Category Archives: Remote Sensing 101

Ice bridge holding Antarctic ice shelf cracks up

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

An ice bridge which had apparently held a vast Antarctic ice shelf in place during recorded history shattered on Saturday and could herald a wider collapse linked to global warming, a leading scientist said. The satellite picture, from the European … Continue reading →

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GNSS signals for remote sensing

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) will lead a British project to exploit signals from GPS and GNSS navigation satellites that are reflected from the Earth for remote sensing purposes. The project will investigate a prototype instrument capable of measuring the … Continue reading →

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RISAT is Indian and to be launched next month

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Indian Space Research Organisation asserted that the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), expected to be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota spaceport next month, is not an Israeli one.Denying reports in a section of the press that … Continue reading →

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Remote Sensing: Colour & False Colour Composites and Spectral Signatures

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

When a spectral band which contains reflectances in the wavelength interval between 0.7 – 1.1 µm is projected through a red filter, healthy, active vegetation will appear bright (light tones) in a black and white image or red in a … Continue reading →

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