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ESARC Environmental Systems Analysis Research Center |
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Environmental remote sensing is the study of the Earth and its environmental phenomena, primarily through the use of image data from sensors onboard satellites. The benefits of remote sensing techniques include the ability to study and regularly monitor large regions, including remote, inaccessible areas such as the oceans and the polar regions. Much of the global environmental research over the past two decades has focused on investigating the Earth as a system, in order to understand the complex interactions between the oceans, atmosphere and terrestrial environment. Measurements from satellite sensors have provided scientists with the information needed to begin to describe, understand and model the various components of the earth system, not least of which are the polar ice covers, whose variability was essentially unknown before the satellite era. ESARC staff expertise is recognized through remote-sensing publications in the journals Science, Nature and Geophysical Research Letters, as well as award-winning remote-sensing research presented at conferences such as the International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). We specialize in these aspects of remote sensing: Remote-sensing research
areas: § Sea ice, including distinction between seasonal ("first-year") and perennial ("multi-year") ice areas § Greenland Ice Sheet, including outlet glaciers § Ocean and coastal circulation features §
Boreal
(northern)
land cover mapping and boreal forest (taiga) conditions Geographical
areas: §
The
Arctic and northern
North Atlantic § Northern Eurasia, including Siberia Methods
and techniques: § Passive-microwave sensor data analysis §
Synthetic Aperture Radar
(SAR) data
analysis §
Thermal
infrared and visible-band sensor data analysis §
Synergetic
remote sensing – combined use
of different sensors
For further information, please contact us at: info@esarc-colorado.org
Last updated on February 12, 2005.
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