Observatories gear up for Friday lunar crash Oct 8, 2009
A fleet of Earth-orbiting satellites is at the ready to take a distant look at the collision, including the Hubble Space Telescope; Odin, an international astronomy and aeronomy mission led by Sweden, with Canada, France, and Finland as partners; the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) satellite; NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite; as well as the commercial Ikonos and GeoEye-1 remote sensing satellites. Heldmann said that the Earth-watching spacecraft regularly... (MSNBC -- Technology)
How Will Future Sea-level Rise Linked To Climate Change Affect Coastal Areas? Oct 7, 2009
Florida State University geologist Steve Kish, a co-leader of the study, is responsible for gathering and interpreting the remote sensing data. To lay the groundwork, he has sought and found maps, photos and other records dating back about 150 years that show the evolution of the Northwest Florida coast. (Science Daily)
Do Dust Particles Curb Climate Change? Oct 7, 2009
The researchers will install remote sensing instruments on the island's windward side that will focus on the clouds coming from the open ocean. The land measurements will be complemented by measurements taken in the clouds themselves by HALO, the German research aircraft. (Science Daily)
Moon River, wider than a mile Oct 4, 2009
In an article in the Huffington Post on September 29, Pinaki Bhattacharya writes that ISRO "shone this week, after a few months of that sinking feeling into the darkness of despair. In the early part of the week it conducted a copybook launch of a constellation of nine satellites, including the country's own oceanic remote sensing satellite , Oceansat-2 In the latter part of the week came the news that the ISRO's maiden lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1 has discovered water on the moon". ISRO... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Leading energy consultant partners with Somerville's Second Wind Oct 2, 2009
Over the past year, GEC-DNV analyzed data from Triton, the wind industry s market-leading remote sensing system, in a variety of applications including wind resource assessment programs, micrositing, energy projections, and wind resource monitoring on operating wind farms. Our intensive work with Triton and other sodar units over the past year has convinced us that, when properly used, data from these units can add value to the energy projection, said Robert Poore, Head of Department, DNV-GEC.... (Somerville Journal, MA)
Air Pollutants From Abroad A Growing Concern Sep 30, 2009
The committee emphasized developing an integrated "pollution source-attribution" system that improves capabilities in emissions measurements and estimates; atmospheric chemical and meteorological modeling; long-term, ground-based observations; satellite remote sensing; and process-focused field studies. Moreover, the committee stressed that the United States, as both a source and receptor of long-range pollution, has an interest in remaining actively engaged in air pollutants that travel abroad,... (Science Daily)
Plane will collect data over fort Sep 26, 2009
It uses a remote sensing system used to collect topographic data, which is gathered with aircraft-mounted lasers. The flights will be at a height of 3,300 feet. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils Sep 24, 2009
Now a remote sensing instrument on Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to lunar orbit, has confirmed that the signal was real. Two other spacecraft to look at the Moon - Nasa's Deep Impact probe and the US-European Cassini satellite - back up Chandrayaan. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Chef Q & A: Experience a taste of Europe at Depot Caf Sep 24, 2009
Sue: I got my university degree in remote sensing and geographic information systems, and I was originally supposed to go work for NASA, so I love this area. What makes your place unique. (Florida Today)
Prospect of moon ice spurs excitement Sep 24, 2009
"I also will not believe it just from remote sensing data.". Sage advice comes from planetary scientist Alan Stern, former head of NASA's space science office. (MSNBC -- Technology)
First global scientific conference supporting UN efforts to curb desertification opens in Argentina Sep 23, 2009
"The Conference will help do that by bringing together state-of-the art approaches, such as advanced modeling, mapping, high-resolution remote sensing and community participation. To be effective, these approaches must then be connected with government decision-making.". A wide variety of such approaches are being developed and tested under the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) Project, which is being carried out in Argentina and five other developing countries by the Food and... (EurekAlert!)
