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Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) are testing infrared remote sensing technology to evaluate the pollutant emissions from traffic jams. The new innovation comes with a technique called Open-Path FTIR that looks or specific infrared signatures from specific gas particle, weeding out those compounds that aren’t of interest. The technique can take [...]
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Researchers used measurements from the GRACE satellite that accurately measures changes in the planet’s gravity field to deduce the weight and volume of water in the Amazon River floodplain. Up until this point, scientists had difficulty with this assessment due to the sheer size of the area and the difficulties in conducting fieldwork in the [...]
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DigitalGlobe has just announced a contest that will provide free 8-band imagery to researchers willing to investigate the utility of multispectral imagery in their research. The 8-Band Research Challenge includes five grants of $5,000, free imagery, and an invitation to present their findings at the Geospatial World Forum in Hyderabad, India in January of 2011. [...]
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a method that uses satellite remote sensing to calculate carbon emissions on agricultural land. The new methodology, published in the journal Ecological Applications, is effective for both national and project-level reporting, whereas previous methodologies addressed one or the other. The consistent framework and methodology could prove very useful [...]
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The push to define community remote sensing (CRS), with real-world project examples, will culminate at the IEEE International Geoscience Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii this July. The event will feature a plenary session on, “Remote Sensing: Global Vision for Local Action,” that discusses the combination of citizen science with social networks and remote [...]
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The Earth Engine is an idea that spun out of work that Google.org was doing with the Google Earth Outreach Program in Brazil with indigenous people and non-profit organizations focused on conservation. The scientists were happy with Google Earth, but expressed the need for a system that could not only map, but also monitor, deforestation [...]
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I sat down with the principals at Earth Eye — Jason Amadano, CEO, and Mark Romano, CTO — at the SPAR 2010 Conference. I’ve known Mark for quite a while as a LIDAR and remote sensing data collection guru and custom software builder. Their new organization is funded by Data Transfer Solutions, the same outfit [...]
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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working with tea growers in Assam and West Bengal to apply remote sensing and GIS for better tea yields. The project would help growers determine sites suitable for planting new crops, and would also assist with water resource mapping. Read more about the tea project via Connect India.
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In a meeting over the weekend in Trinidad, Prime Minister Gordon Brown promoted the idea of a new Launch Fund that would be funded by richer countries to incentivize poorer countries to halt deforestation and develop low-carbon energy sources. To police the program, Brown suggested a constellation of remote sensing satellites to monitor compliance. Read [...]
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The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) conducted a study using remote sensing technologies to determine the impact of global warming on the region. Given that most Arab countries concentrate their activities in the coastal zone, a sea level rise of just one meter could dramatically impact countries such as Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Egypt, [...]
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