Landsat

HR TIR DA IRL (High Resolution Thermal Infra-Red Directional Anisotropy In Real Life)

=>  In the frame of the preparation of the Trishna mission, one important question is : do we have to correct for directional effects, and how should we do it ? Some of you may be familiar with the so-called hotspot effect in the reflective domain, which is well illustrated on our blog. Well in […]

01.09.2023

First satellite images of Nord Stream leaks

I found the leak from Nord Stream 2 in the latest Sentinel-1 image (29 Sep 2022). It’s large enough to be visible from space. From this radar image, I could also spot the leak in the Landsat image captured on the same day (29 Sep). And there’s another leak visible northeast of Bornholm Island, this […]

29.09.2022

Viedma glacier terminus since 1985

Viedma Glacier is an iconic glacier of the Southern Patagonia icefield. Landsat 5, Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 images series show that its terminus has retreated by 3 km since 1985. Looking closer one can notice a new proglacial lake forming in a recently deglaciated area. Since I won 80 sq km of Airbus Pléiades data, […]

27.12.2021

TropiSCO : a project to monitor tropical deforestation with Sentinel-1 on a weekly basis

=> Do we need to remind you of all the collateral damage linked to deforestation or the eco-system services that forests provide ? We have already talked about these in this blog (here and there too). Yet forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. Between 1990 and 2020, an area of forest equal to more […]

20.02.2021

Stealth snow near Albuquerque, New Mexico

« Give me a hundred tries, I’ll never be able to spell it. » Jimmy McGill I haven’t seen the « Breaking Bad » series but I’m a huge fan of « Better Call Saul ». Both series take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With its dry, sunny weather, Albuquerque is the perfect place for a modern-day Western. Vince Gilligan, the […]

08.11.2020

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