South Korea Getting Serious about SAR
The South Korean government has announced that three regions - South Jeolla Province, South Gyeongsang Province and Daejeon city - will be designated as clusters for the space industry, with…
SAR Takes a Long Look at California Forest Fire Damage and Regrowth
Landscape ecologist Naiara Pinto and colleagues at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to take a long view at forest fires in California, trying to decipher…
Radar Satellites Lead the Way: Shedding light in the dark
This video is based on data acquisitions from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission between 3 October and 31 October 2019. It remains constantly centred on the Polarstern (bright dot starting at…
Watching A Pacific Island with SAR for 5 Years
Jim Garvin and Dan Slayback are two NASA scientists who have studied the volcanic island. They’ve relied on radar imaging satellites to do so, using a type of radar called…
SAR on the Agenda for University of Auckland and the National Science Challenge
Putting objects in space is important work. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), for example, is critical new technology that enables satellites to gather incredibly detailed data of Earth through clouds (think…
30 Years Ago: Magellan SAR Map Venus
Venus has often been called Earth’s sister planet, mainly because the two are roughly the same size. And there the similarity ends. One significant difference is that Venus is covered…
Speeding Sea Level Rise Due to Ice Loss
Antarctic Ice Loss Ramps Up, Speeding Sea Level Rise Antarctica's ice loss has accelerated in the last five years, reports an international research team that includes a UA geoscientist. University…
Case Study Run By Planet Watchers & AirBus
Early Drought and Disease Detection in Eucalyptus Clones at Scale Challenge: Planted Eucalyptus forests are increasingly threatened by changing climate. There is a need for an early warning system capable of…
L and S band SAR on India’s Moon Mission
India’s space agency ISRO will attempt to launch its second lunar Chandrayaan-2, in April this year, with a launch window that will last until October. Additionally, ISRO’s new Chairman, Dr.…
Road to the Arctic Ocean by RADARSAT-2
From its orbit roughly 800km above the Earth, RADARSAT-2 has an incredible vantage point. Its radar technology gathers high-resolution imagery day or night, regardless of weather, snow, or ice cover,…