Science news articles about 'synthetic aperture radar'

  • NASA Evaluates Compact Synthetic Aperture Radar

    NASA is evaluating a compact L-Band synthetic aperture radar for potential use on unmanned aircraft.
  • Cyclone Nargis and Myanmar floods seen from space

    ... caused by the cyclone. Envisat’s Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) acquired the image on the left ... accompanied by rain and therefore cloudy conditions. Radar sensors can peer through clouds, rain ...
  • Did Slow Deformation Mitigate Peru Quake?

    ... in August 2007 near Pisco, Peru. Researchers combined data from seismometers and interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to determine the Pisco earthquake's heterogeneous slip distribution.
  • Even the Antarctic winter cannot protect Wilkins Ice Shelf

    ... , comprised of images acquired by Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) between 30 May and 9 June, highlights the rapidly dwindling strip of ice that is protecting thousands of ...
  • ESA satellite assesses damage of Norway's largest fire

    ... Director of Forestry (Fylkesskogmester) of Aust-Agder County." The Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image to the right was produced by combining and comparing an acquisition taken ...
  • Wilkins Ice Shelf hanging by its last thread

    ... remainder of the ice shelf at risk. This animation, comprised of images acquired by Envisat's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) between 30 May and 9 July 2008, shows ...
  • ESA to consult the science community on Earth Explorer selection

    ... based on a novel spaceborne P-band synthetic aperture polarimetric radar operating at 435 MHz. The mission ... . The mission concept employs twin frequency synthetic aperture radars (9.6 and 17.2 GHz) in ...
  • Arctic ice on the verge of another all-time low

    ... of the Arctic Ocean created from images acquired between early June and mid-August 2008 from the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument aboard Envisat. The dark grey ...
  • Hurricane Ike tracked by ESA's Envisat

    ... and Dr Fabrice Collard of France's CLS radar application division in Brest, have developed sets ... algorithms that allow data from the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) instrument aboard Envisat ...
  • Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway

    ... Northwest Passage began appearing navigable in the US National Ice Center (NIC) analysis of Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) data although we were cautious in announcing ...
  • ESA leads the way to map boreal forest

    ... first-ever ESA airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) campaign over northern boreal ... Institute using the E-SAR (Experimental Synthetic Aperture Radar) instrument. Ground measurements are also taken ...
  • NASA Returns to the Moon with Instruments on Indian Spacecraft

    ... Mapper will assess mineral resources, and the Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar, or Mini-SAR, will map the polar regions and look for ice deposits. The Indian Space Research ...
  • ESA satellites focusing on the Arctic

    ... -observing satellites provide effective means of continuously monitoring these regions. The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) sensor aboard Envisat is especially suitable for monitoring the ...
  • ESA satellites flying in formation

    ... satellite ever built, both carry Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments that provide high resolution ... Doppler frequency shifts in the signals of ERS-2's radar instruments. ERS-2, launched in 1995, ...
  • Vendee Globe route seen from above

    ... Agency (CNES), acting through its new radar applications division (formerly the BOOST Technologies ... techniques are being extended to Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) data acquired along ...

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