. A. Eckstein and J. J. Simpson Remote Sensing Bulletin Book reviews Remote Sensing Letters The effect of suspended sediment on reflectance from freshwater algae. G. Quibell On-line access to the “nite of the University of Dundee AVHRR archive. S. Soukeras and L. W. B. Hayes i = Timing of NOAA afternoon passes. J. C. Price ne ie ‘eo Aircraft synthetic aperture radar and buoy ocean wave measurements off the coast of Norway. R. B. Olsen, C. L. Rufenach, R. A. Shuchman and J. A. Johannessen ... ‘ Exploring the effects of —_ over thea nte Adriatic:C ZCS iim agery_ — a mathematical model prediction. M. Kuzmic ... wn rot ite The form of the relationship between suspended sediment concentration and spectral reflectance: its implications for the use of Daedalus 1268 data. Z. Chen, J. D. Hanson and P. J. Curran pe u ' sist Perspectives et limites de la fluorescence pour la télédétection de état hydrique d’un couvert végétal: cas d’une culture de soja. M. Méthy, B. Lacaze and A. Olioso CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 NUMBER 2 Special issue: SAR Processing Preface. S. Quegan Cover A new ieaitiiieat o wept SAR processing. A. M. Smith. SAR motion compensation using autofocus. D. Blacknell and S. ene - The radiometric quality of AgriSAR data. S. Quegan, C. Yanasse, H. de Groof, P. N. Churchill and A. J. Sieber ... sie me ma The theory of Bayesian super-resolution of coherent images: a review. S. P. Luttrell ... ua mS ss i son oi me Autocorrelation function of non-Gaussian speckle in synthetic aperture radar images of dynamic sea surfaces. K. Ouchi and R. E. Burge Natural clutter in coherent imaging. C. J. Oliver Change detection in SAR imagery. R. G. White NUMBER 3 Cover , ‘i sia ro - ie sa sai ‘ ane Migratory bird habitat monitoring eenaih remote sensing. S. A.a n G. V. N. Powell andJ . H. Rappole n Optical models of mesotrophic and eutrophic water bodies. A. A. Gitelson and K. Ya. Kondratyev A quantitative relationship between forest growth rates and Thematic ieee reflectance measurements. F. J. Ahern, T. Erdle, D. A. Maclean and I. D. Kneppeck Measurements of radar backscatter from an artificial tree: an indication of azimuthal variations and polarization sensitivity of trees. R. K. Moore, M. S. Osman, R. Zoughi and J. Bredow Mapping the magnitude of sodicity in part of the Indo-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh, Northern India using Landsat-TM data. B. R. M. Rao, R. S. Dwivedi, L. Venkataratnam, T. Ravishankar, S. S. en G. P. Bhargawa and A. N. Singh a Monitoring shifting cultivation using aint. eine and multitemporal data. R.S. Dwivedi and T. Ravi Sankar Satellite mapping of alpine pastures in the Himalayas. J. B. Lal, A. K. Gulati and M. S. Bist Pa R ins mn es Land-use inventory and mapping in a mountainous area: the Ardéche experiment. J. Mégier,J . Hill and H. Kohl on ‘ile An experiment for the interpretation of multitemporal remotely sensed images based on a fuzzy logic approach. P. N. Blonda, G. memantine S. Losito, A. Mori,F . Posa and D. Ragno ; re CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Digital processing of stereo images and 3-D reconstruction techniques. V. Cappellini, L. Alparone, G. Galli, P. Langé, A. Mecocci, L. Menichetti, G. Capanni and R. Carla... de ade es ‘an , i Full resolution focusing of Seasat SAR images in the frequency-wave number domain. C. Cafforio, C. Prati and F. Rocca ... , aa Be ae Airborne Varan-S X-band SAR data radiometric — M. Zicarelli and P. Conenna ‘ Comparative digital naan of Seasat-SAR and Landsat-TM data for Iceland. M. Rast, F. Jaskolla and K. Arnason Hand-held radiometry and IR- aii of an diseases in field “mn experiments. H. E. Nilsson : “ - oh Optimal ground-based sampling for remote sensing investigations: estimating the regional mean. P. M. Atkinson ~s A comparison of Geosat altimeter and synthetic aperture radar measurements over east Greenland pack ice. F. M. Fetterer, S. Laxon and D. R. An assessment of the capability of the satellite radar altimeter for measuring ice sheet topographic change. K. C. — Ww. — and