Remote sensing is the science and art of obtaining and interpreting information about an object, area, or phenomenon through the analysis of data acquired by a sensor that is not in contact with the object, area, or phenomenon being observed. There are...

International research efforts have been undertaken to study the complex and interconnected processes that affect Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land. Essential information for this research is provided by fleets of satellites and aircraft...

There are two kinds of remote sensing. Passive sensors detect natural energy (radiation) that is emitted or reflected by the object or surrounding area being observed. Reflected sunlight is the most common source of radiation measured by passive...

RADARSAT International (RSI, www.rsi.ca) and Jeppesen (www.jeppesen.com) have signed a contract calling for RSI to provide digital elevation data to Jeppesen for creating a worldwide terrain database. Jeppesen will use the database to supply specialized subsets of terrain data for use in Terrain...

It's a technology that can be good for business and the environment at the same time. That may sound improbable, but Dr. Robert Vincent, a professor of geology at Bowling Green State University, is convinced that multispectral remote sensing will impact business similarly...

About 100 wild elephants have converged on a river island in northeast India, demolishing homes, feasting on sugarcane and panicking residents, officials said Saturday.Thousands of villagers were using firecrackers and bonfires to scare away the rampaging animals."Dozens of houses have been destroyed in the past...

NASA has capped funding for a remote sensor being developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory for the Mars Science Laboratory rover."We didn't stop their work, but they're vastly overpriced and we have not been able to curtail that," said Alan Stern, head of science at...