Since 1993, Mondavi has collaborated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on two projects designed to adapt NASA's remote-sensing technology to the wine-grape industry.
Dr. Soter directed the use of remote-sensing technology like magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar in surveying buried terrain where the city was thought to be.
Modern-day remote-sensing technology revealed a very jagged landscape.
But over time, experts largely agree, remote-sensing and piloting technologies will produce the biggest change in warfare in generations.
Military Equipment Superior An expert in remote-sensing technologies said that there were advanced technologies that are well suited for this kind of search.
"It really kills me that the U.S., which pioneered remote-sensing technology, has lost its lead, due to specious national security concerns," he said.
The rain forests of the world had traditionally frustrated remote-sensing technology.
Major oil and mining companies depended on this remote-sensing technology for their exploration.
An alien society with advanced remote-sensing technologies may conclude that direct contact with neighbors confers added risks to oneself without an added benefit.
However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea are known, so the actual total could be higher.