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TanDEM-X: The New Global DEM Takes Shape
by Manfred Zink, Markus Bachmann,
Benjamin Bräutigam, Thomas Fritz, Irena Hajnsek,
Gerhard Krieger, Alberto Moreira, and Birgit Wessel
Making Satellite Precipitation Data Work
for the Developing World
by Abebe Gebregiorgis and Faisal Hossain
SPECial SECtiOn On SPaCE agEnCiES
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The European Space Agency's
Earth Observation Program
by Y.-L. Desnos, M. Borgeaud, M. Doherty,
V. Liebig, and M. Rast
Image courtesy of dlr
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by Masanobu Shimada
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Earth Observation Applications in Brazil
with Focus on the CBERS Program
by Leila M.G. Fonseca, José C.N. Epiphanio,
Dalton M. Valeriano, João V. Soares, Julio C.L. Dalge,
and Márcia A. Santos
Pg. 8
On the cOver:
Acquired on 13 April 2014 at 23:57
GMT by Sentinel-1A, this first image
shows a transect over the northern
part of the Antarctica Peninsula. It was
acquired in the satellite's 'strip map'
mode with a swath width of 80 km an
incidence angle of 31.2 degrees and in
dual polarization (HH,HV). The color
coding (Red for HV, Green for HH and
Blue for HH) demonstrates how the
land, ice, sea ice, icebergs and ocean
reflect the radar signal differently.
© Image courtesy of esa
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MGRS.2014.2317559
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JAXA Earth Observation Programs Digest
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by Guy Seguin, Satish Srivastava, and Denis Auger
59
The German Earth Observation Activities
in an International Context
Evolution of the RADARSAT Program
by Hans-Peter Lüttenberg and Peter Schaadt
64
ASI COSMO-SkyMed: Mission Overview
and Data Exploitation
by M. Virelli, A. Coletta, and M.L. Battagliere
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