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From: msc9306@geovax.ed.ac.uk (MR C)
Subject: Radiometer for Image Ground Truthing
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Organization: University of Edinburgh, Geography Department.
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:41:12 GMT
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	Folks

I'm issuing this request on behalf of the Land Management section of
the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Cali, Colombia.

We are basically looking to 'borrow'  a 7-band radiometer (bands 
corresponding to Landsat TM bands) to help us with groundtruthing 
for a project in the Colombian savannas (llanos). One component of 
our work is to produce a land use classification of the llanos. We 
hope to be able to differentiate between types of grass pasture, 
cropping etc as a means of monitoring the uptake of new plant 
varieties developed/bred by CIAT. 

The radiometer would allow us to spectrally seperate the different land 
cover types, and hence help in producing a more accurate classification. 
We will be carrying out field measurements/ ground  truthing in January, 1995

Although remote sensing is being used in a number of projects here in 
CIAT we really only require the radiometer for this one and therefore there
is no justification for the purchase of a radiometer. CIAT is willing to pay any
freight, and other incidental costs.

As a brief background CIAT is one of a group of Agricultural Centres
coordinated by the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research). The CGIAR is funded, amongst others, by the World Bank, the
Rockefeller Foundation and the development agancies of most developed
countries.

If you can provide any help, or know of anyone who can, please send
any correspondence to the addresses/ numbers below.

Many thanks


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