print email comment close Flying High for Fine Wine URL: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Grapes/ Description: This site provides information about the use of "remote sensing, multi-spectral imagers mounted on planes ... to map the health of the vines across a vineyard in a matter of months instead of decades." Discusses NASA's efforts to improve California vineyards with airborne cameras to detect the vigor of plants as influenced by insect activity and other types of crop stress. From the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observatory. Author: Halusa, Goran Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observatory Library of Congress Subject Headings: Agriculture -- Remote sensing Grapes -- Monitoring Vineyards Wine and wine making LII Database Information: Record 11618 created by Jennifer English on 12/23/2003 Last modification on 04/10/2009 Published: 04/10/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/11618