Sentences with phrase «first airborne surveys»

The first airborne surveys after Hurricane Irma plowed through the region revealed enormous patches of dead seagrass south of the mainland, and entire mangrove forests stripped of their leaves further north along the coast.

Not exact matches

«The first of its kind ICEX survey has proved to be of great value to both NASA and NRL in terms of better understanding the capabilities of airborne and satellite based instruments to measure varying ice types.

Not surprisingly given the record minimum ice extent last Fall, my subjective impression during our 2008 airborne hydrographic survey was that there was much more first - year ice (hasn't survived a summer) than in previous years.

Scientists from the University of Erlangen - Nuremberg Institute of Geography and from the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Gophysique de l'Environnement in Grenoble, France, used radar data from satellites such as ESA's Envisat and observations of ice thickness from airborne surveys in a complex model to demonstrate, for the first time, how the buttressing role of the ice shelves is being compromised as the shelves decline.

NPEO was first established in 2000 and includes an automated drifting station of buoys fixed to the sea ice, an ocean mooring, and airborne hydrographic surveys.

By integrating satellite mapping, airborne - laser technology, and ground - based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the World Wildlife Fund and in coordination with the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), have revealed the first high - resolution maps of carbon locked up in tropical forest vegetation and emitted by land - use practices.