💧🌏 Greg Cocks1d ago
‘On A Whole Other Level’ - Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists
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Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west <-- shared media/technical article
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared National Significant Wildland Fire Potential @ 04/01/26 (for the next four months)
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[ extreme lack of snowfall already in the ‘25/’26 US West winter to begin with, and now this… ☹ ]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #weather #metrology #climatechange #extremeweather #snowpack #USWest #USA #winter #heat #melting #snowmelt #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #agriculture #wildfire #risk #hazard #firerisk #watersupply #watershed #management #planning #Colorado #Utah #California #earthobservation
@the Guardian | @nasa | @California Department of Water Resources
Show threadmj2d ago
Long after we'd invented powerful telescopes & microscopes to see past our human-scale limitations, we got around to doing the same for #time. It's equally important & has paid off w/many new discoveries & improved #metrology. Special symmetries are revealed. www.ecoticias.com/en/time-is-n...

Time is not the same in all ma...
Time is not the same in all materials, and an experiment shows that an electron can take between 26 and more than 200 attoseconds, depending on where it is located

Scientists found electrons take far longer to jump in some materials, raising new questions about time itself.

ECOticias.com
Scientific FrontlineMar 7
Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. Its primary goal is to establish a common, globally understood foundation for units of measurement, ensuring that data is accurate, reliable, and consistent across all disciplines.
#Metrology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/cat03072603.html
Metrology: In-Depth Description

Metrology is traditionally divided into three primary sub-disciplines, each operating at a different level of application and regulation

Show threadSPIEMar 6
#Intel also highlighted the growing role of maskless #lithography. Maskless tools enable rapid experimentation. Engineers can quickly create arrays of lines and spaces across a wafer to study process limits or intentionally write defects into patterns to test #metrology systems. 📏
Show threadƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞFeb 27
@batkaren
Just wait until you find out about Planck units.
#metrology
💧🌏 Greg CocksFeb 6
Changes In Dominant Streamflow Drivers As Network-Scale Flow Regime Shifts From Intermittent To Ephemeral Across A Multi-Year Drought
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70413 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #fluvial #pluvial #precipitation #extremeweather #California #USA #semiarid #watershed #headwaters #weather #metrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #geostatistics #monitoring #sensors #instrumentation #insitu #drought #streamflow #ephemeral #intermittent #catchments #waterresources #watermanagement #watersecurity #planning
#coast #coastal #hydrogeomorphic #geology #climate
💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 31
From Space To Field - Putting satellite insights into growers’ hands [OpenET]
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https://irrigationtoday.org/features/from-space-to-field/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://etdata.org/ <-- shared OpenET home page
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https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openet-satellite-based-water-data-resource/ <-- shared NASA technical article
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https://youtu.be/Rbobf6aurLs?si=Q0kN9eiZH0gT8O5m <-- shared OpenET overview video
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#OpenET #openscience #opendata #publicgood #publicservice #nonprofit #fedscience #fedservice #evapotranspiration #ET #Landsat #OLI #OperationalLandImager #groundwater #water #hydrology #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #agriculture #USA #farming #waterresources #watermanagement #planning #watersecurity #satellite #remotesensing #earthobservation #model #modeling #irrigation #metrology #raster #cost #economics #efficiency #foodproduction #mobileapp #FARMS #view #download #usecase #reporting
#OpenET #USGS #USDA @NASA #USGS_EROS
Doktor Overcomma Jan 29
25 kilometers of cake is my new unit of comparative measurement. The article is paywalled, but what you can see shows that I'm not hallucinating this.
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/regiojet-train-passengers-eat-25-km-of-cake/70365.article
#cake #metrology
RegioJet train passengers eat 25 km of cake

CZECH REPUBLIC: RegioJet has revealed the quantities of food and drink consumed across its services in 2025, with company owner owner Radim Jančura saying 'our yellow trains are simply the biggest café where everyone can have their favourite coffee and cake'.

Railway Gazette International
💧🌏 Greg CocksJan 29
Remote Sensing and GIS Assessment of Drought Dynamics in the Ukrina River Basin, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos17020124 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #drought #risk #hazard #remotesensing #MODIS #satellite #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #monitoring #Ukrina #RiverBasin #Bosnia #Herzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #water #waterresources #socioeconomic #risk #hazard #cost #economics #agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #landcover #vegetation #croplands #fruit #crops #metrology #hydrology #droughtexposure #basins #riverbasins #watersheds #monitoring #mitigation #planning #droughtrisk
Paul HouleJan 28

📏 Superconducting detector captures hot spots with submicron resolution

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-superconducting-detector-captures-hot-submicron.html

#sensors #superconductors #physics #science #instruments #metrology

Superconducting detector captures hot spots with submicron resolution

A research team from Osaka Metropolitan University proposed using a current-biased kinetic inductance detector with submicron 400 megapixels to image hot spots induced by a localized external stimulus over a 15 × 15 mm2 area. The team utilized a delay-line technique to trace the propagation of internal signals for a pair of signals arising from each hot spot.

Phys.org