Science news articles about 'satellite measurements'Seeing Clearly Despite The Clouds: New Approach Improves Atmospheric Aerosol Measurements On Cloudy Days
Satellites taking atmospheric measurements might now be able to see blue skies as clearly as optimists do. ... a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as ... Digital cameras, remote satellites measure crop water demand
... compared with NDVI values calculated from Landsat 5 satellite imagery. According to Trout, "The NDVI was highly correlated and linearly related with measured CC across the wide range of crops, canopy ... ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic
... ice had shrunk to its lowest level since satellites began monitoring the area nearly 30 ... open simultaneously for the first time since satellite measurements began.
Using another instrument aboard ... Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods
... often happens over land. Scientists use "re-tracking" software to fix the errors, and make the satellite's measurements more precise.
That's what the Ohio State software does -- it re-tracks the ... NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... is RXTE, which makes extremely precise timing measurements of rapidly flickering X-ray-emitting objects. ... the QPO frequency in 4U 1636-53 measured by Altamirano and his colleagues using extensive RXTE ... Satellite communications by laser
... be directed more accurately.
The communication lasers on board the satellite are actuated by pump modules, which were developed to a large ... too big or too heavy for use in space: Measuring 5 x 5 x 2 ... CU-Boulder team to build $34 million instrument package for environmental satellite
... Physics for the first flight of the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, or NPOESS. The instrument package had been canceled during the 2006 restructuring of the NPOESS ... Joint NASA-French satellite to track trends in sea level, climate
... Agency, high-precision ocean altimetry measures the height of the sea surface relative to Earth's ... . Three location systems combine to precisely measure the satellite's position in orbit: NASA's Laser ... Seeing clearly despite the clouds
... a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, ... Research Letters.
"When researchers try to apply satellite technology originally developed for clear skies to ... Satellites illuminate pollution's influence on clouds
... an issue here."
Jiang's team used the Microwave Limb Sounder on the A-Train's Aura satellite to measure the level of carbon monoxide in clouds. The presence of carbon monoxide implies the presence ... World's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing, says new research
... Bandung, in Indonesia.
Their findings, based on Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite measurements, are due to be published in the journal Environmental Geology.
Lusi first erupted on May ... Ocean satellite launch critical to Australian science
... -2 will be one of three satellites equipped with special altimetry sensors to precisely measure sea level, ... Hobart yacht race.
High quality satellite altimetry started with the TOPEX/Poseidon mission ... Asteroid-hunting satellite a world first
... designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat (Near Earth Object ... STars) spacecraft, a 60-kilogram satellite designed to measure the age of stars in our galaxy. NEOSSat ... ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire
... instrument onboard ESA's ERS-2 satellite and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ... measuring thermal infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land surfaces.
By combining satellite ... Seasonal Factor Seen in Melting and Ice Shifts in Greenland
A study using 17 years of satellite measurements suggests that the movement of glacial ice is not as rapid as had been feared.
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Seeing Clearly Despite The Clouds: New Approach Improves Atmospheric Aerosol Measurements On Cloudy Days
Satellites taking atmospheric measurements might now be able to see blue skies as clearly as optimists do. ... a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as ...Digital cameras, remote satellites measure crop water demand
... compared with NDVI values calculated from Landsat 5 satellite imagery. According to Trout, "The NDVI was highly correlated and linearly related with measured CC across the wide range of crops, canopy ...ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic
... ice had shrunk to its lowest level since satellites began monitoring the area nearly 30 ... open simultaneously for the first time since satellite measurements began. Using another instrument aboard ...Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods
... often happens over land. Scientists use "re-tracking" software to fix the errors, and make the satellite's measurements more precise. That's what the Ohio State software does -- it re-tracks the ...NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... is RXTE, which makes extremely precise timing measurements of rapidly flickering X-ray-emitting objects. ... the QPO frequency in 4U 1636-53 measured by Altamirano and his colleagues using extensive RXTE ...Satellite communications by laser
... be directed more accurately. The communication lasers on board the satellite are actuated by pump modules, which were developed to a large ... too big or too heavy for use in space: Measuring 5 x 5 x 2 ...CU-Boulder team to build $34 million instrument package for environmental satellite
... Physics for the first flight of the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, or NPOESS. The instrument package had been canceled during the 2006 restructuring of the NPOESS ...Joint NASA-French satellite to track trends in sea level, climate
... Agency, high-precision ocean altimetry measures the height of the sea surface relative to Earth's ... . Three location systems combine to precisely measure the satellite's position in orbit: NASA's Laser ...Seeing clearly despite the clouds
... a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, ... Research Letters. "When researchers try to apply satellite technology originally developed for clear skies to ...Satellites illuminate pollution's influence on clouds
... an issue here." Jiang's team used the Microwave Limb Sounder on the A-Train's Aura satellite to measure the level of carbon monoxide in clouds. The presence of carbon monoxide implies the presence ...World's fastest-growing mud volcano is collapsing, says new research
... Bandung, in Indonesia. Their findings, based on Global Positioning System (GPS) and satellite measurements, are due to be published in the journal Environmental Geology. Lusi first erupted on May ...Ocean satellite launch critical to Australian science
... -2 will be one of three satellites equipped with special altimetry sensors to precisely measure sea level, ... Hobart yacht race. High quality satellite altimetry started with the TOPEX/Poseidon mission ...Asteroid-hunting satellite a world first
... designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat (Near Earth Object ... STars) spacecraft, a 60-kilogram satellite designed to measure the age of stars in our galaxy. NEOSSat ...ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire
... instrument onboard ESA's ERS-2 satellite and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer ... measuring thermal infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land surfaces. By combining satellite ...Seasonal Factor Seen in Melting and Ice Shifts in Greenland
A study using 17 years of satellite measurements suggests that the movement of glacial ice is not as rapid as had been feared.