Remote sensing is the ability to measure and object or an event without being on site to make the measurement. Therefore, remote sensing can be accomplished by a variety of techniques including earth-based and satellite based sensing systems. To integrate these multi-scale technologies we have developed an integrated laboratory, the Remote Environmental Assessment Laboratory (REAL) to combine information and tools associated with remote sensing to take advantage of emerging technologies and knowledge. We will introduce the elements of this laboratory and illustrate some of the applications we have underway to investigate the capacities of earth and satellite based remote sensing. One application will illustrate the use satellite remote sensing to assess land use characteristics in the Muskegon River Watershed and the other will illustrate use of wireless communications to telemeter environmental acoustics to link a soundscape to a landscape using principles of landscape ecology. Examples of this will be drawn from the Muskegon River Watershed in Michigan as well as the measurements of soundscapes in Sequoia National Park in California. Insects are a key component of a landscape’s soundscape and illustrations of technology and results will be provided.
Keywords: remote sensing, landscape ecology
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