remote sensing
Mapping California’s Heatwave from Space
Caitlin Dempsey
NASA's Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment (ECOSTRESS) has been mapping temperatures across parts of California from space.
View From Space: Australia’s Wildfires
Caitlin Dempsey
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a natural-color image acquired this image of smoke rising from wildfires burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.
Using Satellites to Map Air Pollution from Wildfires
Elizabeth Borneman
The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is designed to monitor pollutants entering the atmosphere because of major forest fires.
Satellite Imagery Shows How Much of South Dakota’s Flooded Fields Were Unable to be Farmed
Caitlin Dempsey
In August of 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that South Dakota had 3.9 million “prevented planting” acres.