Download or read book Remote Sensing of the Chesapeake Bay written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this Conference on Remote Sensing of the Chesapeake Bay is to identify the primary environmental problems of the Chesapeake Bay area and determine the extent to which remote sensing can contribute to the solution of these problems. This volume and the conference it records will focus on ten major problem areas present in the Chesapeake Bay area. These areas include: Pollution-Industrial Wastes; Pollution-Air; Pollution-Agricultural Sedimentation and Wastes; Estuarine Turbidity, Flushing, Salinity, and Circulation; Extractable Biological Resources; Agriculture and Forestry--Identification, Vigor, and Disease; Recreational Uses; Engineering Changes; Shoreline Activities; and Urban Development and Growth."--Page iii-iv