A screenshot of the phenocam at the U.S.
EROS Phenocam
In September 2014, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center established a near-ground automated digital camera and joined over 100 other core sites in the PhenoCam Network. Following the protocols of the network, the USGS-EROS camera regularly captures digital imagery and data used to better understand vegetation cycles. As part of a scientific network of automated cameras (https://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/), the USGS-EROS data will also contribute to research into the influence of climate change on ecosystem processes like carbon and water uptake by plants.
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This camera joins eight other instruments on the EROS grounds including NOAA CORS, GSOS, and SURFRAD stations, USDA SCAN, NASA AERONET, and a Canadian Climate Reference Station. The wealth of local climate data at this site including meteorological information, incident solar radiation, and soil and surface conditions; improves its value for research. The large dome in the background houses a 10-meter tracking antenna used to receive data directly from the Landsat satellites, for which the USGS has operational responsibility, as well as data from other Earth- observing satellites. Links for further information about the instrument networks at EROS can be found at:http://calval.cr.usgs.gov/rst-resources/instrument_and_infra/.
America View (http://www.americaview.org/), the DOI North Central Climate Science Center (http://nccsc.colostate.edu/), and USGS Land Remote Sensing program (http://remotesensing.usgs.gov) all provide support for the PhenoCam. The EROS site and others in the northern Great Plains were recently established to help fill a critical gap in geographic coverage in the PhenoCam Network.
Acronyms/Terms:
AERONET: Aerosol Robotic Network
CORS: Continuously Operating Reference Station
GSOS: Global Positioning Systems Surface Observation System
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
SCAN: Soil Climate Analysis Network
SURFRAD: Surface Radiation Budget
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture
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EROS Phenocam
A screenshot of the phenocam at the U.S.
In September 2014, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center established a near-ground automated digital camera and joined over 100 other core sites in the PhenoCam Network. Following the protocols of the network, the USGS-EROS camera regularly captures digital imagery and data used to better understand vegetation cycles. As part of a scientific network of automated cameras (https://phenocam.sr.unh.edu/webcam/), the USGS-EROS data will also contribute to research into the influence of climate change on ecosystem processes like carbon and water uptake by plants.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details
This camera joins eight other instruments on the EROS grounds including NOAA CORS, GSOS, and SURFRAD stations, USDA SCAN, NASA AERONET, and a Canadian Climate Reference Station. The wealth of local climate data at this site including meteorological information, incident solar radiation, and soil and surface conditions; improves its value for research. The large dome in the background houses a 10-meter tracking antenna used to receive data directly from the Landsat satellites, for which the USGS has operational responsibility, as well as data from other Earth- observing satellites. Links for further information about the instrument networks at EROS can be found at:http://calval.cr.usgs.gov/rst-resources/instrument_and_infra/.
America View (http://www.americaview.org/), the DOI North Central Climate Science Center (http://nccsc.colostate.edu/), and USGS Land Remote Sensing program (http://remotesensing.usgs.gov) all provide support for the PhenoCam. The EROS site and others in the northern Great Plains were recently established to help fill a critical gap in geographic coverage in the PhenoCam Network.
Acronyms/Terms:
AERONET: Aerosol Robotic Network
CORS: Continuously Operating Reference Station
GSOS: Global Positioning Systems Surface Observation System
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
SCAN: Soil Climate Analysis Network
SURFRAD: Surface Radiation Budget
USDA: United States Department of Agriculture