Sentences with phrase «radarsat synthetic aperture radar»

Tamer excelled at Cal Poly and even did an internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, working on a project to improve a synthetic aperture radar antenna.

Having NeMO outfitted with powerful synthetic aperture radar would enable it to spot ice at depth and help plan tapping that resource for use by future Mars crews, he explains.

Shirzaei and colleagues took a different approach, using a constellation of satellites — the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) satellites — to detect alterations in Earth's crust driven by underlying pressure fluctuations.

Some of the most stunning images of Saturn's moon Titan are made using a synthetic aperture radar to penetrate the thick atmosphere to see the frigid surface.

Using data from Global Positioning System (GPS) stations and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images collected during successive satellite fly - overs, ASU researchers were able to measure changes in surface elevation during a time period spanning the main Gorkha event, and several major aftershocks, with centimeter accuracy.

The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, or UAVSAR, developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was carried in a specialized pod on NASA's C - 20A.

The synthetic aperture radar developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory mounted on NASA's C - 20A research aircraft captured this image of Peru's Ubinas volcano on April 14, 2014, during its Latin American research mission.

Researchers Cathleen Jones and Ron Blom of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., analyzed interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) imagery of the area acquired during flights of the agency's Uninhabited Airborne Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), which uses a C - 20A jet, in June 2011 and July 2012.

The UC Berkeley team used 19 years of satellite data to map ground deformation using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) and measure creep along the southern end of the Hayward Fault, and found, surprisingly, that the creep didn't stop south of Fremont, the presumed southern end of the fault, but continued as far as the Calaveras Fault.

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar — A proposed satellite - based monitoring system that, if funded, will track the movement and deformation of the North American and Pacific plates by bouncing radar waves off the surfaces.

But Avouac, Ampuero, and their colleagues used satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar data and a technique called back projection that takes advantage of the dense arrays of seismic stations in the United States, Europe, and Australia to track the progression of the earthquake, and found that it was quite contained at depth.

John Pickrell's description of the use of interferometric synthetic aperture radar to study earthquake zones was interesting (2 September, p...

Using a remote sensing technique, called Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), the researchers analyzed water - level changes in Louisiana's coastal wetlands that occurred due to tidal inundation.

For example, the agency is partnering with the Indian Space Research Organization to develop the NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission that will routinely provide systematic observations of Earth's land and ice - covered surfaces at least twice every 12 days, enabling greater scientific understanding of the dynamic processes that drive the Earth system and natural hazards, as well as providing actionable support for disaster response and recovery.

Finnish Meteorological Institute has been doing estimates of two essential sea ice parameters — namely, sea ice concentration (SIC) and sea ice thickness (SIT)-- for the Bohai Sea using a combination of a thermodynamic sea ice model and Earth observation (EO) data from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and microwave radiometer.

Special interests include synthetic aperture radar, error correction coding, machine learning, and convex optimization.

Advances in glacier ice flow mapping using repeat satellite images, and later using interferometric synthetic aperture radar SAR methods, facilitated the mass budget approach, although this still requires an estimate of snow input and a cross-section of the glacier as it flows out from the continent and becomes floating ice.

Landsat 7 and 8 imagery from 2013 through 2015, when compared to earlier estimates based on synthetic aperture radar, indicated ice discharge of 1,932 ± 38 gigatons per year — an increase of 35 ± 15 gigatons per year since roughly 2008.

Improve sea ice classification based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), scatterometers and passive microwave (PMW) sensors.

Researchers used RADARSAT synthetic aperture radar to map ice flow velocity over Greenland for the winters of 2000 - 2001 and 2005 - 2006.

Sentinel - 1A / B operate a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with advanced observation capabilities in all weather conditions over the ocean (wind, waves, and surface current) and sea ice field (sea ice deformation, lead fraction and sea ice drift).

Ice flow speed in Greenland (color) for winter 2006 derived from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery (gray scale image derived from NASA funded research.

Now, with 10 years of observations using its Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar, ASAR, Envisat has mapped an additional loss in Larsen B's area of 1,790 sq km (690 square miles) over the past decade.»

We map present - day Antarctic - wide surface velocities using Landsat 7 and 8 imagery spanning 2013 — 2015 and compare to earlier estimates derived from synthetic aperture radar, revealing heterogeneous changes in ice flow since ∼ 2008.

Cover: This Spaceborne Imaging Radar - C / X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR - C / X-SAR) image provided by NASA JPL and acquired from the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS - 59 (April 11, 1994), shows part of the vast Namib Sand Sea on the west coast of southern Africa, just northeast of the city of Luderitz, Namibia.

In contrast, Joughin and Tulaczyk's analysis takes advantage of the much - expanded database available from ice - flow velocity measurements obtained using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar.

In addition to broadening applications to include measurements of terrestrial water, the synthetic aperture radar - interferometric technology of SWOT will provide much higher resolution measurements for studies of ocean eddies and measurements very near land for coastal applications.

Joughin, I., B. E. Smith, and W. Abdalati, Glaciological advances made with interferometric synthetic aperture radar, J. Glaciol., 56 (200), 1026 - 1042, 2010.

A synthetic aperture radar or equivalent capability is also needed in the production of the sea - ice climate data record for validation of sea ice concentration and edge.

Analyzed over 200 targets, resulting in the crafting of over 200 imagery products from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Multi-Spectral, infra - red, wide area airborne surveillance (WAAS) and low light TV (LLTV).

Not exact matches

The second scenario, preferred by many participants, consists of a next - generation synthetic - aperture - radar - based scatterometer mission referred to in the Earth science decadal survey as XOVWM.