Not exact matches
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.
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 J
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 Ju
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
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 J
Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), which uses a C - 20A jet, in June 2011 and Ju
Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), which uses a C - 20A jet, in June 2011 and July
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 surf
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 surf
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...
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.
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.
Researchers used RADARSAT
synthetic aperture radar to map ice flow velocity over Greenland for the winters
of 2000 - 2001 and 2005 - 2006.
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.»
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.
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.
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).