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Satellite and reanalysis data can substitute field observations over Asian water tower
Nov 13, 2019 (SPX)
"Both satellite and reanalysis data sets are reliable to be substitutes to reproduce the water vapor features over TP, but the time scale should be considered."...
Ozone hole set to close
Nov 12, 2019 (ESA)
Forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which uses total ozone measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission processed at the...
Combining satellites, radar provides path for better forecasts
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
"We know satellites have an advantage in producing forecasts earlier, and radar has more confidence in where clouds should be and where thunderstorms will be mo...
Earth's strange and wonderful magnetic field
Nov 12, 2019 (SPX)
This magnetic field is sustained by electric currents generated from the motion of convection currents of molten iron in the Earth's outer core. The convection ...
China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-7 satellite
Nov 11, 2019 (XNA)
The China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station has received 616.6 GB of data with the highest transmission rate among civil Earth observation satellite data ...
Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observation: join the UNOSAT Challenge
Nov 08, 2019 (SPX)
The challenge is a unique opportunity for EO passionate to show their talent to these premium partners. Phi-Unet, University Network powered by the European Spa...
Nature might be better than tech at reducing air pollution
Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)
The study shows that plants - not technologies - may also be cheaper options for cleaning the air near a number of industrial sites, roadways, power plants, com...
Changes in high-altitude winds over the South Pacific produce long-term effects
Nov 06, 2019 (SPX)
The study was prepared by Dr Frank Lamy, a geoscientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, together with researche...
Satellites are key to monitoring ocean carbon
Nov 05, 2019 (SPX)
Our ability to predict future climate relies upon being able to monitor where our carbon emissions go. So we need to know how much stays in the atmosphere, or b...
Intensified global monsoon extreme rainfall signals global warming
Nov 03, 2019 (SPX)
The research, providing a global perspective of the monsoon regions which sprawl north and south from the Earth's equator, reveals significant associations betw...
DLR DESIS spectrometer begins routine operations on the ISS
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
This instrument will be operated by DLR and TBE. It is the most powerful hyperspectral Earth observation instrument in orbit and addresses a wide range of appli...
Ozone hole in 2019 is the smallest on record since its discovery
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
The annual ozone hole reached its peak extent of 6.3 million square miles (16. 4 million square kilometers) on Sept. 8, and then shrank to less than 3.9 million...
How aerosols affect our climate
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
Aerosols account for one of the greater uncertainties in understanding the Earth's climate and, through a cooling effect, mask a significant portion of the warm...
Joint Polar Satellite System's Microwave Instrument Fully Assembled
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
A next-generation instrument that detects microwave radiation from the Earth's atmosphere and surface, ATMS provides atmospheric temperature and moisture data t...
Tiny particles lead to brighter clouds in the tropics
Oct 17, 2019 (SPX)
Clouds alter Earth's radiative balance, and ultimately climate, depending on how bright they are. And the new paper describes a process that may occur over 40 p...
AI for understanding and modelling the Earth System
Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)
The prestigious award - 10 million euro over six years - will support the team's ground-breaking work in rethinking the development and evaluation of Earth syst...
NASA spacecraft launches on mission to explore frontier of space
Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)
A Northrop Grumman Stargazer L-1011 aircraft took off at 8:31 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying ICON, on a Northrop Grumman Peg...
A new alliance begins between KSAT and Japanese SAR satellite startup Synspective
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
Tokyo based Synspective Inc., will develop a constellation of small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites over the next few years aimed at providing solutio...
New method delivers first global picture of mutual predictability of atmosphere and ocean
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
They observed ubiquitous influence of the ocean on the atmosphere in the extratropics, which has been difficult to demonstrate with dynamic models of atmospheri...
ICON satellite to study boundary between Earth's atmosphere, space
Oct 08, 2019 (UPI)
To better understand the ionosphere and pinpoint the forces responsible for its variability, scientists at NASA are sending a specially equipped satellite into ...
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