The program utilizes aircraft platforms to make airborne measurements of the polar regions. (wikipedia.org)
Also, satellites take measurements full-time, while IceBridge aircraft measurements are limited to annual campaigns that are several weeks long. (wikipedia.org)
Innovative remote sensing techniques will be combined with highly accurate local measurements on the aircraft and compared with satellite data. (dlr.de)
Precise measurements of position, in addition to earth deformation and gravity, are the province of geodesy. (menatips.com)
Gravity measurements became part of geodesy since they were needed to associated measurements at the surface area of the Earth to the reference coordinate system. (menatips.com)
Gravity measurements on land can be used gravimeters deployed either on the surface or in helicopter flyovers. (menatips.com)
In seismic data, electromagnetic information, and gravity information, processing continues after mistake corrections to consist of computational geophysics which lead to the last interpretation of the geophysical data into a geological analysis of the geophysical measurements Geophysics became a different discipline only in the 19th century, from the crossway of physical geography, geology, astronomy, meteorology, and physics. (menatips.com)
ESE will use space-, aircraft-, and ground-based measurements to study our environment as an integrated system. (nasa.gov)
Generally smaller than the EOS satellites and instruments, Earth Probes are planned to complement the broad environmental measurements from EOS with highly focused studies in areas such as tropical rainfall (TRMM), ocean productivity (SeaWiFS), atmospheric ozone (TOMS), and ocean surface winds (NSCAT). (nasa.gov)
NASA's ESE uses space-, aircraft-, and ground-based measurements to provide the scientific basis for understanding global change. (nasa.gov)
Measurements from EOS will be complemented by the Earth Probes, a series of discipline-specific satellites and instruments designed to observe Earth processes where smaller platforms and/or different orbits from EOS are required. (nasa.gov)
Catching Triton's shadow as it races across Earth's surface while the aircraft is traveling at Mach 0.83 (approximately 636 mph), is no small feat. If a telescope can be positioned in the direct center of the shadow, researchers can make precise measurements of Triton's atmosphere. (usra.edu)
It was designed to provide medium wavelength gravity information (around 20-400 km) to connect satellite and ground gravity measurements. (noaa.gov)
In this paper, we present the first edition of a global database compiling previously published and unpublished measurements of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) collected in coastal waters (CoastDOM v.1). (copernicus.org)
This experiment comprised airborne measurements performed using Ku-band and Ka-band Doppler radars looking at the sea surface at near-nadir incidence in a real-aperture mode, i.e., in a geometry and mode similar to that of SKIM, as well as an extensive set of in situ instruments. (copernicus.org)
Satellites3
We often obtain this data through satellites, aircraft and drones. (ed.ac.uk)
Discipline-specific satellites and instruments that will be used by NASA to obtain observations before the launch of EOS spacecraft. (nasa.gov)
Toward that end, I have been heavily involved in the development of NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and its successor, ICESat-2, and I have worked on cryospheric applications of various other satellites and aircraft instruments. (colorado.edu)
Altitude5
LVIS has flown on a wide variety of aircraft such as NASA's P-3, DC-8, B-200 and HU-25C Guardian Falcon and NSF's Gulfstream G-V. By flying at a higher altitude, LVIS can survey larger areas and expands IceBridge's range. (wikipedia.org)
The German High Altitude and Long Range (HALO) research aircraft will be exploring the atmosphere in the southern hemisphere and its impact on climate change during September and November 2019 as part of the SOUTHTRAC (Transport and Composition of the Southern Hemisphere UTLS) mission. (dlr.de)
For the first time in this region, we are investigating the excitation and propagation of gravity waves into the middle atmosphere at an altitude of 90 kilometres, which is partly triggered by the airflow over the Andes and the Antarctic peninsula. (dlr.de)
AirMSPI flies in the nose of NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft . (nasa.gov)
Altitude - The AGL is the aircraft altitude above ground level at Nadir position. (rekon.ca)
NASA3
In addition, ESE includes current NASA Earth science missions collecting important data on the global environment, such as the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) and the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX/POSEIDON), Space Shuttle experiments such as ATLAS, and aircraft campaigns. (nasa.gov)
