SeismographWorking along with the United States Geological Survey, and with help from Montana Tech and the University of Utah our system was upgraded to include Earthworm in the course of the summer season of 2000. Montana Tech now contains the BYU-Idaho stations on their Web web site. To see current recordings of our seismic stations go to Montana Tech’s earthquake site. The BYU-Idaho stations are positioned on the backside of the web page showing all the totally different sites accessible for viewing via Montana Tech’s web page.

I do apologize but I can not bring myself to really feel much pity for the conceited human race when it’s confronted with the irresistible forces of the planet it imagines it controls. Had humanity learned to reside more in concord with Gaia, as opposed to raping her and assuming dominance at every alternative, folks would doubtless be higher prepared for and less likely to suffer so greatly from forces they can not management.

P-waves: These Major (or Pressure) waves journey by way of compression of the molecules of the substance they’re passing by. This is the same method by which sound waves travel. P-waves are the quickest waves, and can cross by … Read the rest

LandsatA team of investigators describes a new imaging spectrometer design that could enable improved pictures from NASA’s Landsat, for better understanding of phenomena, and environments as various as coral reefs, urbanization, tropical deforestation, and glaciers.

A retractable boom (4 m long) with 2 powered joints helps the articulated HGA (Excessive Achieve Antenna) which downlinks data by way of TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay System). The RF communications system uses S-, X-, L-, and Ku-bands. The S/C is three-axis stabilized, zero momentum with management to 0.01º utilizing reaction wheels.

Landsat pictures aren’t terribly big or difficult to process by today’s computing requirements. In a GeoTIFF image format, the file for a single 30m band is approximately 53MB. So long as you might be dealing with a study space that is contained within one or a couple of Landsat scenes, you should not need any special computer hardware to have the ability to use Landsat imagery.

The products are additionally accessible within the GeoTIFF format. The GeoTIFF format information are only out there via the What You See Is What You Get WELD Web distribution interface. This interface helps interactive ordering of any arbitrary rectangular space that has a data quantity of … Read the rest