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When Land Slides (DAAC Study)
resolution, and making it especially useful for mapping the geomorphology of landslides. "SAR images provide information on the terrain roughness and texture, while TM images provide an infrared reflection of the object," said Singh...
U.S. Reconnaissance Satellites: Domestic Targets
Security that his department resolving their concerns was the first priority, before taking actions (such as advertising for personnel) to turn the NAO from a concept into an active entity. The use of classified satellite reconnaissance systems - particularly image...
Fish Kill in the Gulf of Oman
” explains Morrison. “This station enables them to receive AVHRR and SeaWiFS data transmitted directly from the overpassing satellites. Since that time we have had an ongoing program to train local scientists in operating the station as well as in processing and...
Historical Maps Online
collection a free public resource, Rumsey then created an online map library, http://www.davidrumsey.com/, which currently has over 10,000 high resolution images of maps from his collection. He has also built a suite of tools for users to experience and...
Cognitive maps and the virtual world.
above, cognitive maps are most effectively formed by active interaction with the environment using many different sensory modalities. However, in a virtual world there is typically sensory degradation and a lack of many of the perceptual cues used in the real world. Downs...
Secrecy and U.S. Satellite Reconnaissance, 1958-1976
DISCOVERER, yielded more imagery of the Soviet Union than was produced in all four years of U-2 missions. The same year, President Eisenhower also approved a program to develop a high-resolution satellite to complement the CORONA satellites, which covered wi...
Well Grounded (DAAC Study)
Land Team (MODLAND) Validation Coordinator. "We required detailed information from a global network of research sites to provide us with measurements about aspects of land cover types, vegetation uptake and carbon dioxide release, and atmospheric carbon exchan...
NSSDC: Asteroids Photo Gallery
Resolution TIFF? The asteroid Gaspra.CaptionP-40450-C 33K A montage of images of Gaspra.CaptionP-41383 75K A comparison of Gaspra with Mars' two satellites, Phobos and Deimos.CaptionP-41382 82K Ida & Dactyl The second of the two asteroi...
Precision Farming
significant number of farmers who use high technology and remote sensing data for precision crop management." The U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASA, and NOAA are among key agencies contributing to this revolution in large-scale agriculture. The goa...
Fire Emergency in Acre, Brazil
burn before the episode is over. Foster Brown is one of several NASA-funded scientists who is working with Brazilian scientists and government planners to develop strategies for controlling and preventing the destructive blazes. “Our role is to use satel...
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