Search results for topographic analysis
Chinese earthquake provides lessons for future
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as active and could have ...
NASA, Japan Release Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.
Wi-Spy 2.4x Spectrum Analyzer
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2008 |
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This all new version has both its hardware and software upgraded. The Wi-Spy is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that helps troubleshoot and analyze Wi-Fi networks for interference.
Cassini Provides Virtual Flyover of Saturn's Moon Titan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Fly me to the moon"-to Saturn's moon Titan, that is. New Titan movies and images are providing a bird's-eye view of the moon's Earth-like landscapes.
Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within the last decade after all, according to new research. The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright spots in some Martian gullies ...
The first hiking maps of Mars
Feb 12, 2007 |
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Scientists using data from the HRSC experiment onboard ESA's Mars Express spacecraft have produced the first 'hiker's maps' of Mars. Giving detailed height contours and names of geological features in the Iani ...
Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two color-coded perspective views of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right), generated with digital elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, illustrate ...
New computer-developed map shows more extensive valley network on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting the Red Planet once had an ocean.
Computer analysis of 911 calls from Calif. wildfires offers potential early warning system
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 13, 2008 |
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When confronted with emergencies or natural disasters, such as the wildfires that raged through San Diego and Los Angeles counties last October or the tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. last week, residents often dial 9-1-1 ...
Researchers attribute thinning of Greenland glacier to ocean warming preceded by atmospheric changes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbrę, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, was caused by subsurface ocean warming, according to research published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The research team traces these ...
Scientists Create World's Smallest Snowman (w/ Video)
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cox, a scientist in the Quantum Detection group at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK, is an expert in nanofabrication techniques. Recently, using the tools of his trade and ...
Cassini Maps Global Pattern of Titan's Dunes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data ...
Web-based innovation improves, eases agricultural terrace design
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A new internet-based tool for designing agricultural terraces promises to reduce the considerable labor involved and to optimize design by allowing rapid development of alternative layouts.
New Views of Martian Moon and Surface
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, became ...
The naked truth about our landscape
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Australia has been stripped bare of vegetation to expose the surface that lies beneath.
