How to Use satellite imagery in a Sentence

satellite imagery

noun
  • That's where the spy satellite imagery has proven to be a crucial tool.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The bodies could also be seen in satellite imagery of the area from June 21.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The team could quantify the white spruce in the region with satellite imagery that shows how the tree line has changed over time.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Can see quite a bit of smoke on this mornings satellite imagery.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2024
  • What’s clear from satellite imagery is that the strike left the fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol caved in and smoking.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The researchers compared satellite imagery of those test flights to others where pilots didn’t try to avoid contrails.
    Justine Calma, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Coleman was in Los Angeles when the fires broke out, but said that based on satellite imagery, her home appears to be standing.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The house was destroyed in late December, satellite imagery shows.
    Chevaz Clarke, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Scientists were astonished by the size and strength of the storm as satellite imagery captured the giant wall of dust in stunning detail.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
  • So this was testing the waters, in other words, for U.S. reaction to satellite imagery.
    CBS News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The tour confirmed what satellite imagery hinted at: This 97-acre property was a total loss.
    Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Exclusive satellite imagery from Airbus seen by CNN showed people massing outside of the area and crowds moving in through an opening to the street.
    Caitlin Hu, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Weather satellite imagery below revealed the cloud cover and the extent of the smoke associated with the fire.
    Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Further up the beach, satellite imagery captured Dec. 2 shows what appears to be four pipes coming out of the sea and a curved spit creating a natural harbor.
    Peter Alexander, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Commercial satellite imagery also showed large amounts of smoke coming from near the headquarters after the strikes.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Aerial and satellite imagery reviewed by the AP show the gully has long been choked with thick grass, shrubs, small trees, and trash, which a severe summer drought turned into tinder-dry fuel for fires.
    Michael Biesecker, Jennifer McDermott, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Adding to the uncertainty, up-to-date satellite imagery has become more difficult to access.
    Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The Times obtained very high-resolution satellite imagery that also shows damage to another section of the roadway in the days and weeks before the dam’s collapse.
    Dmitriy Khavin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • Holland Michel also points out that satellite imagery and AI have their limitations.
    WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Analysis of before-and-after satellite imagery shows new scorch marks around the trenches on the day of the strike, possibly indicating that the site was used for launching missiles.
    Alexander Cardia, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Radar satellite imagery involves sending radio waves and microwaves, bouncing them off the Earth’s surface, and detecting their echos.
    Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 21 July 2023
  • The WaPo, which spoke to 14 witnesses and colleagues of the slain journalists, also asked two analysts to review satellite imagery covering a 1.2 mile radius of the area, which was captured on the day of the attack.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Stepan walks through the four levels of how AI can augment warfare: One is reconnaissance, where machine learning can be used to collate large volumes of footage and satellite imagery.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • British Government analysis of satellite imagery over the port of Sevastopol appears to show an increase in marine training units between April and June 2023.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 23 June 2023
  • An analysis by The New York Times of satellite imagery found no apparent evidence of smoke, burning or other signs of a successful strike.
    Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • The team identified the branch — long since filled in by silt — using satellite imagery, geophysical surveys, and sediment cores sampled from the Western Desert Plateau.
    Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 May 2024
  • More than half of all Gaza’s structures — schools, homes, universities — are damaged or in ruins, according to satellite imagery.
    A Times Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Times verified the location of the videos by matching footage of the aftermath to satellite imagery of the area, but could not immediately verify whether the damage was caused by an Israeli airstrike.
    Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • The analysis uses satellite imagery to detect sinking and rising land to help paint a more precise picture of exposure to flooding both today and in the future.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The Post analyzed satellite imagery and photographs on social media to map damage to the hospital and locate the gravesite, just inside the eastern gates of the hospital complex.
    Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023

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