Suomi NPP Showcases  Low-Light Sensor Capabilities The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured these nighttimeviews of the Persian Gulf region on Sept. 30, Oct. 5, Oct. 10 and Oct. 15, 2012. The images are...
State of the Industry: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
In 2008, Earth Imaging Journal asked its Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) members to analyze the remote sensing industry’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT). At the time, big players suchas Google and Microsoft were entering the market. The...
Intriguing Images of 2012
Tracking an Undesirable Import Dust Dominates Aerosol Arrivals to North America A dust plume arose over Inner Mongolia and began its eastward journey over the Sea of Japan on April 9, 2012. According to a NASA analysis of data from the Terra and Cloud-Aerosol...
Industry Updates
Commercial Data Market Slows But Remains Strong According to Euroconsult’s latest research report, Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2021, the 2011 market for commercial Earth observation data grew only 6 percent to $1.4 billion, following five...
Imagery in the News
Sandy vs. Katrina Comparing Two Monster Storms The scenes of devastation and wreckage that Superstorm Sandy (2012) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) left behind were tragically similar. But from a meteorological perspective, satellite data reveal the storms were very...
Industry Overview
Dealing a Blow to Science What’s next? That’s what scientists around the globe, including many remote sensing professionals focused on Earth science, are wondering after theOct. 22, 2012, manslaughter convictions of six Italian scientists who had the unenviable...
U.S. Environmental Intelligence Efforts Need Leadership
U.S. Environmental Intelligence  Efforts Need Leadership By Nancy Colleton, president, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (http://strategies.org), Arlington, Va. There’s nothing like a 70-mph wind gust to get your attention. It seems like only...
Director Long Apprises Strides Toward Tomorrow's NGA Today
By Ken White, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Bethesda, Md. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Letitia A. Long outlined the agency’s three-way transformation of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)...
Why Buy?
By Jeff Specht, publisher, Earth Imaging Journal (www.eijournal.com), Greeley, Colo. With search engines and other online sources trying to distinguish their offerings with ever-greater amounts of free content, managers in public agencies find themselves asking,...
Intriguing Images of 2012
Earth imagery’s unparalleled insights and transparency are elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world. From Earth-orbiting satellites armed with an incredible array of sensors to cutting-edge digital airborne platforms capable of collecting...
