Remote Sensing and GEOINT

This past fall,

In March,

NASA Earth science researchers traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly a Dragon Eye unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) -- a small electric aircraft equipped with cameras and sensors -- into the volcano’s sulfur dioxide plume and over its summit crater, to study Turrialba’s chemical environment. This article explains how researchers want to improve the remote-sensing capability of satellites and computer models of volcanic activity.

Forensic Oceanography (FO) is a project led by Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani and Situ Studio as part of the European Research Council project “Forensic Architecture” directed by Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London (

A new satellite that will detect the lightning inside storm clouds may lead to valuable improvements in tornado detection. The GOES-R satellite is currently being built with new technology that may help provide earlier warnings for severe weather.

This is Part 3 and the final installment of a series on the origins of civilian satellite imaging programs. Part 3 now provides an overview of the work of non governmental organizations (NGO's) that attempt to reveal the nature of human suffering, both from man-made disasters and crimes perpetrated by human rights violators. 

This article from NASA reviews a new Landsat imagery tool that detects a spruce budworm insect outbreak in Mt. Hood National Forest. Called LandTrendr, this computer program is able to find patterns previously buried within vast amounts of scientific data.

NASA, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, will launch the Nation’s next Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on February 11. Landsat 8 will extend the longest continuous and comprehensive record of the Earth’s land as viewed from space. This article looks at the mission ahead and the technical specifications of the imaging payload.

Many preserved lands require prescribed livestock grazing as a management tool to promote healthy habitats for protected species. This article by environmental analyts from WRA Inc. describes the Cowpacity model for a grazing capacity by using GIS modeling methods.