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Screenshot from an online app called Suncalc with a satellite image of a lake with sun and shadow measurements in yellow overlaid.

Using Open Source Geospatial Data in Journalism

by Mark Altaweel

Geospatial data such as satellite imagery can be used by journalists to verify news stories.

Satellite imagery over the Gulf of Mexico showing oil slicks in the water.

Mapping Oil Slicks With Satellite Imagery

by Mark Altaweel

Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite photography has been used in new study to map oil slicks.

This ALOS PALSAR interferogram shows uplift and subsidence related with a June 2007 earthquake on Kilauea Volcano.

How the Satellite Imagery Industry is Re-inventing Itself

by Eric van Rees

Joe Morrison discusses how new businesses are developing tools that use satellite imagery and SAR to quantify climate-related disasters.

Diagram showing the integration of radar data from UAVSAR flights in 2010, 2017, and 2020 over Angeles National Forest.

Monitoring Vegetation Regrowth After Fire With Remote Sensing

by Mark Altaweel

Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is being used to map post-fire vegetation recovery.

Using Remote Sensing to Detect Structural Changes in Bridges

by Caitlin Dempsey

Researchers are using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) collected from satellites to detect structural changes in bridges.

Free Synthetic Aperture Radar Handbook Available

by Caitlin Dempsey

This free handboo provides insight into how different Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) methodologies can be used for forest monitoring and biomass estimation.