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Read sample pages from Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics, by Robert K. Tyson

Remote Sensing

Assessment of post-hurricane forest damage using optical remote sensing
A new algorithm enables rapid and accurate determination from space of forest disturbance on a regional scale.
Data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series is analyzed to yield information about land surface temperature.
23 June 2009
Salts depress the freezing temperature and vapor pressure of moisture, allowing aqueous solutions to form.
18 June 2009
Apparent superiority of sophisticated detection algorithms in test conditions does not necessarily imply the same in real-world hyperspectral imaging applications.
17 June 2009
Satellite multispectral measurements provide accurate images of the intensity of forest fires over time.
28 April 2009
Using multispectral satellite active-sensor observations avoids the uncertainties associated with lidar-inversion algorithms.
16 April 2009
 
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Thanks to the NASA Earth Decadal Survey, new passive and active optical sensors are being included in future NASA and NOAA missions to better understand Earth system science and address the challenges of climate change.

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