News tagged with satellite radar data
China environmental phenomena monitored from space
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults ...
Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault that Caused Deadly 2003 Quake in Iran
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists, including UC Riverside’s Gareth Funning, have observed for the first time the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake ...
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NASA's TRMM satellite sees heavy rainfall in Choi-Wan
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over the center of Super Typhoon Choi-Wan at 2:34 EDT on September 17, 2009 and captured heavy rainfall around ...
ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.
A glimpse of future GMES Sentinel-1 radar images
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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A newly initiated campaign marks an important step in preparing for how data from the Sentinel-1 European Radar Observatory will be used for applications such as land-cover mapping and crop management. Sentinel-1 ...
Vendee Globe route seen from above
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.
ESA acquires Japanese ALOS satellite data
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May 17, 2006 |
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The Paris-based European Space Agency has, for the first time, acquired and processed images sent by Japan's four-ton Earth observation satellite.
Ground segment declared ready for CryoSat-2 launch
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Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An Earth observation mission does not just involve the building of a satellite, it also includes the all-important infrastructure to control the satellite and handle the data - the ground ...
ESA extends Envisat satellite mission
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Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA Member States have 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 ...
ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before
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May 22, 2009 |
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A synoptic view of European shipping routes can be seen for the first time thanks to a new map created using seven years of radar data from ESA's Envisat satellite.
Capturing tomorrow's satellite data with today's instruments
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A satellite that won't be launched into orbit until 2015 is already paying dividends for an advanced weather research project.
Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan ...
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