GOES vs POES: A Tale of Two Weather Satellites
GOES and POES are both operational environmental satellites. But they actually share more in common such as their 40+ year legacy in space.
Remote Sensing
Worldview Satellite by Maxar
DigitalGlobe’s cutting-edge high resolution Worldview satellite carves out ridiculously crisp imagery at 31 cm in 8 spectral bands.
What is Geocaching – A Beginner’s Guide
Geocaching is a treasure hunt style game using a GPS receiver. Geocaches are meaningful places that someone hand-picked to become a hiding spot.
MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Despite popular belief MODIS is a satellite, it’s actually an instrument on-board a satellite. It has 36 bands, 250-1000 meter resolution and 2-day revisits.
The 50 Most Influential Satellites in Remote Sensing
A list of the 50 most iconic satellites put up into space to monitor our planet. We show the uses and types of satellites like weather and GPS satellites.
Landsat 8 Bands and Band Combinations
We list Landsat 8 bands as well as popular band combinations which includes coastal, blue, green, red, NIR, SWIR-1, SWIR-2, cirrus and two thermal bands.
Sentinel 2 Bands and Combinations
Sentinel 2 has a total of 13 bands. Each band is 10, 20 or 60 meters in pixel size. This includes red, green, blue, near infrared and short infrared bands.
AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) spatial resolution is actually very coarse at 1.1 km. But its revisit times are “very high” at just one day.
Sentinel Satellites of the Copernicus Programme
Copernicus is the world’s largest and most ambitious Earth observation program in existence today with its Sentinel satellites taking center stage.
Remote Sensing of the Environment
As our population grows and climate is at risk, remote sensing of the environment solves large-scale environmental issues for the land, ocean and atmosphere.