C. G. Rapley... os oe ; Technical note. Educational image processing sailing: R. A. wantin vi Remote Sensing Letters Spectral and spatial characterization of rice field mosquito habitat. B. L. Wood, L. R. Beck, R. K. Washino, S. M. Palchick and P. D. Sebesta A new technique for enlargement and reconstruction of digital sensor imagery. W. J. Rhea ; an os aad jan om ; Discrimination and identification of ferric oxides using satellite Thematic Mapper data: A Newman case study. S. J. Fraser ... Airborne remote sensing of canopy water thickness scaled from leaf spectrometer data. E. R. Hunt, Jr on hs - sin Détection des contours de texture d’images numériques. Dong-Chen He et Li Wang Corrigendum NUMBER 4 Special issue: Aerospace Technology in Oceanology Preface Opening speech Cover = ‘ ee va i ip or Tracking of marine animals ie satellite. I. G. Priede and J. French CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 An objective analysis scheme for AVHRR imagery. R. nanan S. Marullo and E. Bohm AVHRR visible-IR detection of Pe warming events in ee western Mediterranean Sea. E. Béhm, S. Marullo and R. Santoleri Multitemporal water depth mapping by means of Landsat TM. W. Van Hengel and D. Spitzer Aerospatial remote sensing as catalyst of an bate marine fishery (halieutic) science. M. Petit The measurement of suspended ondinites concentrations aim Tr sensed data. A. Weeks andJ . H. Simpson The optical payload of second-generation METEOSAT and its promise to the users (emphasis on oceanography). B. Kunkel, F. Blechinger, E. Hettlage, M. A. Cutter, D. R. Lobb, E. O’Mongain, A. F. J. Morgownik and G. Ratier. ROSIS imaging spectrometer and its potential for ocean parameter measurements (airborne and space-borne). B. Kunkel, F. Blechinger, D. Viehmann, H. Van der Piepen and R. Doerffer The GDTA, a partner in oceanography. A. Wadsworth. Forecasting models for tuna wid with a remote sensing. J. M. Stretta Sea surface colour in the fieldo f biological ceapeaie. v.B arale Marine remote sensing information — (MARSIS): a —_— — V. Barale Water quality mapping of esielin oe. Italy aon Labet: T™ ese. S. Khorram, H. Cheshire, A. L. Geraci and G. La Rosa The Archimedes Ila experiment: remote sensing of oil spills in the North Sea. F. Witte wie oe ao eS rs = Round table discussion NUMBER 5 Cover. The use ‘enasiiiee films to detect ocean currents. J.C. Scott and M. Bagg ... . “ - — am ; Study of Ardmore, Oklahoma, storm pun I. Convective storm aie initiation and development based on the remote sensing gravity-wave- induced convection. R. J. Hung and Y. D. Tsao = me Study of Ardmore, Oklahoma, storm clouds. II. Satellite iatnesed remote sensing and numerical simulation. R. J. Hung and Y. D. Tsao : Time-cumulated visible and infrared radiance histograms used as descriptors of surface and cloud variations. G. Séze and W. B. Rossow Effects of satellite data resolution on measuring the — variations of surfaces and clouds. G. Séze and W. B. Rossow Textural and spectral features as an aid to cloud eran Z. Q. Gu, C. N. Duncan, P. M. Grant, C. F. N. Cowan, E. Renshaw and M. A. Mugglestone ... : - Polarimetric investigation of the oneal waenieeo ver the Pacific ocean. Y. Takayama, K. Masuda and T. Takashima CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Experimental study and theoretical model of temporal amplitude fluctuations in the dual-frequency sea return. S. Jacobsen -" ad Representation of vegetation by continental data sets derived oon NOAA- AVHRR data. C. O. Justice,J . R. G. Townsheanndd V . L. Kalb A Landsat analysis of range conditions in the Botswana Kalahari drought. S. Ringrose and W. Matheson ya ‘ Contribution of Landsat data (MSS) to soil survey: epitication to “ soil of southwestern Sinai (Egypt). A. M. Abd — P. er R. Escadafal and M. Pouget ‘ Enhancement of sand dune texture from oreo ne ep using —_ of Gaussian filter. K. G. Al-Hinai, M. A. Khan and A.A . Canas Advances in classification for land cover mapping using SPOT HRV imagery. J. R. Baker, S. A. Briggs, V. nase A. R. —_ J. dse agen