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...
View ArticlePython 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...
View ArticleGlobal (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,...
View ArticleSeeking 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...
View ArticleWe’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.
View ArticleA Close-up Look at a Rare Underwater Eruption
via: Woods Hole scientists took close look at largest underwater volcanic eruption in 100 years
View ArticleSnow in the Desert
source: https://dia-algerie.com/neige-recouvre-dunes-de-sables-a-ain-sefra/ source: NASA Earth Observatory via [NASA Earth Observatory]
View ArticleInsight, 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...
View ArticleAnaconda 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...
View ArticleVIM 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...
View ArticleFluid 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...
View ArticleGrowing 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,...
View ArticleAttending 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. …
View ArticleAt 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...
View ArticleDay 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. … … …
View ArticleDay 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...
View Article4th 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. …
View Article5th 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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