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EISCAT_3D Radar to be Built in Northern Scandinavia in the Arctic Circle

Efforts are on to construct the world’s most ultramodern space weather radar in the Arctic, which involves an international collaboration including the UK. The endeavor has been powered by new investments of nearly 4 to 6 million pounds on the part of NERC.

24 Aug 2017

World's First Space-Based Sodium Lidar Improves Understanding of Earth's Mesosphere

Engineers and scientists from NASA now believe that they can leverage latest improvements in a greenhouse-detecting instrument to construct the world’s first space-based sodium lidar in order to study the poorly understood mesosphere of the Earth.

17 May 2017

NASA-led Team to Start Ambitious Airborne Campaign to Evaluate Performance of Various Sensors

A NASA-led team will kick off an ambitious airborne campaign to determine which combination of sensors would work best at collecting global snow-water measurements from space -- critical for understanding and managing the world's freshwater resources.

22 Feb 2017

Phytoplankton Cycles Viewed Through Space-Based Sensor

Scientists succeeded in getting their first continuous look at the boom-bust cycles that drive polar plankton communities by using a space-based sensor capable of seeing through darkness, clouds and fog.

20 Dec 2016

OTT Launches New Phosphate Monitor at WWEM 2016

The OTT stand (No. 126) at WWEM 2016 will provide the first opportunity for visitors to see the new HydroCycle PO4, the latest version of the Cycle-P remote, battery powered, dissolved phosphate monitor.

20 Sep 2016

New-Generation of Sun Tracker Improves Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Optimum Tracker, a company specializing in the design, production and installation of solar trackers at large photovoltaic power plants, has just filed three patents on its innovative application Opti-SkyControl®. The system analyses cloud cover in real time and adjusts tracker angles to maximize output when sunlight is diffuse.

12 Jul 2016

Gravity Gradiometry Sensor Helps Finding Gas, Minerals and Oil below Earth's Surface

Neos Inc. plans to create a state-of-the-art gravity gradiometry sensor to detect gas, minerals and oil present below the earth's surface, and this new sensor will be 20 times more powerful than existing technology.

8 Jul 2016

Ultra-Precise Sensing Technology Could Benefit Environmental Hydrology Sectors

University of Queensland has carried out a new research on quantum technology that would benefit the minerals exploration, navigation, mining, and environmental hydrology sectors.

13 Jun 2016

Researchers Move One Step Closer to Developing Functional Earthquake Early Warning System

The West Coast moved a step closer to a functional earthquake early warning system today, with the White House announcing plans to expand technology developed by UC Berkeley, the California Institute of Technology, the University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey from a demonstration to a prototype system.

3 Feb 2016

Raytheon Wins $564 Million NASA Contract for Joint Polar Satellite System Sensors

Raytheon Company has received a $564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar Follow-On missions.

From Raytheon Company 30 Jan 2016

Earth Science and Sensing News

EISCAT_3D Radar to be Built in Northern Scandinavia in the Arctic Circle

World's First Space-Based Sodium Lidar Improves Understanding of Earth's Mesosphere

NASA-led Team to Start Ambitious Airborne Campaign to Evaluate Performance of Various Sensors

Phytoplankton Cycles Viewed Through Space-Based Sensor

OTT Launches New Phosphate Monitor at WWEM 2016

New-Generation of Sun Tracker Improves Efficiency of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Gravity Gradiometry Sensor Helps Finding Gas, Minerals and Oil below Earth's Surface

Ultra-Precise Sensing Technology Could Benefit Environmental Hydrology Sectors

Researchers Move One Step Closer to Developing Functional Earthquake Early Warning System

Raytheon Wins $564 Million NASA Contract for Joint Polar Satellite System Sensors

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