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Astrium's GRAIN service shows US corn yields are lower than expected
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
Astrium estimates 2012 U.S. corn yield at 116.0 bushels per acre which is at the lower end of current industry expectations. This forecast announced during Glob...
Surveying Earth's interior with atomic clocks
Nov 13, 2012 (SPX)
Have you ever thought to use a clock to identify mineral deposits or concealed water resources within the Earth? An international team headed by astrophysicists...
Storms, Ozone, Vegetation and More: NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP Satellite Returns First Year of Data
Nov 08, 2012 (SPX)
On Oct. 28, 2011, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite successfully blasted into orbit in a spectacular night launch from Vandenberg Ai...
NASA's SPoRT Team Tracks Hurricane Sandy
Nov 06, 2012 (SPX)
As Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the east coast, weather experts at the Short-term Prediction Research and Transition, or SPoRT Center at NASA's Marshall Spa...
Suomi NPP Satellite Captures Hurricane Sandy's Mid-Atlantic Blackout
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellitecaptured a night-time view of New York City, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania that revealed the ...
NASA adds up Hurricane Sandy's rainfall from space
Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, satellite acts as a rain gauge in space as it orbits the Earth's tropics. As TRMM flew over Hurricane Sandy...
NASA Radar Penetrates Thick, Thin of Gulf Oil Spill
Oct 31, 2012 (JPL)
Researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena have developed a method to use a specialized NASA 3-D ima...
Sizing up biomass from space
Oct 31, 2012 (SPX)
The biomass stored in forests is thought to play a critical role in mitigating the catastrophic effects of global climate change. New research published in BioM...
Satellite images tell tales of changing biodiversity
Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)
Analysis of texture differences in satellite images may be an effective way to monitor changes in vegetation, soil and water patterns over time, with potential ...
Google adds terrain to Maps as default
Oct 26, 2012 (UPI)
Google has announced an upgrade to its Maps offering, with the default view featuring shading and color detail to convey terrain information. Color gradations t...
Rapid changes in the Earth's core: The magnetic field and gravity from a satellite perspective
Oct 23, 2012 (SPX)
Annual to decadal changes in the earth's magnetic field in a region that stretches from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean have a close relationship with variatio...
TerraSAR-X images Bonneville salt flats
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
Clouds, darkness, rain - the radar 'vision' of TerraSAR-X is unaffected by these conditions. Dark and light areas contrast clearly in this image, acquired by th...
Landsat Science Team to Help Guide Next Landsat Mission
Oct 22, 2012 (SPX)
Landsat satellites have witnessed over four decades of changes on Earth. In advance of the next Landsat spacecraft launch, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, ...
Earth Observation Commercial Data Market Remains Strong Despite Slowdown in 2011
Oct 17, 2012 (SPX)
According to Euroconsult's latest research report Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2021,the market for commercial Earth observation (EO) d...
Antarctic Rift Subject of International Attention
Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)
As NASA's Operation IceBridge resumed Antarctic science flights on Oct. 12, 2012, researchers worldwide had their eyes on Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier ice s...
GMES for Europe
Oct 15, 2012 (ESA)
The potential of GMES for crisis management and environmental monitoring is highlighted in a new publication with users demonstrating the importance of Earth ob...
Boeing Releases Updated Geospatial Data Management Tool
Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)
Boeing has updated its DataMaster geospatial data management software with improved map, terrain and full-motion video management so that defense and Intelligen...
New Commercial Imaging Spacecraft Progressing at Lockheed Martin as IKONOS Satellite Achieves 13 Years in Operations
Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin is making steady progress in a key test phase on GeoEye's next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, GeoEye-2, as IKONOS, the world's f...
First images from e2v imaging sensors on SPOT 6 Earth observation satellite
Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)
Launched on the 9th September 2012, SPOT 6 is a high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite built by Astrium. Like its twin, SPOT 7, which is due to lau...
SMOS has a better look at salinity
Oct 05, 2012 (ESA)
Earth observation measurements shouldn't be taken with a pinch of salt. ESA is comparing readings of sea-surface salinity from drifting floats to confirm the SM...
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