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Converting Greenhouse Gases to Rocks

One of the ways scientists are attempting to reduce greenhouse gases is to inject these gases into the ground. Specifically, they are testing injecting them, into basalt which is type of igneous rocks...

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Python wrappers for the Generic Mapping Tools on the way

An interface for interoperability between the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT), a tool used by geophysicists to create research-quality figures, and Matlab has recently been developed that allows GMT users...

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Global (SRTM) Bathymetry Map

The following is an 20x downsampled SRTM global bathymetry map made with Python and Basemap. Full resolution can be found on wikimedia. One can notice the depth of the ocean floor, on a global scale,...

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Seeking an Internship in Geophysics or Remote Sensing, & Machine Learning

Seeking a 5- to 6- months industry-oriented internship in applied (marine) geophysics or remote sensing, and machine learning or signal processing for the period April-Sept. 2018. Your help is very...

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We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads, Zeynep Tufekci...

Experiments show that what the algorithm picks to show you can affect your emotions. But that’s not all. It also affects political behavior.

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A Close-up Look at a Rare Underwater Eruption

via: Woods Hole scientists took close look at largest underwater volcanic eruption in 100 years

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Snow in the Desert

source: https://dia-algerie.com/neige-recouvre-dunes-de-sables-a-ain-sefra/ source: NASA Earth Observatory via [NASA Earth Observatory]

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Insight, a mission to explore Mars’ Interior

So far the only way to get any information about the interior of rocky planets was from the moment of inertia which is related to a planets mass distribution. This only allowed to estimate if a planet...

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Anaconda Python needs cleaning every once in a while

As a user of Anaconda python I have been receiving (Ubuntu) system warnings of low free space in my home directory. Investigating what was causing this I found out that Anaconda python had several...

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VIM video tutorials

Over the past or so year I have been heavily using `Vim` as my main text editor for Python scripting and LaTeX editing of my CV as well as taking notes from occasionally. Moreover, over the past few...

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Fluid Cam – Seeing through the Ocean Surface

The ocean is a complex system as a result of coupled forces arising from fluid dynamics. This coupling of the difference forces in the ocean (currents, surface and internal waves, swell, etc…) and the...

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The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life

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Growing Cancer Cells & Coronal Mass Ejections Are Visually Similar

  Using solar and astronomical image processing techniques and mathematical theory we have developed novel image analysis techniques to track the growth of tumours and other cell-based structures,...

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Yoshua Bengio on AI

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Attending the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy

Attending the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy. Update: See the relevant posts. …

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At DTU Riso for the PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy

Attending the PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy at the Institute of Wind Energy at the Denmark Technical University (DTU Riso) in Roskilde, Denmark. Day 1 focused on LIDARs. It...

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Day 2 at the DTU PhD Summer School

Day 2 at the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy focuses on Continuous Wave (CW) lidars and Pulsed lidars. … … …

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Day 3 at DTU PhD Summer School

The 3rd day of the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy covered wind turbine control using lidars and their accuracy, field work to install and operate a Windcube lidar. It also...

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4th Day at DTU PhD Summer School

The fourth day of the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy focused on scanning wind lidars, complex terrains, turbulence and wind profiles.   …

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5th Day at DTU PhD Summer School

The 5th day at the DTU PhD Summer School on Remote Sensing for Wind Energy covered Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing and power curves. It concluded with a plenary session. …

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