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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this amazing image of Earth from the moons orbit

2015-12-18 17:37:18| Extremetech

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is currently in orbit around the moon -- just like it says on the tin -- and its LROC three-camera system just delivered some of the most amazing high-resolution images we've ever seen.

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NASA image reveals toxic pall carbon monoxide from Indonesian fires

2015-12-16 13:06:28| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A satellite detected "remarkably high" carbon monoxide levels in Sumatra and Kalimantan during Indonesia's recent wildfire disaster. Concentrations in Central Kalimantan province were nearly 13 times the normal average. The invisible gas is poisonous to humans in large doses, though the precise health effects of the pollution from Indonesia's fires remain largely unknown. One of the most troubling unanswered questions hanging over Indonesias wildfire disaster is how it affects human health....

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Image processing engineer expertise in Hyperspectral Sounding Products

2015-12-15 22:05:32| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

With 1.700 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and in Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating and operating mission critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey. Our German activities grow at fast pace and to face our costumers high level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles having relevant experience in Space systems. The Key Person will be part of the HSIRL2 team. The Key Person shall especially contribute to the specifications documentation and prototyping of the IASING principal components referred to as L1D in EPSSG context and L2 products generation functions and to the support of the operational software implementation during the initial development phase of the Payload Data Acquisition and Processing. Support to the preparation and completion of the commissioning of IASIMetopC is also expected. PROFILE The Key Person shall have a University degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as computer science, mathematics, physics, astrophysics, meteorology or remote sensing. The Key Person shall have at least three years of experience in the field of scientific computing. Specifically, the Key Person shall have experience and skills in Numerical algorithms Development and testing of complex scientific software Documentation of complex scientific software Generation and documentation of test data and test procedures Handling and processing of big amounts of data NetCDF format and using associated libraries Object oriented techniques for scientific computing Concurrent SW development in a team and Software tools for revision control Very good skills in C Advanced use of data analysis and visualisation with tools like IDL or Matlab preferably with satellite data Experience in some of the following areas is expected and will be an advantage Inverse problems Principal component analysis Further mathematical modelling techniques nonlinear optimization, regression, neural networks, Kalman filters, etc. Familiarity with satellite data, preferably from IASI or other hyperspectral infrared instruments Use of radiative transfer models Retrieval of atmospheric parameters from infrared andor microwave radiances Software testing Validation and visualization of satellite products Software libraries for numerical linear algebra and similar subroutines Experience with further programming relevant languages and tools such as Perl, Python, Java, etc. Multithreads programming The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. The working language for the position is English and therefore the Engineer must be able to work effectively in this language and have knowledge of the other. How to apply Please consider the following points before applying Please submit your complete application documents in English. An attached cover letter should mention your availability and salary expectations. Interested applicants should submit their CV to francoisxavier.laffontcs.fr with the job title. Due to new work permit restrictions for this position, please apply only if you are citizen of a European Union state or if you hold all appropriate documentation and permits to work in Europe. Closing date 12th February 2016 Starting Date Q2 2016 Interviews week 0809 2016

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Ingnieur Qualit Image HF

2015-12-15 18:06:18| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS

Avec 1700 collaborateurs pour un chiffre daffaires de 173 millions deuros, CS se positionne parmi les premires socits de services en informatique en France et saffirme comme un concepteur, intgrateur et oprateur de systmes critiques de tout premier plan. Nos clients europens et mondiaux sont dans les secteurs de la Dfense, aronautique, spatial, nergie, transport, secteur public et finance. CS ralise environ 80 de ses projets au forfait. CS est cot sur le march Euronext Paris. Au sein du dpartement Images et GeoApplications, vous serez intgr dans lquipe oprationnelle pour la ralisation du contrle de la qualit image des produits Sentinel 3. Votre mission consistera Vrifier la radiomtrie et la gomtrie des produits en sortie de la chaine image Identifier les anomalies et apporter une premire analyse Collaborer avec les experts thmatiques pour apporter des solutions aux problmes poss Superviser ltat des instruments bord du satellite Raliser la calibration et la validation des donnes. Vous serez en interface avec des experts europens du domaine. Ingnieur de formation ou quivalent universitaire BAC 5 vous bnficiez dune exprience dau moins un an un poste similaire. Vous disposez des comptences techniques suivantes Connaissance des langages Python, IDL et scripts Shell Connaissance en observation de la terre et des concepts de correction radiomtrique et gomtrique. Une exprience en opration de chaines de traitement serait un plus. La matrise de langlais courant est indispensable. Rigoureux et autonome, vous aimez travailler en quipe. Vous restez rattach CS Toulouse mais il sagit dune mission Antibes de trs longue dure. To apply click here

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