The data from ground-based telescopes, combined with that collected by SOFIA's 100-inch (2.5-meter) on-board telescope and three powerful instruments, helps USRA/NASA researchers understand how Neptune's gravitational forces influence Triton's atmosphere, including its temperature, pressure and density. (usra.edu)
Developed by NASA and Texas Instruments, The Search for STEMnauts activities challenge students to unravel brainteasers using the coding and STEM* principles that make space exploration possible. (ti.com)
Situ1
My research interests are in the use of satellite and airborne remote sensing techniques, integrated with in situ observations and modeling, to understand changes in the Earth System, with a primary focus on the Earth's ice cover. (colorado.edu)
Airborne gravity1
Airborne gravity data for Alaska collected in 2016 over one survey. (noaa.gov)
Laboratory1
LVIS was created by scientists at the Laser Remote Sensing Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. (wikipedia.org)
Approach1
Decade of Changing Net Radiation over a Large Lake: Remote Sensing Approach for Water-Atmosphere Parameterizations. (colorado.edu)
Data12
Accumulation Radar - The accumulation radar instrument is used to gather high-resolution data on the top part of ice. (wikipedia.org)
We use a process called remote sensing to gather vast amounts of data. (ed.ac.uk)
We can collect data from the edges of space to the very centre of the Earth to understand, model and predict how the Earth behaves. (ed.ac.uk)
Signal processing includes the correction of time-series information for undesirable noise or mistakes introduced by the measurement platform, such as aircraft vibrations in gravity data. (menatips.com)
This data set is part of the Gravity for the Re-definition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D) project initiated by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey to collect and monitor gravity data suitable for the re-definition of the vertical datum for at least the United States and territories. (noaa.gov)
These data sets were collected and processed by NOAA's National Geodetic Survey (www.ngs.noaa.gov) as part of its GRAV-D effort to modernize the U.S. vertical datum. (noaa.gov)
The purpose of these data is to provide accurate gravity data for geoid modeling for the U.S. and its territories. (noaa.gov)
Line-scan imaging (sometimes called push broom imaging) is the process of collecting one line of data at a time. (resonon.com)
The range of electro-magnetic wavelengths (e.g., light) in nanometers (nm) over which the instrument collects data. (resonon.com)
This is how quickly successive lines of data can be collected, not the frame rate for acquiring an entire 2-dimensional image of a scene or object, which depends on the number of lines contained within the scan. (resonon.com)
We collected and digitized data from 160 deep wells (including geophysical logs), 61 geological cross-sections, and 10 isobath maps. (copernicus.org)
A neural network (NN)-based cloud mask for a geostationary satellite instrument, AHI, is developed using collocated data and is better at not classifying thick aerosols as clouds versus the Japanese Meteorological Association and the Bureau of Meteorology masks, identifying 1.13 and 1.29 times as many non-cloud pixels than each mask, respectively. (copernicus.org)
Amounts2
The instrument was built by JPL and the University of Arizona and is aimed primarily at remote sensing of the amounts and microphysical properties of aerosols and clouds. (nasa.gov)
In this sense, besides the triglycerides, the term would include several other types of compounds like mono- and diglycerides, phospholipids (such as lecithin), sterols (such as cholesterol), waxes (such as beeswax), and free fatty acids, which are usually present in human diet in smaller amounts. (mathisfunforum.com)
Lidar2
This instrument works similarly to the lidar instrument used in ICESat and is helping maintain a record of elevation changes until ICESat-2 becomes operational. (wikipedia.org)
Calibration of a LiDAR sensor system equipped with an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Global Positioning System (GPS) to determine or establish the accurate Position of the instrument (x, y, z) with respect to the GPS antenna and Orientation (roll, pitch, heading) of the LiDAR instrument with respect to straight and level flight[8]. (rekon.ca)
Geophysical1
The measured line-of-sight velocity signal is analyzed to separate a non-geophysical contribution linked to the aircraft velocity, a geophysical contribution due to the intrinsic motion of surface waves and the desired surface current contribution. (copernicus.org)
Platforms1
Aeromagnetic information (airplane collected magnetic information) collected utilizing traditional fixed-wing airplane platforms should be remedied for electro-magnetic eddy currents that are created as the airplane moves through Earth's electromagnetic field. (menatips.com)
Cloud2
