• Biomass is an Earth observing satellite planned for launch by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2024 on a Vega launch vehicle. The mission will provide...
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  • forms part of sewage sludge. Biomass (satellite) - an Earth observation satellite Houghton, R. A. (2008-01-01), "Biomass", in Jørgensen, Sven Erik; Fath...
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    Biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass...
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    acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. It is a joint NASA / USGS program. On 23 July 1972, the Earth Resources Technology Satellite was launched. This...
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  • "Esa approves Biomass satellite to monitor Earth's forests". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2013. "Bye-Bye Biomass: forest monitoring satellite departs for final...
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    Biofuel (redirect from Biomass fuel)
    Biofuel is a fuel that is produced over a short time span from biomass, rather than by the very slow natural processes involved in the formation of fossil...
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    such as phytoplankton biomass or concentrations of other living and non-living material. The patterns of algal blooms from satellite over time, over large...
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    synthetic aperture radar on an Earth observation satellite. The satellite will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies. It will be used for...
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    the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to Earth. Its advantages include a higher collection...
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  • fermentation with genetically modified microbes. In some cases, production of biomass itself is the objective, as is the case for single-cell proteins, baker's...
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    Fuel wood and biomass burning is the primary reason for near-permanent haze and smoke observed above rural and urban India, and in satellite pictures of...
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    shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat, tides and the wind....
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    however, due to their generally much larger size, their collective global biomass is estimated to be about equal to that of prokaryotes. Prokaryotes number...
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  • third major category (18%). Plant agriculture, including both food and biomass production, constitutes a fourth group (15%), with rice production being...
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    current usage, the term remote sensing generally refers to the use of satellite- or aircraft-based sensor technologies to detect and classify objects...
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    years. It is a key species in the Antarctic ecosystem and in terms of biomass, is one of the most abundant animal species on the planet – approximately...
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    total biomass. Present day primary productivity can be estimated through a variety of methodologies including ship-board measurements, satellites and terrestrial...
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    ensure continued, healthy, fish stocks, measurements of the Spawning Stock Biomass (the stock population capable of reproducing) allows sensible conservation...
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    imaging). SAR can also be used in forestry to determine forest height, biomass, and deforestation. Volcano and earthquake monitoring use differential...
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  • "Satellite data analytics company raises funding". Herald Scotland. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2015. "Plenty of biomass - Satellites say"...
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    Protist (section Biomass)
    moulds, or as important parasites. Together, they compose an amount of biomass that doubles that of animals. They exhibit varied types of nutrition (such...
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    oxygen production, despite amounting to only about 1% of the global plant biomass. Phytoplankton are very diverse, varying from photosynthesizing bacteria...
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    cycle as a part of the global climate system Quantitatively estimate the biomass and fundamental productivity as a part of the carbon cycle Detect trends...
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    Normalized difference vegetation index (category Satellite meteorology)
    The spectrometric data is usually sourced from remote sensors, such as satellites. The metric is popular in industry because of its accuracy. It has a high...
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  • ADM-Aeolus EarthCARE BIOMASS FLEX Aquarius payload (NASA) Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite Proba-2 "Two new ESA satellites successfully lofted into...
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    Consorcio Energetico Punta Cana Macao (CEPM), a fossil fuel, renewable, and biomass energy producer led by US-based Argentine businessman Rolando Gonzalez-Bunster...
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    in increased biomass production. Recent studies have found three likely drivers of nutrient influx linked to increasing Sargassum biomass: an increase...
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  • optimal solar radiation levels) and do not convert all harvested energy into biomass, which results in a maximum overall photosynthetic efficiency of 3 to 6%...
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    environments, marine environments have biomass pyramids which are inverted at the base. In particular, the biomass of consumers (copepods, krill, shrimp...
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    can be combined with data from satellite records to predict future yields based on the current level of field biomass. Aggregated images can create contour...
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