Monday, September 9th, 2013
A Lockheed Martin team has completed and passed the full range of environmental tests – electrical, mechanical and thermal – for the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument that will make crucial solar measurements when it flies on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite mission, known
Friday, September 6th, 2013
The amount of sunlight being absorbed or reflected by Earth is one of the driving forces for weather and climate. Satellites are providing this information with unprecedented accuracy. The reflecting power of a surface is known as ‘albedo’. Bright snow and ice have a high albedo, meaning they reflect solar radiation back into
Friday, September 6th, 2013
The specialists of ScanEx Research & Development Center conducted a pilot imagery of Moscow city on the night pass of the EROS B satellite, flying over the city at 2:30 am local time.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is heading into a busy conference season, exhibiting at five different tradeshows this fall.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Intergraph has released an updated SDK that will increase flexibility and performance for the industry-leading Enhanced Compressed Wavelet (ECW) and ISO JPEG 2000 image compression formats.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Thousands of never-before-seen data products from the US Landsat satellites acquired over 30 years have been released for online access. In addition, the newest data over Europe from the latest satellite in the series, Landsat-8, are now accessible in near-real time through a new portal hosted by ESA.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched an interactive web-based mapping tool that provides the public with access and information on Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) filed with EPA for major projects proposed on federal lands and other proposed federal actions. When visiting the website, users can click on any state for a list of EISs,
Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Focusing on the ability of engineering and geospatial firms to expand their professional services into the international market, the Geospatial & Engineering International Conference, announced today the program for the two-day conference to be held November 13-14, 2013 in Alexandria, VA.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
NOAA’s Office of Weather and Air Quality has funded seven multi-year proposals totaling $1.3 million this year for university partners and federal scientists to more rapidly and smoothly transfer new technology, research results, and observational advances through NOAA’s Joint Hurricane Testbed (JHT) to operational hurricane forecasting.
