As a mountain stream moves into a flat area, it slows down and loses its capacity to carry as much alluvium as it did upstream, depositing the excess in sandbars throughout the channels. Over time, the channel migrates back and forth, creating fan-shaped deposits known as alluvial fans.
The ability of European citizens, policymakers and service providers to routinely access key environmental data took a major step forward with the launch of the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite on April 3, 2014.
Satellite sensors start collecting data soon after launch, but it takes time”and work on the ground”to ensure those observations are accurate and meaningful.
In November 2013, a western Pacific Ocean seafloor volcano formed a new island 500 meters from existing Nishino-shima Island; four months later, they have combined to form one island.
On March 30, 2014, the outlook appeared grim for northwestern Madagascar. Tropical cyclone Hellen spun offshore, rapidly gaining strength with a track destined to bring it ashore.
Researchers have tested a compact radar system integrated on a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) to look through the ice and map the topography underlying rapidly moving glaciers.
Worcester, Mass., March 27, 2014—Clark Labs is pleased to announce that Geocarto International Centre in Hong Kong, has recently published a new version of Remote Sensing with IDRISI: A Beginner's Guide, authored by Timothy Warner and David J. Campagna and updated...
PARIS, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON D.C., March 27, 2014—Data distributors and services providers have established themselves as a key component of the EO value-chain and an important partner of the EO satellite operators in order to disseminate data to the largest number...
Louisville, Ky., March 24, 2014—From the ASPRS conference in Louisville, Kentucky, Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit introduces an updated version of the UltraCam Osprey, a digital aerial system that combines a high performing photogrammetric nadir camera with...
Copenhagen, March 24, 2014—Phase One Industrial, a leading manufacturer and provider of medium format aerial digital photography equipment and software solutions, today announced the Phase One iXU 150 — the first CMOS-based medium format aerial camera. The Phase...