India's strides in space Sep 23, 2009
India's remote sensing capabilities are almost legendary. Today there are seven Indian-made and operated remote sensing satellites in orbit, the largest number of any country in the civilian domain ... Almost a third of the global market for remote sensing images at a resolution of 5-6 metres has already been captured by India. (BBC News -- South Asia)
ISRO launches Oceansat-2, nano satellites from Sriharikota Sep 23, 2009
Oceansat-2, India's second satellite to study oceans as well as interaction of oceans and atmosphere, is the 16th remote sensing satellite of India. It is in the shape of a cuboid with two solar panels projecting from its sides. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Crowd counts a game nobody wins Sep 23, 2009
"Bah!" This is guesstimating that can really irk a scientist such as Farouk El-Baz, the Boston University professor who heads the Center for Remote Sensing. This man knows his stuff: He helped map the surface of the moon for the Apollo 11 mission. (Juneau Empire)
Ozone layer depletion levelling off Sep 22, 2009
The conference, with some 200 participants, included presentations that detail the current use of satellite instruments for remote sensing of trace gases in the stratosphere and troposphere, clouds and aerosols, pollution and greenhouse gas monitoring. . (Scientific American)
Second Wind's Triton of Somerville picked by national wind assessment company Sep 19, 2009
Designed and manufactured by Somerville-based Second Wind Inc., a leading provider of wind assessment systems, the Triton is an advanced remote sensing system that uses sodar to capture accurate wind data at the heights of today s wind turbines ... National Wind Assessments is very excited to utilize remote sensing technology. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Small gems in space Sep 19, 2009
A combination of small satellites can, with innovative methods, use the signals of the navigation satellite systems GPS and Galileo to significantly improve remote sensing of the System Earth ... With the GFZ-satellite missions CHAMP (CHAllenging Minisatellite Payload) and GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) such, satellite-based innovative remote sensing technologies have been successfully employed during the past years ... MicroGEM links in with these missions and will, for the... (EurekAlert!)
Arctic ice melts to third-smallest area on record Sep 18, 2009
The US government findings were in line with measurements reported separately by the 'Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center' in Norway, which reported this summer's minimum ice extent at just under 5 million square km.. Scientists regard the Arctic and its sea ice as among the most sensitive barometers of global warming because even small temperature changes make a huge difference. (India Times, India)
Second chance Sep 17, 2009
The altimeter on Cryosat follows a fine tradition of Esa radar instruments that goes all the way back to the agency's original remote sensing mission, ERS-1, in 1991; but the ice explorer has significant enhancements. By sending down rapid pulses of microwave energy and counting the time to the echoes' return, the altimeter can measure accurately both the distance to the top of the Arctic sea-ice floes and the water in the cracks, or leads, which separates them. (BBC News -- Technology)
LCROSS satellite to crash near the moon's south pole Sep 12, 2009
Earlier remote sensing missions had suggested that water, perhaps left over from comets hitting the moon in the last 3 billion years, lingered in the shaded craters of the lunar south pole. Launched in June, LCROSS burned off some of its fuel in a computer mishap on the way to the moon, but enough remains to land the spacecraft, Colaprete adds: "things are going according to plan.". (USA Today -- Tech)
NRL brings new hyperspectral atmospheric and ocean science to the International Space Station Sep 11, 2009
(Washington, DC 09/10/09) Following a fast-paced 16 month design and development process, NRL's Remote Sensing and Space Science Divisions and the Naval Center for Space Technology provide the first-ever high quality and real-time monitoring of space weather and coastal ocean environment directly from the new Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) on the International Space Station (ISS) ... "Never has the ISS been utilized as a platform to conduct scientific Earth observations... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Japanese Lunar Mission Provides a Glimpse at How the Moon Took Shape Sep 10, 2009
Extremely homogenous composition is nearly impossible to find via remote sensing of the moon, Warren notes, because lunar soil is such a hodgepodge, and it is bound to contaminate any given surface to some extent. "Whatever extreme compositions might occur in the underlying crust, they are bound to be dampened" by deposited soil, he says. (Scientific American)
No data lost from Chandrayaan: NASA Sep 8, 2009
Isros programme director for remote sensing satellites M Krishnaswamy said, Foreign partners are happy with the mission. All the data was downloaded from the spacecraft on a regular basis and no scientific data was lost , public affairs officer (space operations), Nasa headquarters, John Yembrick, said. (India Times)
All that glisters looks very much like gold Sep 7, 2009
To find what is hidden by extensive but relatively shallow cover requires remote sensing and geochemistry sampling. Encounter has done that and is now ready to drill at its T2 and BM1 targets. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Satellites flying in formation over Asia Sep 2, 2009
"The Huangjing series [of remote sensing satellites] is a program where formation flying is discussed under the rubric of virtual detection technology. HJ-1a and b were launched in 2008 and HJ-1c is supposed to be launched this year with HJ-2, the next series, soon after," said Hagt. Mission-critical communications must happen as micro-FSATs move through space in a single formation. (Asia Times Online)
City tasks innovation center with ending brain drain Aug 31, 2009
In the future, the innovation center will give more support to the development and production of such products as color LED, optical remote sensing equipment, laser equipment, optical communications equipment and opto-electronic circuits. In the biology and medicine sector, the innovation center will make further use of the city's 80-odd medicine research institutes and 16 key laboratories to develop a modern biology and medicine industry. (Xinhuanet, China)
Sikkim: 50,000 people living in high landslide zone Aug 31, 2009
The study was conducted by using remote sensing technology to identify the vulnerability of these areas in terms of natural disasters like earthquake and landslide, he said. More Stories from this section. (India Times, India)
NRL successfully completes first major development milestone on the NPOESS MIS program Aug 27, 2009
NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Remote Sensing Division announced it has successfully completed the System Requirements and Design Review (SRDR) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) program. The MIS SRDR was the first major development milestone and was held in May 2009. (EurekAlert!)
