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United States Government Sponsorship acknowledged. Randal Jackson, Amber Jenkins, Laura Faye Tenenbaum, Holly Shaftel, Jason Craig and Doug EllisonĬopyright 2016, by the California Institute of Technology. Justin Moore and Andrea Boeck (Moore Boeck) Justin Moore, Andrea Boeck and Bergen Moore (Moore Boeck) and Randal Jackson Kristine Nguyen, Davit Stepanyan, Kit Petrie, Stephen Hurley, Charles Mattei, Anton Kulikov, Viet (Jon) Nguyen, Erik Boettcher, Clay Hooker and Clement Shimizu (The Elumenati)īrian Kumanchik, Matthew Garcia and Christian LopezĬharles Thompson, Jeff Hall and Shigeru Suzuki Kevin Hussey, Randal Jackson and Michael Greene With the “Latest Events” feature, you can explore geo-located satellite images of recent Earth events, including algal blooms, super storms and wildfires. Get a sneak peek at upcoming missions and learn how NASA is planning to study our Earth in the future. “Eyes on the Earth” displays the location of all of NASA's operating Earth-observing missions in real time and lets you compare them in size to a scientist or a school bus. Check out the hottest and coldest locations on Earth with the global surface temperature map. Spot volcanic eruptions and forest fires using the carbon monoxide vital sign. Trace the movement of water around the globe using the gravity map from NASA's GRACE satellites. The other kind of weather satellite is polar orbiting and can only image an area twice a day, but provide much higher resolution.Monitor our planet's vital signs, such as sea level height, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and Antarctic ozone. These provide most of the information that you see on the weather forecast. They do this by orbiting the Earth at the same speed that Earth spins. Geostationary satellites are able to keep watch over one particular region from a very high altitude. This is important for weather prediction because different kinds of weather systems have different heat signatures (for example, cloud types). Thermal imaging is available at night, too (when visible light isn’t available). This is because visible light provides information that might not be available via infrared like fog (which is very close to the temperature of the land below it).
#Satellite eyes full#
Satellites have sensors that are able to capture certain wavelengths of infrared light and can get information about heat levels.Ĭombined with visible light imaging, satellites can capture a nearly full picture of weather systems. This is where temporal resolution comes in, and why it can require thousands of hours of sifting through images to create an ideal map of an area.Įver watched the weather forecast or used a weather app? You can thank satellites for that. Image de-striping is the process of removing these to create better images.įurther, depending on the use of the images, individual regions may have to be re-imaged depending on cloud cover or other obstructions to the shot.
#Satellite eyes software#
These will then need to be “stitched” together (luckily software does this almost seamlessly now) in order to create a single, larger image.īecause of radiation, satellite images often feature artifacts like stripes or streaks. Regardless of sensor size, for high-resolution images to be taken of large areas, several images will have to be taken. Image Processingĭue to the size of the Earth, the nature of imaging sensors, and the pure volume of images that need to be taken, image processing is required to make useful images. Each satellite will be produced with a specific task in mind (or multiple tasks). So, you can see that satellites are highly specialized pieces of equipment.
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