Comparison of Decadal Trends among Total Solar Irradiance Composites of Satellite Observations by Nicola Scafetta, Richard C. Willson

“…We present a new analysis of the two-decade-old controversy over interpretation of satellite observations of total solar irradiance (TSI) since 1978 and the implications of our findings for TSI as a driver of climate change. …”
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Variable Subarray Beamforming in Low Earth Orbit Satellite Feeder Link MIMO by Koyo Tategami, Daisuke Goto, Kiyohiko Itokawa, Fumihiro Yamashita

Subjects: “…Low earth orbit satellite…”
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Application of Sum of Squares Method in Nonlinear H∞ Control for Satellite Attitude Maneuvers by Fanwei Meng, Dini Wang, Penghui Yang, Guanzhou Xie

“…The nonlinear H∞ control design of a polynomial system for large satellite attitude maneuvers is taken as our example. …”
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A pediatric case of common blue nevus with satellite lesion and ruptured hemorrhage by Yifan Yang, Wenxian Zhang, Zhaoming Liu

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Towards a throughput-optimal routing algorithm for data collection on satellite networks by Jianzhou Chen, Lixiang Liu, Xiaohui Hu

“…To perform Earth observation, more and more satellites are equipped with high-resolution sensors like hyperspectral imagers, which generate data at tens of Gbps. …”
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Automatic Task Planning and Its On-Orbit Verification of Agile Remote Sensing Satellite by Zhang Yahang, Yang Haiyue, Yang Mengfei, Yang Ruochu, Leng Shuhang

“…An on-board autonomous task planning system is designed and implemented in this article, aiming at the problem that the current remote sensing satellite needs complex instruction support to perform tasks and depends on the ground system too much. …”
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Bias Correction in Monthly Records of Satellite Soil Moisture Using Nonuniform CDFs by Shan Wang, Huiling Shan, Chi Zhang, Yuexing Wang, Chunxiang Shi

“…One simple method for bias removal is to match cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) of modeled soil moisture data to satellite soil moisture data. Traditional methods approximate numerical CDFs using 12 or 20 uniformly spaced samples. …”
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Antenna Configuration Method for RF Measurement Based on DOPs in Satellite Formation Flying by Weiqing Mu, Rongke Liu, Zijie Wang, Yukai Liu

“…Radio frequency (RF) measurement technology provides a relative navigation solution that can be of great importance to have significant potential for application to the satellite groups. With the development of the RF relative measurement sensors, it is found that the antenna configuration of the sensors affects the precision of relative position and attitude measurement. …”
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A Satellite Observation Data Transmission Scheduling Algorithm Oriented to Data Topics by Hao Chen, Baorong Zhai, Jiangjiang Wu, Chun Du, Jun Li

“…The scheduling of Earth Observation Satellite (EOS) data transmission is a complex combinatorial optimization problem. …”
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An Efficient Fitness Function in Genetic Algorithm Classifier for Landuse Recognition on Satellite Images by Ming-Der Yang, Yeh-Fen Yang, Tung-Ching Su, Kai-Siang Huang

“…For the purpose of testing and verifying DBFCMI, well-known indices such as DBI, FCMI, and PASI are employed as well for comparison. A SPOT-5 satellite image in a partial watershed of Shihmen reservoir is adopted as the examined material for landuse classification. …”
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Modelling Lake Ice Phenology with an Examination of Satellite-Detected Subgrid Cell Variability by Laura C. Brown, Claude R. Duguay

“…The simulations were found to be within the satellite-detected subgrid cell variability: 62% of the time for ice-off and 80% of the time for ice-on. …”
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Validation of Two MODIS Aerosols Algorithms with SKYNET and Prospects for Future Climate Satellites Such as the GCOM-C/SGLI by Jules R. Dim, Tamio Takamura, Akiko Higurashi, Pradeep Kathri, Nobuyuki Kikuchi, Takahashi Y. Nakajima

“…The results obtained show a good agreement between the ground-truth data AOT and that of one of the satellites’ algorithms, then a systematic overestimation (around 0.2) by the other satellites’ algorithm. …”
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Enhanced Air Traffic Control Safety Using low Earth orbit Satellites: Non-TCAS Aircraft by Raziq Omayma, Nhaila Hasna, El Khaili Mohamed, Khiat Azeddine

“…This paper presents a study on a novel TCAS design that combines the exploitation of low-orbit satellites with the existing TCAS system to improve operational efficiency and overcome challenges. …”
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Deep Convolutional Network Based Machine Intelligence Model for Satellite Cloud Image Classification by Kalyan Kumar Jena, Sourav Kumar Bhoi, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Ranjit Panigrahi, Akash Kumar Bhoi

Subjects: “…satellite images…”
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Insights into spinetail devil ray spatial ecology in the Mediterranean Sea through satellite telemetry by Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Mohammed Abudaya, Giacomo Milisenda, Simonepietro Canese, Viola Panigada, Jehad Salah, Simone Panigada

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Development of Embedded Boot Software for a Satellite Instrument Control Unit: Lessons Learned by Jesús Fernández-Conde, Jaime Gómez-Saez-de-Tejada, David Pérez-Lizán, Rafael Toledo-Moreo

“…A satellite spacecraft is generally composed of a central Control and Data Management Unit (CDMU) and several instruments, each one locally controlled by its Instrument Control Unit (ICU). …”
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C-SAR/02 Satellite Polarimetric Calibration and Validation Based on Active Radar Calibrators by Yanan Jiao, Fengli Zhang, Xiaochen Liu, Zhiwei Huang, Jingwen Yuan

“…This approach improved the accuracy of the polarimetric calibration results and the effect of the quantization application of the C-SAR satellites. Moreover, our experimental results indicate that the method presented herein is suitable for the C-SAR/02 satellite and may also be more universally applicable to C-SAR-series satellites.…”
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Identification and investigation of the area under cultivation in Lenjanat using Landsat 8 satellite images by Vahid Riahi, Parviz Zeaiean Firouzabadi, Farhad Azizpour, Parastoo Darouei

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Prospecting for geothermal energy through satellite based thermal data: Review and the way forward by F. Howari

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Feasibility and parameter optimization of ground-to-satellite uplink continuous-variable quantum key distribution by Jin Cheng, Yujie Chen, Ao Liu, Xin Sun, Junjie Guo, Bohan Yang, Peng Yin, Wenbo Liu, Lanjian Chen, Chen Dong

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