Archive for the 'remote sensing' Category

Antrhopogenic RF Interference

Was looking at raw AMSR-E data (a passive microwave radiometer flying on board Aqua). Can you tell where the cities are?

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Hmmm…I wonder what one can do with this? A development indicator, surrogate for population? Very interesting. This anthropogenic interference gets in the way of soil moisture detection over land, but I wonder if it can be used creatively for something else.

San Diego Fires on MODIS

Just whipped together an animation of the San Diego Fires from some recent MODIS scenes that I grabbed from the MODIS Rapid Response System. I put the animation together using GIMP.

San Diego Fires
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