Satellites spy on remote alpine glaciers, producing more accurate—and higher—estimates of ice loss over time.
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Measuring Explosive Events on Earth from the Ionosphere
Natural and manmade explosive events occurring on or below the Earth’s surface can be measured remotely in different ways and different places from the ionosphere.
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Island Building Alters Waters Leagues Away and for Years After
Quantifying the impacts of dredging through satellite remote sensing could serve as a valuable resource in future geopolitical disputes over contested waters.
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Are Soil Moisture and Latent Heat Overcoupled in Land Models?
A novel statistical approach demonstrates how to reduce bias in remote sensing estimates of soil moisture and latent heat flux coupling strength and clarifies the relationship between the variables.
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Improving Water Resources Management with Satellite Data
An extensive review reveals that remote sensing is changing the way we manage water resources and suggests that the coming years will bring both exciting advancements and new challenges.
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The Thermosphere Responds to a Weaker Than Normal Solar Cycle
Infrared emissions from nitric oxide and carbon dioxide in Earth’s upper atmosphere, which are closely tied to incoming solar radiation, are drastically lower than in the previous solar cycle.
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Improving Retrievals for Vertically Inhomogeneous Warm Clouds
Cloud droplet size changes with height, but passive sensors are virtually blind to see it; however, combining passive with active sensors helps profile it in vertically inhomogeneous warm clouds.
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A Step Closer to Quantifying Global Photosynthesis in Real Time
High spatial and temporal resolutions of a data set on a proxy for plant photosynthesis, as well as contiguous global coverage, have great utility for a variety of applications.
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New Budget Bill Rescues NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System
“We’re back!” says $10-million-per-year project’s science team leader.
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Observing Volcanoes from Space
The first multidecadal, satellite-based study of Latin America’s most active volcanoes could help researchers better predict eruptions.