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Nina Nadine Ridder

New Satellite Maps Reveal Global Ocean Alkalinity - 4 views

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    Innovative techniques that use satellites to monitor ocean acidification are set to revolutionize the way that scientists study the Earth's oceans. This new approach offers remote monitoring of large swathes of inaccessible ocean from satellites, including ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission.
Nina Nadine Ridder

Wild Cape York and glittering reef - 1 views

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    Really interesting bit hidden in the last paragraph: Monitoring coral bleaching from space with Envisat penetrating down to a depth of 10 m "[...] Envisat's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer sensor can detect coral bleaching down to depths of ten metres, meaning Envisat could potentially map coral bleaching on a global scale."
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    No, it can't :-) Since 8 April 2012 Envisat is a proud holder of the title of one of the biggest pieces of space junk out there in LEO...
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    admittedly correct, so the past tense would have been a more appropriate choice... Nevertheless, plenty of data to look back at and Sentinel-3 will launch eventually! ;)
Nina Nadine Ridder

NASA Sets Coverage for GOES-P Weather Satellite Launch on March 2 | SpaceRef - Your Spa... - 0 views

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    launch of satellite to collect data for improvement of ocean models, weather predictions and hurricane forecasts
Nina Nadine Ridder

-- Press Releases December 2009 ... - 2 views

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    The view from space showing the impact of global warming in a European Atlas of Environmental Change and Climate Communities
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