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the remote sensing of cloud water content technique. (ucar.edu)
During the WE-CAN (Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen) study, brown carbon (BrC) absorption was measured on the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft using a particle-into-liquid sampler and photoacoustic aerosol absorption spectrometer. (copernicus.org)
Geodetic1
combines huge collaborates and the regional gravity vector to get geodetic coordinates. (menatips.com)
Polar1
The influence of gravity waves on polar vortices over Antarctica, and chemical and dynamic processes in the tropopause region are being analysed. (dlr.de)
Flown1
A Triple-Aircraft Intercomparison (TRACI) was flown in July and October of 1985. (ucar.edu)
Telescopes2
See Table 3.1 in §3.2 , " Radio Observatories and Radio Telescopes ," for the characteristics of the newer instruments. (nationalacademies.org)
Nasmyth focus A number of large, professional telescopes have instruments at their Nasmyth foci. (astronomya.ru)
Radar5
Also, certain instruments such as ice-penetrating radar only work from the lower altitudes afforded by aircraft like the P-3 Orion and DC-8. (wikipedia.org)
Operation IceBridge uses up to four different radar instruments operated by the Center for the Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) at the University of Kansas. (wikipedia.org)
This instrument uses multiple channels and a large range of radar frequencies to image internal ice layering and bedrock beneath ice sheets. (wikipedia.org)
Snow Radar - The CReSIS Snow Radar instrument is used to measure the thickness of snow layers on top of land and sea ice. (wikipedia.org)
Military chaff is a metallic, fibrous radar countermeasure that is released by aircraft and rockets for diversion and masking of targets. (mit.edu)
Waves1
The main objective of the first phase of the campaign is to investigate gravity waves at the southern tip of South America and over Antarctica. (dlr.de)
Dataset1
The system that will manage a dataset of Earth science observations to be collected over a 15-year period. (nasa.gov)
Measurement1
During the measurement flights, we also want to examine the chemical and dynamic processes that influence trace gases like ozone and water vapour in the tropopause region,' says Björn-Martin Sinnhuber of the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing at KIT . (dlr.de)
Efficiency2
The rapid improvement over time is due to system improvements, including the decrease in system temperature (solid-state technology), the increase in collecting area (cost and construction efficiency), and the increase in bandwidth and integration time (electronic and digital technology). (nationalacademies.org)
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Project1
The Convection Wave project was a multi-aircraft investigation into the structure and behavior of gravity wave systems over convectively active boundary layers (CBLs) in the presence of vertical wind shear. (ucar.edu)
IceBridge aircraft carry a suite of specialized science instruments. (wikipedia.org)
Planned for launch beginning in 1999, each of the EOS spacecraft will carry a suite of instruments designed to study global climate change. (nasa.gov)
Control1
With the ability to be inserted directly into a process line or unit and easily integrated with systems for automated control, it can be used to monitor gravity-fed, pneumatically-conveyed and fluidized streams. (chemengonline.com)
Field1
The aircraft were used during an intensive two month field program, in which the role of. (ucar.edu)
Mission1
During the SOUTHTRAC mission, the research aircraft HALO is stationed at the airport in Rio Grande/Argentina. (dlr.de)
Area1
The sensitivity is proportional to the temperature of the receiver system and inversely proportional to the collecting area and the square root of both bandwidth and integration time. (nationalacademies.org)
Platform1
This allows large or heavy instruments, such as spectrographs, to be mounted on a permanent platform which rotates in azimuth with the telescope. (astronomya.ru)
Projecters are obviously controlled, most of the time using remote controls which work using an infrared light to signal commands to the p. (sphc.in)
Board2
Also on board is a gravimeter, an instrument capable of measuring the shape of cavities in the ice. (wikipedia.org)
Flight testing of small UAV's requires a small, lightweight computer system on board the aircraft. (osadl.org)
Full1
The full spectrum for each pixel in the line is collected simultaneously. (resonon.com)
Light1
The f/# is a measure of the optical aperture of the hyperspectral system and is a quantity that is needed to determine how much light is collected. (resonon.com)
Program1
Other aircraft have been used throughout the program, such as a King Air B-200, Gulfstream V and Guardian Falcon. (wikipedia.org)
Range1
The number of contiguous bands the instrument measures across the Spectral Range. (resonon.com)