An innovative mapping project using unmanned aircraft systems within the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in south-central Colorado was completed by a collaboration among UAS Colorado, Black Swift Technologies, the National Park Service and Wohnrade Civil Engineers Inc.
NOAA's GOES-16 Satellite Sends First Images to Earth
GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA's next-generation of geostationary satellites, sent back to Earth the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument.
Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation
Dr. Curtis E. Woodcock, a longtime innovator in space-based Earth observation at Boston University, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) team, which paved the way for the next generation of satellite precipitation observations, received the 2016 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing.
Pineapple Express Slams California
The Pineapple Express is as an atmospheric river, a large, slow-moving low-pressure center off the West Coast that taps into tropical moisture originating from as far south as the Hawaiian Islands.
Satellites Chronicle Forest Loss in Cambodia
Between 2001 and 2014, the annual forest loss rate in Cambodia increased by 14.4 percent: a total of 1.44 million hectares”5,560 square miles”of forest. In broad swaths of the country, densely forested landscapes”even those in protected areas”have been clear-cut during the last decade for rubber plantations and timber.
Earth and Moon Seen from Mars
A composite image of Earth and its moon, as seen from Mars, combines the best Earth image with the best moon image from four sets of images acquired on Nov. 20, 2016, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Scientists Use Satellites to Study Bird-Killing Bacteria
Around Lake Thurmond, a large reservoir that straddles Georgia and South Carolina, something's not right with the birds. The lake is full of vegetation”particularly an invasive aquatic plant known as Hydrilla verticillata”and the area is full of birds that are distressed or dying.
Massive Mountain Range in China
The European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2A satellite collected this false-color image over northwestern China near the border with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The featured Tian Shan mountain range stretches about 2,800 kilometers across this border region, making it one of the longest mountain ranges in Central Asia.
Swarm Satellites Discover ˜Jet Stream' in Earth's Core
Using data from the European Space Agency's three Swarm satellites”which measure the different magnetic fields that stem from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere”scientists discovered a jet stream deep below Earth's surface that's increasing in speed.
Indonesian Strait's Spectacular Solitary Waves
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of oceanic nonlinear internal solitary waves from Indonesia's Lombok Strait.