We’re looking at the top and bottom of the world this week, specifically at aspects of ice and what’s below it in the Arctic and Antarctica. Arctic Last week a report from NASA and the United States National Snow and … Continue reading
Successfully launched satellites are expected to operate for a certain period. This ends when the satellite can no longer able to perform its intended function, cannot maintain its operational altitude, or the fuel level is reaching the minimal point for … Continue reading
Following on from our previous blogs discussing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Earth observation, this week’s blog focuses on its use for monitoring the Arctic. The extent of Arctic sea-ice cover has declined for the entire period that … Continue reading
As the UK is basking in its first prolonged spell of sunshine for some time, we’re focusing on colder parts of the world in the blog looking at the latest news in terms of ice monitoring. We’re starting with some … Continue reading
This week we start in the future with ESA’s announcement of an online press conference on Friday 16th October to discuss the November launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 ‘Michael Freilich’ ocean-monitoring satellite; scheduled to take off on the 10th … Continue reading
This week we’re putting the focus on the current developments in ocean remote sensing – in the widest sense of the word! Firstly, last Thursday, China launched the Haiyang 1D (HY-1D) satellite, from China’s Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on the … Continue reading
Earth Observation (EO) satellite launches are currently few and far between, so today we’re going to celebrate one that’s hit ten years in space, and commiserate with two satellites that have reached end of life. The celebration is for ESA’s … Continue reading
Two interesting pieces of scientific research this week have looked at the changing aspects of both the bottom and the top of the Antarctic continent. As the Antarctic ice sheet is the largest reservoir of fresh water on the planet, … Continue reading
There’s been a flurry of reports in the last couple of weeks, reporting melting ice and retreating glaciers in Greenland and the Himalayas respectively. A paper by McMillan et al (2016), titled ‘A high-resolution record of Greenland mass balance’ and … Continue reading
One of satellite remote sensing’s greatest strengths is the archive of historical data available, allowing researchers to analyse how areas change over years or even decades – for example, Landsat data has a forty year archive. It is one of … Continue reading
