Satellite Imagery Tracks Alaskan Volcano and other Remote Sensing News
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is keeping tabs on the Aleutian Island-based Cleveland Volcano, a 5,676-foot peak. It continues to expel lava out its crater, something it's been doing since mid-July.
Satellite imagery shows a lava dome growing inside the volcano's crater. Satellite data also shows continued heat generated from the volcano, according to the observatory, a joint federal-state organization.
- MSNBC
Both BBC S.A and River Plare S.A [beef companies] have been caught twice by satellite imagery of illegally clearing protected forestryin Chaco [Paraguary].
Satellite imagery is one of the tools used to try to protect the land inhabited by the Ayoreo people hoping to save their ancestral home in the Chaco.
ESA has been working with Ecocert, an organic certification organization, to use satellite images to spot the differences between the fingerprints of organic and non-organic winter wheat and corn to support the certification process.
Five different satellites were used during the trials to develop the new approach: SPOT-4, Kompsat-2, Landsat-5, Proba and WorldView-2.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/22 at 03:00 AM |
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