To predict agricultural production, firms are studying ways to use satellite, weather and soil data throughout China.

为了预测农业生产，一些公司就在研究使用中国各地的卫星、气候和土壤数据的方法。

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Weather models and other satellite data reveal that this towering cloud formed over fires in western Russia on July 30, then drifted northward.

天气模型和其它卫星数据表明这团堆起的云层是七月三十日在俄罗斯西部形成的，并向北飘移。

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The analysis, conducted by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, is based on temperatures recorded at weather stations around the world and satellite data over the oceans.

这些由纽约市戈达德空间研究所(GISS)进行的分析是以世界各地气象站的温度记录和大洋上空卫星的数据为基础的。

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Just as open data has been used to fuel multi-billion dollar industries in other sectors, like the weather industry that uses raw satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has spent the last few years nurturing entrepreneurial innovation in the health space through open government data.

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That has already happened with weather data and with America's GPS satellite-navigation system that was opened for full commercial use a decade ago.

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The satellite launched by Seoul is designed to analyze weather data, measure radiation in space, gauges distances on earth and test how effectively South Korean-made devices installed on the satellite operate in space.

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