Remote Sensing C

[gneissisnice]

Just to clarify Forestry/Bugs/Reptiles/Birds rotate threw every two years.

Whoops, I meant two years, sorry about that.

Do you know what is after birds? Is it forestry?

Yeah, it's the order I put up there, so Forestry's coming back next year.

I actually missed out on Birds, since Forestry started when I was in 7th grade, and we ended with Reptiles when I was in 12th grade. Besides Birds, I've done every ID event at least once. Forestry was a lot of fun, even if I wasn't very good at it (I could ID the pines, and that was pretty much it. I could tell a birch apart from a beech, but I could not discern between different members of the same group easily. My partner was awesome though, so we got 3rd at States).

[fossilgirl4ever]

That's great! Yeah, I love ID events, although they seem to be way more stressful. After fossils and ornithology for 1.5 years, I'm ready to do some more physics/chem stuff next year.

Oh sorry to get off topic from Remote.

[gneissisnice]

That's great! Yeah, I love ID events, although they seem to be way more stressful. After fossils and ornithology for 1.5 years, I'm ready to do some more physics/chem stuff next year.

Oh sorry to get off topic from Remote.

I love ID events, I was always the go-to ID event guy (though Herpetology was bad). I was also the Rocks and Minerals/Fossils guy, so I did those too. Which was bad ever since the NY state director decided to put the two ID events at the same time >.>

Anyway, yeah, let's get back to Remote.

[quizbowl]

The NYS test was such a joke. First off, there were 30ish matching vocabulary words, straight from a website game (which we happened to have on our sheet) and the analysis of the pictures was okay. Not many questions on satellites however, nor global warming. I can't believe we got 2nd - paleonaps can tell anyone how freaked out I was.

[L42]

What was the website game?

[Kracken352]

Does anyone know how much on satellites I should type on my notes? I have never seen them used on a test before but I feel that I might want to have something in my notes about them.

[EastStroudsburg13]

Most of the time, the satellites that appear on tests are the NASA ones. I put a little bit on all of the NASA satellites, especially the A-Train, on my pages. At regionals, we got a question about the agency of SeaWIFS, which we wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't done the NASA stuff. If you find other satellites that you think you'd potentially need while you're searching, feel free to add those as well.

[Kracken352]

Thank you! Have any of you found a sure way to estimate an area without using a transparency??

[greywolfst1]

For satellites you should definitely know MODIS and LandSat. SeaWIFS is also useful along with a few others. You can calculate area by using a ruler (you can bring one) and subdividing your image into known polygons which you can then determine area from.

[The Eviscerator]

Have you guys seen many questions about the eye? There always seems to be one or two questions about it...