News tagged with spaceborne sensors
ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery
(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of the development process for ESA’s Sentinel-3 Earth observation mission, remote-sensing experts carried out an extensive experiment campaign across southern Europe this summer. The ...
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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Satellite observations show potential to improve ash cloud forecasts
Predicting the exact dispersal of a volcanic ash cloud is never going to be easy. However, satellite data are showing that the eruption from Iceland's Grímsvötn volcano this week was unlikely to ...
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May 27, 2011 |
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Under pressure: Stormy weather sensor for hurricane forecasting
It’s hard to believe that, in this day and age, we don’t have a way to measure sea-level air pressure during hurricanes. NASA researchers, however, are working on a system that will improve forecasting ...
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Jan 11, 2011 |
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Image: NASA Satellite Imagery Keeping Eye on the Gulf Oil Spill
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Terra satellite flew over the Deepwater Horizon rig's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, May 1 and captured a natural-color image of the slick from space. The oil slick resulted ...
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May 04, 2010 |
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Iceland volcano: Pitt researcher compiles first high-res images; plume receding but internal heat up
High-resolution visible and thermal infrared images captured by a joint NASA-Japanese satellite sensor and compiled by University of Pittsburgh volcanologist Michael Ramsey provide the first clear glimpse ...
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Apr 23, 2010 |
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TRMM measures Cyclone Paul's rainfall from space
Having been hit by two tropical cyclones so far this season, Queensland had been the center of tropical cyclone activity, but with the recent arrival of Tropical Cyclone Paul, it is now the Northern Territory's ...
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Mar 30, 2010 |
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NIST, NASA Launch Joint Effort to Develop New Climate Satellites
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched a joint effort to gather enhanced climate data from spaceborne climate observation ...
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Mar 03, 2010 |
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Optical refrigeration expected to enhance airborne and spaceborne applications
Under an Air Force Office of Scientific Research, multi-university grant, a team led by University of New Mexico professor, Dr. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae created the first-ever all-solid-state cryocooler that can ...
Jan 29, 2010 |
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New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit
December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation ...
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Warnings up for Philippines as Parma powers up to a super typhoon
Warnings have been posted in the extreme northeastern Philippines as Parma has powered up into a Super Typhoon, and its new forecast track takes it over the northeastern tip of the Philippines, and three NASA ...
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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