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Mapping Landslides from Space
October 1, 2012 | European Space Agency

Earth-observing satellites – specifically those equipped with radars – can help scientists to map and monitor ground movement. [...] From their orbits some 800 km above the ground, satellite radars can detect these ground deformations down to within centimetres.


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