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SAR: A Versatile New Tool for Earth Science Widespread availability of data from synthetic aperture radar has permitted the technology's application to a broad range of geoscience problems. The field has blossomed in the last decade. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2009 David Schneider |
Winner: Radio Eye in the Sky ImSAR's synthetic-aperture radar is both small and affordable |
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick |
Geophenomena Predicting landslides... Hot spring pops up in Paso Robles... Dry craters in Bhuj... |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 John McHale |
Synthetic Aperture Radar Technology Key Part of Space-Based Radar The technology of synthetic aperture radar, which has been used to map the Earth from space, will play an integral role in the U.S. Department of Defense's space-based radar programs. |
Geotimes April 2003 Gary E. Christenson |
Life Along the Fault: Reducing Risk in Utah Large earthquakes do not occur often enough in Utah to "remind" people that they are living and building in earthquake country. This scenario presents a unique challenge for the state geological survey. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 John Keller |
UAV Aircraft and Crowded Civil Air Space: Is it Safe Out There? It's only a matter of time before the aerial unmanned vehicle take their place in civilian air space. How are we going to fit all these planes? |
Science News January 8, 2005 |
Tsunamis and Other Natural Hazards The "Natural Hazards" section of NASA's Earth Observatory Web site has many orbital images of tsunami damage resulting from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that occurred near Indonesia. |
National Defense February 2008 David A. Deptula |
Unmanned Aircraft Not Just for Combat The speed with which unmanned aircraft capabilities have advanced in recent years has been astonishing. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Willie D. Jones |
Sensor System Yields Landslide Warnings New acoustic sensor can hear when a landslide is imminent |
Geotimes December 2004 Lehr Wallace & Millar |
Beating Natural Hazards to the Punch The federal government, along with state and local governments, must better prepare for and help mitigate the costs of natural disasters. |
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson |
Israel Pushes New Satellite as Solution to U.S. Space Radar Needs Israel Aerospace Industries has joined with Northrop Grumman in hopes that they can sell time on a radar imaging satellite to U.S. government agencies. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division. |
Geotimes November 2003 Mahmood et al. |
Snapshots from Space of the World's Continents Studying Earth as a system -- including the hydrological, biological, geochemical, cryospheric and solid earth components -- requires routine acquisition of high-resolution, synoptic-scale observations that can be composited into snapshots of Earth in a sequence of moments. |
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Navy's Unmanned Combat Aircraft Flying Under Cloud of Uncertainty The Navy expects to invest a growing share of its aviation research dollars in unmanned aircraft as it seeks to extend the reach and endurance of its carrier-based air wings. |
Geotimes April 2005 Megan Sever |
Dream Homes Slip Away The nature of the hillside -- an unstable ancient landslide deposit deep beneath layers of recent fill material -- and the civil engineering of the home sites in Anaheim, California are sparking debate over why these structures cracked and were demolished. |
Defense Update July 2008 |
Special Missions Aircraft at Farnborough 2008 Special mission aircraft were among the hottest military topics at Farnborough 2008, highlighting the crucial role such assets provide for national security and operational capability in modern, asymmetric warfare. |