Mervyn C. Probine

Mervyn C. Probine coordinated the DSIR Landsat II investigation, linking early satellite observations with national digital remote-sensing work.

Dr M. C. Probine was the principal investigator, with the Remote Sensing Section handling much of the technical work. The formal Landsat II investigation followed earlier image acquisition: an earlier Landsat-1 scene of Canterbury, recorded on 7 December 1973, was later forwarded to DSIR. Satellite imagery had already been collected before the national programme began. By late 1975, however, PEL had a continuing programme for receiving, processing and distributing Landsat data.