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Eyes In The Skies: Using Optical Filters To Observe And Measure Earth From A Different Perspective

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Eyes In The Skies: Using Optical Filters To Observe And Measure Earth From A Different Perspective

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  • Author: James Harrington
Since the agricultural revolution more than 10,000 years ago humans have increasingly sought ways to manage and improve our local and global environments. In the modern world we have become increasingly dependent on the ability to control or at the very least understand, for purposes of commerce, safety and security, and science, our environment and our impact/interaction with it. This includes a desire for increased understanding of natural and man-made or influenced phenomena such as forest fires, lightning, atmospheric constituents (clouds and aerosols), weather (storms), ocean temperatures/currents, forests and deforestation, crops/surface cover and albedo, sea-ice, and oil spills. An improved ability to manage or understand these phenomena is critical to ensuring that we maintain a healthy planet capable of sustaining humanity as part of its diverse bio-mass. But understanding these phenomena and how they are changing over time requires measurement.

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