First Measure Of Africa's Coastal Forests: Swampy Mangrove Destruction Threatens Shrimp Farming Aug 26, 2009
The new technique also distinguishes itself, added Anyamba, "as an excellent example of how we can use different remote sensing technologies together to address science questions and global social issues." ... Fatoyinbo used a remote sensing software-based classification method that separates the different types of land cover like forest, urban area, and soil, differentiating by colors or reflectance. (Science Daily)
Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space Aug 25, 2009
There was a huge reduction in nitrogen dioxide, more than we expected at first," van der A said. Also unveiled at the symposium was the first Envisat ASAR wide swath image of the Kuroshio Current inverted to radar Doppler velocity. The image reveals the structure of the Kuroshio Current off China s coast southwest of Japan with speeds up to 1,5 m per second. The Kuroshio Current equivalent to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic is a warm current in the western Pacific Ocean. Its tropical... (Science Daily)
Highest Ever Winter Water Temperatures Recorded Off Tasmania Aug 21, 2009
Remote sensing specialists at CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship have been observing the current in recent days using satellite data, and ocean measurements made near Maria Island on Tasmania s east coast. CSIRO oceanographers Katy Hill, David Griffin and George Cresswell study ocean behaviour in the Australian region. (Science Daily)
NASA researcher nets first measure of Africa's coastal forests Aug 21, 2009
The new technique also distinguishes itself, added Anyamba, "as an excellent example of how we can use different remote sensing technologies together to address science questions and global social issues.". . (EurekAlert!)
Scientists make first discovery using revolutionary long wavelength demonstrator array Aug 19, 2009
(Washington, DC 08/18/09) Scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) located in Socorro, N.M., have generated the first scientific results from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array (LWDA). The measurements were obtained during field tests and calibration of two prototype antennas for the much larger Long Wavelength Array (LWA), which will... (EurekAlert!)
Climate Models Confirm More Moisture In Atmosphere Attributed To Humans Aug 18, 2009
Other scientists contributing to the report include Tim Barnett and David Pierce from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Tom Wigley of the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Carl Mears and Frank Wentz of Remote Sensing Systems; Wolfgang Br. ggemann of the Universit. (Science Daily)
Monitoring Disease -- by Satellite? Aug 16, 2009
Preliminary efforts have already produced models that predict spikes in diseases ranging from to hantavirus on the basis of remote sensing data, according to Timothy Ford of the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, and colleagues. Writing in the September issue of the CDC's , Ford and colleagues -- including Rita Colwell, former director of the -- said novel patterns of infectious disease are likely to accompany the regional temperature and hydrological trends that add up to. (ABC News)
* Taiwan to the World 3Typhoon Hunters uxWlpe Aug 15, 2009
But those are all remote sensing data. There is one more specific way to take the data from hurricanes X through airplanes. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Firms urged to defend against NGO attacks Aug 15, 2009
It will adopt advanced technology for the precise agriculture systems using Geographic Information Systems, Global Positioning System and remote sensing. Earlier, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said at the official opening of the conference that Malaysia had progressively improved its standards of environmental and sustainable practices despite allegations that the palm oil industry had caused the destruction of rainforests and peat lands, loss of... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Check out the desi version of Google Earth, 'Bhuvan' Aug 14, 2009
ISRO is well known amongst space faring nations for its world-leading reputation in developing new, indigenous and innovative service oriented applications using remote sensing technology. Over the past 2 decades, ISRO has mastered the art of developing these unique applications using various spectral, spatial and temporal resolutions offered by the versatile IRS satellites and these have been successfully institutionalized in many important areas of policy making, natural resources management,... (India Times)
Isro launches desi version of Google Earth Aug 13, 2009
Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), a part of Isro, had a lead role in designing and developing 'Bhuvan. NRSA director V Jayaraman told TOI that in November 2008 he picked up young scientists from Isro to work on the project. (India Times)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Satellite images tell deadly tale Aug 13, 2009
