remote sensing
Tracking Penguin Colonies Through Their Droppings
Elizabeth Borneman
Researchers are using satellite imagery to map Antarctica’s penguin population by estimating their numbers based on the large guano stains left behind.
Mapping Wildfire Movement
Caitlin Dempsey
The Fire Events Data Suite is being used to map near real-time wildfire behavior including fire perimeters, active front, and total burned areas.
The Global Evaporation of Lakes
Mark Altaweel
Researchers used satellite imagery and modeling to calculate the evaporation volume across over 1.42 million natural and artificial lakes.
Lidar Explained
Caitlin Dempsey
Lidar is a technology developed to map the elevation of features on and below the surface of the Earth.
Satellite Imagery of the Widest River in the World
Caitlin Dempsey
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission captured this satellite image of the Amazon river that has been processed by the combining of two polarisations into one image.