News tagged with satellite radar
New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellite data
Having a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to understand better the carbon cycle and to predict more accurately Earth's future climate. However, obtaining these maps has been ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti
Virginia Key, Florida--Scientists at the University of Miami have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and just after Haiti's earthquake, on January 12. The images ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 09, 2010 |
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2 NASA satellites see Edzani power up in clouds and rainfall
The latest satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellites have provided forecasters with signs in clouds and rainfall that Edzani is strengthening in the Southern Indian ...
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Jan 07, 2010 |
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NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations
Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake
Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Ana's path being mapped by NASA Satellites; she's drenching Puerto Rico
Tropical Depression Ana is currently drenching Puerto Rico, and tropical storm watches are posted for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Ana continues westward. Both the Aqua and GOES satellites have captured ...
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Aug 17, 2009 |
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Space radar techniques for land mapping
Entrepreneurs at ESA’s Business Incubation centre in the Netherlands have used radar technology from the agency’s Envisat remote-sensing satellite to develop a compact, high-resolution radar that can monitor ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2009 |
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China environmental phenomena monitored from space
China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults ...
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction
Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science ...
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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Common GPS could help better track airline flights
(AP) -- Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 04, 2009 |
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ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
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May 22, 2009 |
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Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault that Caused Deadly 2003 Quake in Iran
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists, including UC Riverside’s Gareth Funning, have observed for the first time the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Satellites help locate water in Niger
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA’s TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify surface and underground ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2009 |
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