A combination photo shows satellite images released on Tuesday by the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, showing the Taimali River in Taitung County ... One of the most stunning images obtained by National Central Universitys Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research shows the widening of the Taimali River () in Taitung County. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Lockheed Martin Breaks Ground Marking Expansion of Newtown, PA Facility Aug 12, 2009
Chief products include human space flight systems; a full range of remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; laser radar; ballistic missiles; missile defense systems; and nanotechnology research and development. About Lockheed Martin. (PR Newswire)
Fire Ants "Attacked" From Air Aug 12, 2009
New remote sensing equipment on board helicopters is being used in Australia to eradicate the South American red fire ant. For eight years authorities in Queensland, Australia have been desperately trying to eradicate the invasive species. (National Geographic)
Christopher Hitchens and James Cuno debate the Parthenon sculptures Aug 11, 2009
- The Vigorous North has a great post about the use of remote sensing to find the city plan of ancient Altinum, a precursor to Venice. Check out the amazing. (Harper's Magazine)
SC Agriculture Showcase spotlights all crops Aug 11, 2009
Precision agriculture is the use of remote sensing and soil sampling equipment with computers to optimize farm production. Clemson will also have its new mobile precision agriculture lab on display. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Vast Expanses of Arctic Ice Melt in Summer Aug 10, 2009
Petr Chylek - Space and Remote Sensing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA ... Petr Chylek - Space and Remote Sensing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA. (CBS News)
NOAA and partners to survey ships sunk off north Carolina in World War II Aug 8, 2009
Using advanced remote sensing technologies, including sidescan and multibeam sonar systems, researchers will attempt to locate several previously undiscovered WWII shipwrecks. NOAA and its expedition partners from the University of North Carolina will also deploy an advanced remotely operated vehicle to take high-definition imagery of these shipwrecks. (EurekAlert!)
AGU journal highlights -- Aug. 6, 2009 Aug 7, 2009
In recent years, however, remote sensing studies have hinted at the existence of Martian lakes during the Hesperian epoch (about 3. 5 billion to 1. (EurekAlert!)
More Accurate Weather Forecasts Coming Soon Aug 7, 2009
Lead ECIT engineer Raymond Dickie said: "Measuring just 30mm in diameter and 1/100mm thick, the devices will help to provide a much more comprehensive analysis of conditions in the Earth's atmosphere than has been possible previously. "Up to now, spaceborne remote sensing instruments have only been capable of separating either the vertically or horizontally polarized components of naturally occurring thermal emissions from gases in the Earth's atmosphere - but not both together at the same time.... (Science Daily)
Arab investment boosts spaceship venture Jul 29, 2009
A Dubai-led group is preparing to send the United Arab Emirates' first remote sensing satellite, DubaiSat-1, into orbit aboard a Russian-made Dnepr rocket from Kazakhstan this week. Abu Dhabi's plans to turn itself into a space travel hub aren't the country's first. (MSNBC -- International)
NASA Student Airborne Research Program Takes Flight Jul 24, 2009
the students will get a rare behind-the-scenes look at instrument integration, flight planning and payload testing that is the basis of every successful Earth Science airborne campaign carried out by NASA. These airborne research campaigns play a pivotal role in the calibration and validation of NASA's space-borne Earth observations, remote sensing measurements and the high-resolution imagery for Earth system science. Divided into the investigative groups of atmospheric science, algal blooms and... (PR Newswire)
Sunspots and Climate Change Jul 23, 2009
Is There a Connection Between Sunspot Activity and Global Cooling. Several times over the last 500 years low sunspots numbers have coincided with much cooler global temperatures. (Suite101.com)
Satellite Educators Association Conference XXII Jul 22, 2009
The conference is sponsored by California State University Los Angeles, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing, Lockheed-Martin and Northrop Grumman. For more information, visit. (NASA Watch)
Scientists refix sources of Yangtze and other major rivers Jul 22, 2009
Tang Qianli, survey leader, said the team used advanced technologies, including a global positioning system, geographical information system and remote sensing to ensure the data were "comprehensive, scientific and authoritative.". The research team collected the data of meteorology, hydrology, glaciers, geology and geography in the origin areas, which was important to world geography, experts of the appraisal commission said. (Xinhuanet, China)
