Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 176: Calibrating Satellite Image Data
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Host Andres Almeida: Image data from Earth-observing satellites like Landsat and the PACE mission helps scientists monitor everything from wildfires and hurricanes to crop health and changing coastlines. But before scientists can use those images for research, the data must be carefully calibrated to ensure the measurements are accurate and consistent over time. A lot of this happens inside NASA’s Goddard Calibration Laboratories at Goddard […]