A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have plagued similar Earth-observing instruments in the past. Literally years in ...

The 4th International Workshop on Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms Using Satellite Microwave Radiometers, Radar and IR Data and Global Precipitation Mapping was held at the National Institute of ...

Astrium, the world’s second ranking space company, has delivered the proto-flight model (PFM) of the microwave radiometer (MWR) (an instrument for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Sentinel-3A ...

Airbus will build two microwave radiometers on behalf of the French Space Agency (CNES). These will be for use on a NASA/JAXA international climate satellite mission. It will be as part of the French ...

The first complete microwave image of the Moon taken by Chinese lunar satellite Chang'E-1 has been revealed. Chang’E-1 is China’s first scientific mission to explore planetary bodies beyond Earth and ...

Climate models are essential tools for understanding our planet's future, helping scientists predict global warming patterns, sea level rise, and extreme weather events. These sophisticated computer ...

In the last decade the number and intensity of forest fires seems to have been on the increase around the globe, with massive and devastating wildfires in California, Greece, Russia and Australia. The ...

Behind every weather forecast--from your local, five-day prediction to a late-breaking hurricane track update--are the satellites that make them possible. Government agencies depend on observations ...

This is an artist's concept of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission. A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have ...