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Environmental remote sensing can be applied to three major media types shown below. Several examples of the application of remote sensing for environmental monitoring, study, and remediation will be shown for each media.

Environmental Applications

• Land
   - Vegetation
- Soil/Rocks
- Manmade Structures

• Air
   - Night-time Lights
- Chemical Mapping

• Water
   - Vegetation
- Oil Spill
- Oil Spill II
- Effluent Mapping
- Coral Reef
- Ocean Color
- Nutrient Analysis
- Sediment Load

Cuprite, Nevada - HyMap 		    Land
• Vegetation
     - Mapping
     - Physiological State
• Soil/Rocks
     - Mineral Exploration
     - Land Subsidence
     - Acid Mine Drainage
• Manmade Structures
     - Change Detection
     - Pipelines

Yangtze River Valley, China - Space Shuttle Photo 		    Air
• Night-time Lights
• Particulate and Chemical Mapping

Elkhorn Slough, California - HyMap 		    Water
• Mapping of Aquatic Vegetation
• Oil Spill Detection-Radar
• Oil Spill Detection-Multispectral
• Paper Mill Effluent Mapping
• Coral Reef Mapping
• Ocean Color
• Nutrient Measurements
• Aquatic Sediment Load Mapping