Sentences with phrase «of satellite»

Steven Dorfman, president of satellite manufacturer Hughes Space and Communications in Los Angeles, thinks that at this price the Russians will be comparatively expensive.

With the help of satellite data, the new analysis looked at reefs on a much finer scale than did the effort in 1998, with a 64 times greater resolution.

The first is the inadequate resolution of satellite mapping data and the second is the inaccuracy of on - the - ground surveys.

According to a NASA analysis of satellite data, the 2015 Arctic sea ice minimum extent is the fourth lowest on record since observations from space began.

And pieces of the satellite will probably survive the fiery breakup.

As a result, on the periphery of the satellite, two openings form: small regions where the gravitational pull of the satellite is balanced by the pull of the host.

But these satellites are tasked with photographing specific targets, meaning customers rent the use of a satellite (much as one might hire a photographer) to capture detailed images of very specific patches of the globe.

With the proliferation of satellite - based communications that enable global positioning systems (GPS) as well as certain Internet, television and phone services in the past few decades, «we're more reliant on space technology now than we ever were before,» says APL scientist and principal AMPERE investigator Brian Anderson.

In announcing the award, Australian science minister Peter Cook noted that the work on mineral exploration had laid the foundation for use of satellite imaging techniques in a range of areas.

There is a 1 - in - 3,200 chance of satellite debris hitting a person on the ground, odds that NASA says are extremely remote.

That is out of the range of the current search, which was determined by analysis of the satellite communication data and is being led by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

For example, a monthly analysis of satellite images by the Brazilian nonprofit Imazon shows that in April 2015, more than twice as much forest had been cleared compared with the same month the previous year.

Pettersson's picture is actually a patchwork of satellite photos and radar images that he has assembled.

This is the big challenge for the next generation of satellite and field scientists.

Using a combination of satellite and ground data, the team can map multiple indicators of monkey distribution, including human activity zones as inferred from roads and settlements, direct detections from mosquito - derived iDNA, animal sound recordings, plus detections of other species that are usually found when monkeys are present, such as other large vertebrates.

The loss of satellite - based «ocean color» measurements would be a blow to climate science, because phytoplankton — tiny ocean plants — help regulate the global carbon cycle.

In fact, by some estimates, up to 10 percent of the satellite's surface might consist of material that originated on Mars.

A more detailed investigation of the satellite observations and climate models helped the researchers finally reconcile what was happening globally versus locally.

Planetary scientists hope that analysis of Phobos's regolith will shed light on the nature of the satellite's deep interior because of the turnover between the surface and the interior over the eons.

I want anybody who cares about the environment to see for themselves what's going on, using the powerful tool of satellite imagery.

Over the past 130 years, astronomers have witnessed five similar events on the ringed planet, but the 2011 storm was the first seen through the lens of a satellite: NASA's Cassini probe, orbiting 1.2 million miles away.

First, the permissible level of resolution of satellite images which are presented as evidence should be fixed by the ICJ.

To assess how vulnerable this leaves us, New Scientist enlisted the help of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, both based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who each keep careful records of satellite launches and failures.

Instead, they found a strange burst of radio noise recorded in 2001 that appeared to originate well beyond one of the satellite galaxies that orbit the Milky Way.

It's similar to how GPS uses the timing of satellite signals to determine the position of your cell phone — and it would mean spacecraft would no longer have to rely on radio telescope communications to find their coordinates.

In 30 years of satellite observations, the greatest extent of surface melt was recorded a decade ago, when about 75 per cent of the surface was wet.

The omnipresence of satellite imaging can not be ignored.

Because Quaoar's mass is known from the orbital motion of its satellite Weywot, the researchers could calculate its density.

Comprehensive analysis of satellite weather data shows that these are indeed regions where significant reductions in storm activity are detected during the rainy season.

«It's extremely satisfying to see that all of the satellite's instruments are working well and we can be proud of the European industry and technology that makes it possible.»

An example of this is the use of satellite imagery by the U.S. government to identify the damage suffered by Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelters in Sri Lanka [4]; evidence of war crimes in Darfur, Sudan were gathered through satellite images [5]; Human Rights Watch, Arabia, identified 340 distinct sites in Aleppo, Syria where the opposition had used barrel bombs and airborne weapons to destroy residential neighborhoods through satellite imagery, something the opposition had denied it in the press.

The researchers used a 16 - year record of satellite altimeter measurements of wave heights.

The issue of satellite imagery as evidence first came up before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1986 in a dispute between Mali and Burkina Faso [7].

The campaign is supported by ground - based measurements at various stations, analysis of satellite data, and model calculations.

They are impossible places to access from below, and usually invisible on the ground, so it's a fantastic illustration of the value of satellite measurements for identifying and understanding environmental change.»

But, Mansfield cautions, «these are just a handful of satellite tracks for a handful of turtles off the coast of Brazil.»

The qualitative and quantitative analysis of satellite and aerial imagery is also included, as is data management and manipulation with GIS and cartography.

«This is the first time internal wave velocities could be calculated from data acquired during a single overpass of a satellite,» said Roland Romeiser, associate professor of ocean sciences at the UM Rosenstiel School.

Because water expands as it warms, that heat also meant that sea surface heights were record high, measuring about 2.75 inches higher than at the beginning of the satellite altimeter record in 1993.

This strange suggestion makes sense when he presents an example, in terms of a satellite orbiting the Earth in free fall.

Planetary scientists Robert Pappalardo and Amy Barr of the University of Colorado at Boulder theorize that rust - colored dots on Europa are blobs of mineral - rich ice that rose to the top of the satellite's frozen crust.

GOES - 16 will build upon and extend the more than 40 - year legacy of satellite observations from NOAA that the American public has come to rely upon.

Finally, the camera hovers over a neighborhood, and my friend's eyes light up with wonder as he recognizes streets and the parks, all captured with the precision of satellite photography.

New Scientist magazine reports that Jet Propulsion Lab researcher Adrian Stoica told a meeting in England last month that gait analysis from satellites should make it possible to identify people by their walk and because of the angle of the satellite you have a better chance of getting the image of the shadow than of the actual walk.

Dr Juliet Biggs and colleagues in the School of Earth Sciences, with collaborators from Cornell, Oxford and Southern Methodist University, looked at the archive of satellite data covering over 500 volcanoes worldwide, many of which have been systematically observed for over 18 years.

«Software can come in many different forms; it can simulate data, it can incorporate your algorithms, or it can be used for statistical analysis of your results — it's really a geomatics tool that can be used from end to end,» says Cannon, a professor of geomatics engineering at Calgary and an expert in the research and development of satellite navigation tools used by land, marine, and airborne vehicles.

To better understand the effect of a satellite on ring structure, we plan to construct a new model for the formation of Chariklo's rings.»

That's the conclusion of an analysis of satellite observations of more than 10,000 lakes in Siberia.

The animation of satellite data shows the physical extent of the ice cover for each of those minimum dates, ending with the record low.

New analysis of satellite data, reported today in Science, shows that deforestation on the island is hurtling on faster even than a pessimistic projection made by the World Bank 2 years ago.