The Legal Defense of Radio Astronomy

The purpose of this paper is to describe one program of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Radio Frequencies (“CORF”). This program uses legal means to protect radio astronomy frequencies from radio interference.CORF is composed of eminent scientists from the fields of radio astronomy, space research, remote sensing, meteorology, and wildlife tracking who use radio frequencies in conducting their research. CORF’s primary objective is to limit the level of harmful man-made interference in the bands used by these scientists as much as possible.

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The history of the Scientific Center for Aerospace Research of the Earth of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Earth remote sensing development in the Kyiv department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil

Ukrainian journal of remote sensing ◽

10.36023/ujrs.2018.18.132 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 20-28

Author(s):

Anton Mychak

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Fossil Fuels ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Petroleum Industry ◽

Nature Management ◽

General Nature ◽

National Academy Of Sciences ◽

Scientific Center ◽

The Earth ◽

Academy Of Sciences

The analysis of the development of methods for remote sensing of the Earth in the oil and gas prospecting industry in the period from 1979 to 1992 in the Kiev Department of the Institute of Geology and Fossil Fuels Development of the USSR Ministry of Petroleum Industry and the USSR Academy of Sciences (KD IG FFD) is presented. The structure and main scientific and methodological problems that were solved by the team of specialists of the KD IG FFD are given. The main scientific and methodological results of the Kiev department are presented: maps, methodological recommendations, successful results of forecasting oil and gas prospecting structures on the territory of Ukraine and oil and gas provinces of the former USSR. The leading role of KD IG FFD in the training of specialists in the use of aerospace methods in the study of oil and gas bearing regions and, in general, nature management is emphasized.

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The Use of Remote Sensing to Enhance Biodiversity Monitoring and Detection: A Critical Challenge for the Twenty-First Century

Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-33157-3_1 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Jeannine Cavender-Bares ◽

John A. Gamon ◽

Philip A. Townsend

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Biodiversity Loss ◽

Assessment Process ◽

Biodiversity Monitoring ◽

National Academy Of Sciences ◽

The Status ◽

Monitoring Of Biodiversity ◽

Terrestrial Biodiversity ◽

Academy Of Sciences

AbstractImproved detection and monitoring of biodiversity is critical at a time when the Earth’s biodiversity loss due to human activities is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. We face the largest loss of biodiversity in human history, a loss which has been called the “sixth mass extinction” (Leakey 1996; Kolbert 2014), given that its magnitude is in proportion to past extinction episodes in Earth history detectable from the fossil record. International efforts to conserve biodiversity (United Nations 2011) and to develop an assessment process to document changes in the status and trends of biodiversity globally through the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Díaz et al. 2015) have raised awareness about the critical need for continuous monitoring of biodiversity at multiple spatial scales across the globe. Biodiversity itself—the variation in life found among ecosystems and organisms at any level of biological organization—cannot practically be observed everywhere. However, if habitats, functional traits, trait diversity, and the spatial turnover of plant functions can be remotely sensed, the potential exists to globally inventory the diversity of habitats and traits associated with terrestrial biodiversity. To face this challenge, there have been recent calls for a global biodiversity monitoring system (Jetz et al. 2016; Proença et al. 2017; The National Academy of Sciences 2017). A central theme of this volume is that remote sensing (RS) will play a key role in such a system.

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Keeper of the world's largest radio telescope (in-terview to the 70th anniversary of Academician of the NAS of Ukraine O.O. Konovalenko)

Visnik Nacional noi academii nauk Ukrai ni ◽

10.15407/visn2021.02.089 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 89-100

Author(s):

Olexander O. Konovalenko ◽

Keyword(s):

Radio Astronomy ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Low Frequency ◽

70Th Anniversary ◽

State Prize ◽

National Academy Of Sciences ◽

Ussr State ◽

And Mathematics ◽

Academy Of Sciences

February 27 marks the 70th anniversary of the famous scientist in the field of radio astronomy and astrophysics, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2018), laureate of the USSR State Prize (1988), Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine (2001), laureate of the NAS of Ukraine Prizes named after S.Ya. Braude (2008) and M.K. Yangel (2013), Head of the Department of Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy, Deputy Director of the Radio Astronomical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine (since 2007), Doctor of Physics and Mathematics (1984), Academician of the NAS of Ukraine (2003) Olexander O. Konovalenko. Taking the opportunity, the editorial board of the Visnyk of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine interviewed Academician O.O. Konovalenko and asked about his path in science, his greatest achievements and plans for the future.

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