AFRICA: The art of predicting Rift Valley Fever outbreaks Jul 22, 2009
CAPE TOWN, 21 July 2009 () - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Agency (NASA) is devising remote sensing methods to monitor the environmental conditions that cause Rift Valley Fever ... Remote sensing, a technique that uses recorded or real-time wireless sensing devices to collect information on an object or phenomenon, can be used to determine the environmental conditions that lead to outbreaks ... "The purpose of our research is to provide the first line of defence through... (AlertNet)
Six countries interested in using RazakSAT services Jul 20, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Six countries in Asia and the Middle East have expressed interest formally to use the imaging services of Malaysias second remote sensing satellite, RazakSAT, which was launched early last week. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili said the countries were interested to buy time and space from RazakSat for mapping or taking images of fires, illegal logging, geographical information such as agriculture landscape. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Green deserts Jul 17, 2009
Farouk el-Baz, director of the Centre for Remote Sensing at Boston University, believes the Sahara is experiencing a shift from dryer to wetter conditions. "It's not greening yet. But the desert expands and shrinks in relation to the amount of energy that is received by the Earth from the Sun, and this over many thousands of years," Mr el-Baz told the BBC World Service. (BBC News -- Science)
Mooncraft set right after malfunction Jul 17, 2009
The scientific objectives of the spacecraft are remote sensing of the moon in visible, near infrared, low energy x-ray and high-energy x-ray regions. During the two-year expedition, some of the payloads will prepare a three-dimensional atlas of both near and far side of the moon, with a high spatial and altitude resolution of 5-10 metres. (India Times)
On the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing today's scientists point to new frontiers Jul 16, 2009
William F. McDonough Professor, Department of Geology University of Maryland Professor McDonough's work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (earth and environmental sciences), NASA (meteoritics and planetary sciences), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (remote sensing). Developing a "Plan B" for addressing climate change. (EurekAlert!)
New archaeology field school leverages strengths of SMU, Mercyhurst College Jul 14, 2009
Specifically, the Mercyhurst group has supplied a new remote sensing device known as a gradiometer to detect shallowly buried features and structures. Used in tandem with computer software, the technology makes it possible to generate subsurface maps and better target excavation efforts. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Wright-Patt awards $600M contract Jul 10, 2009
U.S. Air Force awards $600 million contract - Dayton Business Journal. for free extra services. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans Jul 10, 2009
From the University of South Florida's research boat, the team will use remotely operated vehicles and remote sensing tools to explore the submerged sites. In shallower depths, divers will inspect sites to collect artifacts and animal fossils and recover sediments for geological analysis and possible radiocarbon testing. (EurekAlert!)
Many pieces put in place for reclaiming dairy sand (10) Jul 6, 2009
The system is controlled by computers and remote sensing equipment. Oracz said the operation cleans at least 32,000 pounds of sand daily. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map Of Earth Jul 1, 2009
The data will be distributed by NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center at the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Data Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., and by METI's Earth Remote Sensing Data Analysis Center in Tokyo. Aster is one of five Earth-observing instruments launched on Terra in December 1999. (Science Daily)
World's largest aerosol sensing network has leafy origins Jun 30, 2009
In 1998, he described the network's potential in an article in Remote Sensing of Environment, laying out methods of calibrating the sensors and guidelines for collecting and interpreting data ... "Without AERONET, we'd have no baseline for comparison," said Michael Mishchenko, a remote sensing expert at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City and project scientist for NASA's upcoming Glory mission. (EurekAlert!)
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NASA/NOAA Weather Satellite Jun 28, 2009
The multi-mission GOES series of satellites will provide NOAA and NASA scientists with data to support weather, solar and space operations, and will enable future science improvements in weather prediction and remote sensing. Additionally, GOES-O will provide data on global climate changes and capability for search and rescue. (PR Newswire)
