June 26, 2008
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter June 26, 2008 |
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Satellite will improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, say NASA
A new NASA-French space agency oceanography satellite was lofted into space from Vandenberg Air Force Base early last Friday morning on a three year mission to record sea level, a vital indicator of global climate change. The mission is expected to return a vast amount of new data that will allow greater precision in weather, climate and ocean forecasts. Jason-2, or the Ocean Surface Topography Mission, is a joint venture between NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the French Space Agency, and the European Meteorology Satellite service. ... |
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European sensors will monitor radiation, pollution and extreme temperatures
Wireless sensor networks are currently receiving huge attention as a basic tool to detect emergency events or monitor physical parameters of interest, such as radiation, pollution and extreme temperatures. The WINSOC project, supported by the EU with EUR 2.44 million in funding, is developing innovative sensor networks that mimic biological systems. With these new sensors, the project partners hope to detect immanent catastrophes in time for action to be taken. Initial project results have already been reported in various journals, such as IEEE Signal Proc. Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Signal ... |
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