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 ...

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 ...

As weather experts warn East Coast residents of Hurricane Earl approaching the coastline by late Thursday, federal agencies are employing old and new technologies to track the massive storm’s movement ...

The Microwave Radiometer Technology Acceleration (MiRaTA) satellite, a 3U CubeSat, is shown with solar panels fully deployed, flanking the body of the spacecraft, which has a circular aperture at the ...

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 ...

This paper describes a new Passive Microwave Empirical Cold Surface Classification Algorithm (PESCA) developed for snow-cover detection and characterization by using passive microwave satellite ...

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 ...