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IntroductionUnder the double pressure of climate change and rapid urbanization, the degradation of the urban thermal environment has become a major obstacle to regional sustainable development. As a manufacturing-leading metropolis, Dongguan has undergone a drastic land use transformation and ecological space compression since 2000, potentially undermining its urban cooling system.MethodsIn this …

On May 4, 1976, a spacecraft resembling a disco ball entered orbit almost 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) above Earth. This shiny, two‑foot‑wide (60‑centimeter) sphere called the Laser Geodynamics Satellite, or LAGEOS, is covered with 426 retroreflectors—small mirrored prisms designed to bounce laser light directly back to where it came from. Beneath its aluminum exterior sits […]

The increasing frequency and severity of wildfires necessitates advanced methods for effective surveillance and management, as traditional ground-based techniques often struggle to adapt to rapidly changing fire behavior and environmental conditions. This study investigates the use of multispectral aerial and satellite imagery for wildfire management through an assessment of current literature an…

The NASA estimates are based on measurements taken between October 2025 and January 2026 by the NISAR satellite

Following its successful deployment and commissioning initial imagery is expected to be delivered to customers in the coming weeks

Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas

A Geostatistics‐Based Tool to Characterize Spatio‐Temporal Patterns of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature Fields Over the Contiguous United States Torres‐Rojas, L; Waterman, T; Cai, J; Zorzetto, E; Wainwright, HM; Chaney, NW Surface fluxes and states can recur and remain consistent across various spatial and temporal scales, forming space-time patterns. Quantifying and understanding the obs…

Description A scientist produced this map of land subsidence (sinking) in Mexico City using data from the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission captured between Oct. 25, 2025, and Jan. 17, 2026. The region has been a well-known hot spot of subsidence for decades, and images like this help confirm that NISAR is performing as […] The post US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsi…

One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City. The findings show how quickly and reliably the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite can track real-time changes across Earth’s surface from orbit, unhindered by clouds or vegetation […] The post US-Indian Space Mission Ma…

Accurate and time-sensitive spatial ecological information is essential for biodiversity policies and environmental planning, yet existing remote sensing (RS) classification workflows may struggle to integrate ecological semantics and prior domain knowledge, limiting their interpretability and performance for statutory habitat assessments such as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). In this study we expl…

Tree Canopy Radiance Measurement SystemCaldwell, W., and V. Vanderbilt (1989), Tree Canopy Radiance Measurement System, Optical Engineering, 28, 1227–1236. Preparations for AVIRIS: from VAX to CRAYCurran, P. J., and J. L. Dungan (1989), Preparations for AVIRIS: from VAX to CRAY, On Line, 11, 1–7. Estimation of Signal-to-Noise: A New Techniques Applied to AVIRIS DataCurran, P. […] The post 1989 Am…

A Case Study of the Mountain Lee Wave Event of January 6Chan, R., et al. (1992), “A Case Study of the Mountain Lee Wave Event of January 6, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2551–2554. Seasonal LAI in Slash Pine Estimated with Landsat TMCurran, P. J., J. L. Dungan, and H. L. Gholz (1992), Seasonal LAI in […] The post 1992 Ames Earth Science Publications appeared first on NASA Science .

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Polarized and Specular Reflectance Variation with Leaf Surface FeaturesGrant, L., C. S. T. Daughtry, and V. Vanderbilt (1993), Polarized and Specular Reflectance Variation with Leaf Surface Features, Physiology Plantarum., 88, 1–9. Preface to the JGR Special Section on ‘The NASA Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project: Tropical Field Experiment (STEP)Pfister, L., and P. B. Russell (1993), Prefa…

Floods have become more unpredictable and erratic due to the influence of extreme hydroclimatic events. Therefore, obtaining near-real-time, accurate flood inundation maps for such events is essential for effective flood emergency response, which can be achieved by leveraging remotely sensed data. This study integrated high-resolution remote sensing data to enhance flood inundation mapping in a d…

By Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center  For more than 50 years, Landsat has imaged Earth’s land and near-shore surfaces as the satellites descend in midmorning orbit, when daily sunlight is optimal. That’s just what they’ve always done.  Currently, Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 circle the globe while also making better use of their ascending paths, […]

A practical Remote Sensing of Environment submission guide for Earth-observation researchers evaluating their work against the journal's environmental-relevance bar.

A practical IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) submission guide for remote-sensing researchers evaluating their work against the journal's algorithmic bar.