Understanding the distinct characteristics of optical and radar satellite imagery is crucial in the field of optical engineering. Optical imagery, captured by satellites using cameras that detect ...

Soil brightness maps are derived from optical satellite imagery and are usually cheaper than soil electrical conductivity or electromagnetic imaging surveys, as the satellite images are collected ...

This practice shows how to monitor the impacts of meteorological drought on natural vegetation using MODIS optical satellite imagery. The practice has been developed in the context of the SEWS-D ...

Often, interference found on these images must be corroborated with other optical satellite imaging data or other intelligence reports to confirm movements of military hardware. A further issue is ...

Most global land cover maps are based on medium to high resolution optical and radar satellite imagery, for example, AVHRR, MODIS, SPOT-Vegetation, and MERIS. More recently high-resolution optical ...

Cube satellites equipped with onboard artificial intelligence (AI) can detect fires from space up to 500 times faster than ...

Unlike traditional electro-optical satellite imagery, which can be hampered by poor weather and lighting, SAR generates images with radar that can penetrate cloud cover and other adverse conditions.

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and insights, announced today that its first ...

Satellite imagery released over the past 24 hours has revealed evidence of probable damage at an Iranian air base following an Israeli strike in the early hours of Friday morning. BBC Verify has ...