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NASA’s eye in the sky spells salinity danger

Posted in: 2000, SA Tags: 2000, aviation, environment, imaging, microwaves, physics, SA, salinity, salt, soils, space, University of South Australia, vegetation, water tables

With salinity fears escalating across Australia, researchers have developed an innovative method that uses microwave energy from NASA’s aircraft and Space Shuttle system to accurately map dryland salinity. Mr. David Bruce with colleagues from the University of South Australia and CSIRO have developed a way to use pulses of microwave energy to measure soil moisture.…