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Value Engineering for Site Planning and Preparation
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Informed Infrastructure spoke with Michael Kissinger, senior engineer and Land Development Division Manager at Pennoni Associates, and Steve Lewis, single point of contact for Pennoni’s Bentley SITEOPS business. We touched on their creative use of the SITEOPS site-planning tool on a variety of projects to win and retain business.
Video: Snow Scientists in the Windswept Montana Prairie
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NASA’s SnowEx ground and airborne campaign is a multiyear effort using a variety of techniques to study snow characteristics, and the team began their new field study year in January 2021.
Watch the Latest Water Satellite Unfold Itself in Space
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Two cameras aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite captured the large mast and antenna panels of the spacecraft’s main science instrument deploying over four days, a process that was completed ...
Weather Forecasts Will Remain Reliable, Even with Climate Change
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Anthony Lupo, professor of atmospheric science at MU, found that even as carbon dioxide levels create a warmer climate, experts will still be able to predict weather patterns accurately.
Weather Versus Climate Change
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Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks down the difference between weather and climate change.
Weather-Observation Gap Over Middle East Causes Consternation
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Exelis makes the majority of the weather and climate instruments for the U.S. government as well as Japan and Korea, including those that monitor greenhouse gases. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Eric Webster, vice president and director for weather and climate systems at Exelis. His team has been working with the U.S. Air Force to study weather capabilities over Centcom (the Middle East and the Indian Ocean) that have been provided by a European weather satellite. The other weather instruments are owned by Russia and China, so there’s some concern about the source of this sensing going forward.
What Does a Warming Arctic Mean for the Future?
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The Arctic is experiencing disproportionately higher temperature increases compared to the rest of the planet, triggering a series of cascading effects. This rapid warming has profound implications for global climate ...
What is Civil BIM?
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Dewberry Civil Engineers Cody Pennetti and Meagan Judge, along with Senior Applications Specialist Cyndy Davenport, explain how site/civil engineers are using civil BIM to showcase complex information in a familiar way.
What Is NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)? (Mission Overview)
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Soon to be operating from the International Space Station, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission will comprehensively measure the mineral composition of Earth’s mineral dust source reg...