J. R. G. Townshend and B. K. Wyatt . = A comparison of Stokes parameters for sky _ a sali canopy. J. B. Schutt, B. N. Holben and J. E. McMurtrey, III : C-band backscattering from corn canopies. C.S. T. Daughtry,K . J.a un and L. L. Biehl Ma ai ~ Remote Sensing Letters A note on the observed and predicted flow patterns around islands—Flat Holm, the Bristol Channel. A. Cramp, M. Coulson, A. James and J. Berry Subpixel measurement of tropical forest cover using AVHRR data. A. M. Cross, J. J. Settle, N. A. Drake and R. T. M. Paivinen Errata NUMBER 6 Special issue: Coarse resolution remote sensing of the Sahelian environment Cover. Mean and inter-year variation of growing-season normalized difference vegetation index for the Sahel 1981-1989. C. J. Tucker, W. W. Newcomb, S. O. Los and S. D. Prince si id — ru Editorial. S. D. Prince and C. O. Justice Temporal and spatial variability of aerosol optical depth iin the Sahel rree gion in relation to vegetation remote sensing. B. N. waeeen T. F. Eck and R. S. Fraser .. ; es a : oat bas The effect of water vapour on the ont difference vegetation index derived for the Sahelian region from NOAA AVHRR data. C. O. Justice, T. F. Eck, D. Tanré and B. N. Holben 2 Atmospheric effects on NOAA AVHRR data over Sahelian regions. v. Souffiet, D. Tanré, A. Begue, A. Podaire and P. Y. Deschamps po Cloud-screening for Africa using a geographically and seasonally variable infrared threshold. T. F. Eck and V. L. Kalb... or sind ; CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Investigation of soil influences in AVHRR red and near-infrared — index imagery. A. R. Huete and C. J. Tucker Spectral modelling of multicomponent ——— in the Sahel. N. P.H anan, S. D. Prince andP . H. Y. Hiernaux AVHRR monitoring of savanna primary wistenten'i n nen West Africa: 1987-1988. O. Diallo, A. Diouf, N. P. Hanan, A. Ndiaye and Y. Prévost Satellite and ground-based pasture production assessment in Niger: 1986-1988. B. K. Wylie, J. A. Harrington, JR, S. D. Prince and I. Denda Satellite remote sensing of primary production: — of results for Sahelian grasslands 1981-1988. S. D. Prince. . A model of regional primary a for use with coarse meaiedints satellite data. S. D. Prince. . m = oe ; ad Rainfall monitoring “_ on Misinbent pn comparison of écbetioen applied to the Western Sahel. F. L. Snijders ... Synergism between NOAA-AVHRR and Meteosat data for we vegetation development in semi-arid West Africa. C. O. Justice, G. Dugdale, J. R. G. Townshend, A. S. Narracott and M. Kumar = Reflectance and transmission properties of West African savanna trees from ground radiometer measurements. J. Franklin, S. D. Prince, A. H. Strahler, N. P. Hanan and D. S. Simonett Estimating foliage and woody biomass in Sahelian and en weedeat using a remote sensing model. J. Franklin and P. H. Y. Hiernaux. Uses of satellite data for famine early warning in sub-Saharan Africa. C. F. Hutchinson NUMBER 7 Cover 5 wi iia sa in ‘i : , oe A Monte Carlo backscatter — for a layer of a mixture of ‘icin scatterers. H. T. Chuah and H. S. Tan : b ai Application of eigenvector analysis to remote sensing of eonal water quality. J.C. Hinton . an ro a Soil moisture content ground on et remote sensing investigations of agricultural regions. G. M. Foody de os Radiometric correction of multitemporal Thematic peees data for use in agricultural land-cover classification and — monitoring. J. Hill and B. Sturm... ina de ne i si = si Computer- asia land cover mapping with SPOT in Indonesia. = P. Gastellu-Etchegorry and D. Ducros-Gambart ; a Seasonal patterns in leaf reflectance red-edge enietute. ” R.M iller, Jiyou Wu, M. G. Boyer, M. Belanger and E. W. Hare Measurement of tree canopy architecture S. N. Martens, S. L. Ustin “a J. M. Norman CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 The utility of Landsat images in delineating volcanic cones in Harrat Kishb, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. P. Chagarlamudi and M. R. Moufti_... Thermal infrared spectra and images of altered volcanic rocks in the —— Range, Nevada. A. H. Collins ... Navigation of AVHRR images using ARGOS or TBUS bulletins. A. Marsouin and P. Brunel Technical note. The effects of band-to- ~— alaidtiteten on multi- oan classification. R.S. Dwivedi a one ea ie ; Remote Sensing Bulletin NUMBER 8 Special issue: Seasat 10th Anniversary Conference Cover Preface . Seasat-A: a retrospective. w. E. ‘Gene’ Ghee Satellite altimetry observations of ocean dynamic topography. J. F. Minster, M. Lefebvre, J. Benvéniste, M. Berge, R. Biancale, C. Boissier, C. Brossier, P. de Mey, E. Dombrowsky, M. Etchegorry, L. Etchegorry, M. C. Gennero, S. Houry, D. Jourdan, E. Lansard, P. Mazzega, Y. Ménard, C. Périgaud, F. Remy, M. C. Rouquet and P. Vincent Ocean modelling studies — by the Seasat stiiiini J." Marshall wd U. K. altimeter studies of~ amend variations in sea surface tiated -— present and future. P. L. Woodworth. Seasat precise orbit computation and altimeter data processing. K. F. Wakker, R. C. A. Zandbergen, B. A. C. Ambrosius Wave studies with the radar altimeter. P. G. Challenor and M. A. fees Variations in global wave climate throughout the year. D. J. T. Carter, S. Foale and D. J. Webb Technical note. Winds derived from Seasat’s microwave suite. T. H. Guymer and S. Zecchetto Measuring ocean waves from Space1:9 78 tot ; 1988. R. C. Beal, T. W. Gerling, F. M. Monaldo and D. G. Tilley. . Seasat SAR observations of ocean waves. J. T. Macklin and R. A. Cordey European development in microwave radiometry: 1978-1988. E. P. L. Windsor and J. E. Charlton The contribution of Seasat to ice sheet saciology D. J. sue, J.‘ Turner and W. G. Rees ‘ad ws san Mapping ice sheets with the ieee. N. MeIntyre CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 NUMBER 9 Cover. The Arabian Gulf oil slick, January and February 1991 Editorial ... - ai a i ia ai aa Topographic mapping and satellite remote sensing: is there an economic link? W.S. Hartley , i me - ane = ue Infrared thermography in applied nal aiaaiiniaas studies. T. Gustavsson and J. Bogren ; Concurrent remote sensing of Arctic sea ice from alain and aircraft P. Wadhams, N. R. Davis, J. C. Comiso, R. Kutz, J. Crawford, G. — W. Krabill, C. B. Sear, R. Swift and W. B. Tucker III ; An evaluation of the utility oo NOAA AVHRR images for monitoring forest fire risk in Spain. S. Lépez, F. Gonzalez, R. Llop and J. M. Cuevas Use of NOAA AVHRR data combined with an aia, model for evaporation mapping. J.-P. Lagouarde Temporal versus spatial variation in leaf idieistamee are denies water stress conditions. W. B. Cohen Mapping the density of woody vegetative cover using Landsat MSS —_ data. K. R. McCloy and K. A. Hall a Comparaison de différentes méthodes de traitement par ane en composantes principales des données Thematic Mapper de LANDSAT-5 appliquées a l’inventaire foréts méditerrannéennes du sud de la France. R. Maniére, H. Khiyar et J. Courboulés. . Capability of TM data for evaluation of soila nd land resources in theM alwa Plateau (Chambal and Mahi catchment) in — Pradesh, India. R.R. Biswas and C. P. Singh SAR image recognition by neni of sataneiny wd neal information. S. Dellepiane,D . D. Giusto,S . B. Serpico and G. Vernazza ... Speckle cross-correlation function in multilook SAR images of — discrete scatterers. K. Ouchi and R. E. Burge On SAR focusing of ocean waves. G. Franceschetti and G. Schirinzi. Obituary ... Book reviews Erratum ... Remote Sensing Letters A preliminary comparison of Landsat Thematic Mapper and SPOT-1 HRV multispectral data for estimating coniferous forest volume. W. J. — S. Wang, D. L. Isaacson and D. P. Paine On the effectiveness of Geosat altimeter corrections. R. D.. Ray,_ J. Koblinsky and B. D. Beckley NUMBER 10 Cover si ‘ si - si = ies ida A knowledge- aan expert system for tiene vegetation diniennitae, D. S. Kimes, P. R. Harrison and P. A. Ratcliffe CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Analysis of normalized difference and surface temperature observations over southeastern Australia. R.C. G. Smith and B. J. Choudhury Testing the utility of simple multi-date Thematic Mapper calibration algorithms for monitoring turbid inland waters. R. G. epee T. M. Lillesand and B. S. Yandell Technical note. An efficient algorithm for cated chlorophylla Coastal Zone Color Scanner data. J. S. Parslow Chlorophyll-a mapping using Airborne Thematic re in the Bristol Channel (South Gower Coastline). C. A. E. Garcia and I. S. Robinson. . A methodology for the use of SPOT imagery in oil exploration. Example of the Bas-Languedoc exploration permits area (France). J. Chorowicz, J.