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Each year, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the 美国国家航空航天局 (NASA) recognize the contributions of satellite or aerial remote sensing innovators with a distinct honor – the William T. Pecora Award. This year, Russ Congalton自然资源与环境教授 联合国大学生命科学与农业学院, was 2023年佩科拉奖的两张收据之一表彰康加尔顿在遥感领域45年的职业生涯.

“Remote sensing plays a pivotal role in mapping and monitoring our planet,” said Congalton. “And without these technologies, it would be impossible to monitor changes to our forests from deforestation, fire, pests and pathogens, climate change, and other natural disasters. The information we gain from remotely sensed data allows us to more effectively and efficiently manage our natural resources.”

Congalton’s contributions to the remote sensing community span from the earliest days of the Landsat program 通过商业地球观测项目的开始, to the latest research in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDar) sensor use via unpiloted aerial systems (UAS), or drones. More than 30 years ago, 在加州大学期间, Berkeley, 康高尔顿撰写了一篇基础遥感论文, “A Review of Assessing the Accuracy of Classifications of Remotely Sensed Data” – a paper that has influenced subsequent generations of remote sensing scholars and has received more than 9,850 citations to date. Congalton也曾担任the 全球学习和观察有利于环境 (GLOBE) program, the 美国摄影测量与遥感学会 (ASPRS), and the AmericaView consortium.

Congalton adds, “It has been a pleasure to introduce thousands of students to the fields of remote sensing and geospatial technologies. These are skills that are crucial to all natural resource and environmental science students in today’s world, and I have learned so much from the over 65 graduate students that I have mentored and taken so much joy in seeing their amazing successes.”

“I had some fantastic and caring professors and mentors throughout my education and career and I am so pleased to be able to give back what was so generously provided to me.”

Established in 1974 in honor of the memory of William T. Pecora, former Director of the U.S. Geological Survey and Under Secretary for the Department of Interior, the William T. Pecora Award is presented annually to individuals or teams that have made influencing and impactful contributions toward understanding Earth’s land, 海洋和空气通过使用卫星或航空遥感. Pecora played an instrumental role in the establishment of a civil remote sensing program, which then paved the way for the creation of the Landsat satellite initiative. 该奖项由美国国家航空航天局和美国内政部的美国地质勘探局联合颁发.

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