Finding Stable Sites to Calibrate Orbiting Satellites
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Through a 2015 Google Earth Engine Research award, South Dakota State University imaging engineer Larry Leigh will search for remote places where the surface properties and therefore the energy readings do not change over time. The SDSU image processing laboratory uses these stable sites to calibrate orbiting earth-imaging satellites, such as Landsat. Leigh is one of nine researchers worldwide whose geospatial analysis projects received funding from the Google Earth Engine team this year.