-P. Deroin, G. Gess, J. — B. Becue, R. Curnelle, G. Perrin and D. Ronfola Technical note. Photointerpretation of Pleistocene pesdnenienen ridges south-west of Alexandria. A. F. Kamal Microwave panied of snow-covered terrains. SS. K. Srivastav and R. P. Singh ... Balance contrast atiiasntitel: enctinions onl its application in image colour composition. Liu Jian Guo : Image enhancement using background deatiatnnns ‘nannies kK v. Shettigara Book reviews NUMBER I1 Cover Editorial .. - Per-field classification: anw ebiaiiunus ing SPOT HRV imagery. M. I.. P ode and P. J. Curran me _ ne oe Forest cut-over mapping from SPOT satellite data. R. J. Hall, R. V. Dams and L. N. Lyseng Tropical forest type mapping and monitoring using remote sensing. P. S. Roy,B . K. Ranganath, P. G. Diwakar,T . P. S. Vohra,S . K. Bhan,I . J. _ and V. C. Pandian Using contextual information to improve land use classification ofc ntelliee images in central Spain. F. Gonzalez Alonso and S. Lopez Soria Spatial analysis of land cover patterns and corresponding remotely-sensed image brightness. R. A. Weiler and D. A. Stow se we a Estimation of rice yield using IRS-1A digital data in coastal tract of Orissa. N. K. Patel, N. Ravi, R. R. Navalgund, R. N. Dash, K. C. Das and S. Patnaik a oa Be és se se “a The equifinality of bidirectional reflectance distribution a of various microstructures. M. Shoshany ... CONTENTS OF VOLUME 12 Tillage effects on the radar backscattering coefficient of grain stubble fields. B. Brisco, R. J. Brown, B. Snider, G. J. Sofko, J. A. Koehler and A. G. Wacker Angular variation of land surface enatene missivity in the thermal aeniate laboratory investigations on bare soils. J. Labed and M. P. Stoll Utilization of surface cover composition to improve the microwave determination of snow water equivalent in a mountain basin. A. T. C. Chang, J. L. Foster and A. Rango Geomorphology and reflectance patterns of seiaidianaiian dunes at the Tsodilo Hills, north-west Botswana. P. A. Jacobberger and D. M. Hooper Multisource remotely sensed data, field checks and seismicity for the definition of active tectonics in Ecuadorian Andes. A. Tibaldi and L. Ferrari Cloud screening Coastal Zone Color Scanner images using channel 5. B. A. Eckstein and J. J. Simpson Technical note. A method for masking microwave radiometer data polluted by the presence of land and ice. A. Ozieblo and J. Etcheto GCP acquisition using simulated SAR and evaluation of GCP wntins accuracy with texture features. K. Arai Incorporation of azimuthal control methods in the extraction of 3- dimensional topographic models from individual space-borne SAR scenes. B. Guindon Book reviews Remote Sensing Letters Radar estimates of soil moisture over the Konza Prairie. S. Gogineni, J. Ampe and A. Budihardjo Classification of remotely-sensed image data using artificial neural networks. Z. K. Liu and J. Y. Xiao Un nouvel algorithme de classification non dirigée. L. Wang et D.-C. He... Announcement ... NUMBER 12 Cover = ” on we pm Atmospheric and emissivity correction of land surface temperature measured from satellite using ground measurements or satellite data. A. Vidal A methodology for obtaining the crop temperature from NOAA-9 AVHRR data. J. A. Sobrino and V. Caselles a Wheat yield estimation at the farm level using TM Landsat and agrometeorological data. B. F. T. Rudorff and G. T. Batista Insights into secchi transparency through computer analysis of aerial multispectral video data. P. W. Mausel, M. A. Karaska, C. Y. Mao, D. E. Escobar and J. H. Everitt ‘a ae in ee mn ‘an ion