Science news articles about 'envisat satellite'

  • ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire

    ... the last half century earlier this month. Envisat satellite images were used in the fire's aftermath to get ... Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) onboard Envisat. These twin radiometer sensors work like ...
  • Hurricane Ike tracked by ESA's Envisat

    ... ripping through Cuba and Haiti. ESA's Envisat satellite is tracking the storm, which is forecast to make ... timely warnings. Earth observation (EO) satellites are key means of providing synoptic data ...
  • ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic

    ... human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last ... ice had shrunk to its lowest level since satellites began monitoring the area nearly 30 ...
  • ESA operates two satellites in tandem

    PARIS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says it has paired its European Remote Sensing-2 satellite with its Envisat satellite in their second tandem operation.
  • ESA Satellites Focusing On The Arctic

    ... , pollution and human activity. ESA's ERS and Envisat satellites have been providing satellite data of the region for the last 17 years. These long term data sets in combination ...
  • Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods

    ... European Space Agency's ENVISAT satellite to measure the height and extent of flooding in North America, ... began to move down the Red River, the satellite measurements provided estimates of flood levels ...
  • ESA extends Envisat satellite mission

    ... unanimously voted to extend the Envisat mission through to 2013. Envisat – the world’s largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built – has been providing scientists and operational users with ...
  • Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake

    ... (ASAR) data in C-band from ESA's Envisat satellite and Phased Array type L-band ... fringe patterns. The researchers combined these SAR satellite data with GPS measurements and developed a model that ...
  • Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf

    ... off from 30 May to 31 May 2008. ESA's Envisat satellite captured the event – the first ever- ... 7 km. This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) ...
  • Air quality forecasts for China

    ... increased exploitation of ESA and Chinese Earth Observation (EO) satellite data within China. ... Chartography) is one of 10 instruments aboard ESA's Envisat satellite. OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument ...
  • Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low

    ... cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA's Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea ... level very close to that of last year. Envisat observations from mid-August depict that a new ...
  • Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low

    Following last summer's record minimum ice cover in the Arctic, current observations from ESA's Envisat satellite suggest that the extent of polar sea-ice may again shrink ...
  • Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate

    ... much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA's Envisat satellite. Using Envisat radar altimeter data, scientists from the Centre for Polar Observation and ...
  • Vendee Globe route seen from above

    Wind and wave data from ESA's Envisat satellite radar are being used to observe meteorological conditions in the track of the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world yacht race. CLS, a subsidiary of the ...
  • Keeping an eye on Wilkins Ice Shelf

    As the Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula, ESA’s Envisat satellite is observing the area on a daily basis. The satellite acquisitions of the ice shelf are ...

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