How NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is assisting with search and rescue operations in Turkey and Syria following recent earthquakes.

According to NASA, “A team of experts are working hard to transmit crucial information from the Earth-observing fleet to the rescue workers.

What is NASA synthetic aperture radar (SAR)?

The NASA synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can monitor the world in any weather condition at any time of day or night.

NASA is sending people to Turkey and Syria to help with rescue efforts. Earthquakes have caused a lot of damage in these two countries.

NASA is helping rescue efforts by giving them access to satellite data and photos taken from above.

NASA experts are also working hard to get important information from the fleet of satellites that watch Earth to the people who are helping the victims.

Key facts!

• NASA uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to measure how the ground moves after an earthquake and how the built landscape changes.
• Before and after the earthquake, these researchers take pictures to compare.
• These maps look at the seismic activity that happened before and after the earthquake to see how the landscape has changed because of the disaster.
• NASA’s disaster coordinator for the Turkey-Syria earthquake said that the agency does not know who uses the information it shares.
• But they have heard that the information was used to help feed people who had to leave their homes.
• NASA scientists are also putting together information from space and observations made on the ground to help them figure out what happened after the natural disaster.
• This helps NASA reach its research goals by using information from commercial satellites.
• They are able to find places where landslides are more likely to happen.
• NASA also says that scientists are working on making a new instrument that can measure how the earthquake affected the area.
• Disaster management experts at NASA say that the agency’s relief efforts include keeping track of natural disasters.
• NASA wants to find out about these disasters as soon as possible so that people who live in the area can be saved.

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Watch a video

Youtube user “QinetiQ” explains all we need to know about synthetic aperture radar.

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