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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change and produce land change data products used by researchers, resource managers, and policy makers across the nation and around the world. We also operate the Landsat satellite program with NASA, and maintain the largest civilian collection of images of the Earth’s land surface in existence, including tens of millions of satellite images.

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The latest episode of our remote sensing podcast explores a tool that sifts through publicly available data sources to map wildfire movement day by day across the U.S. ECOSTRESS data has been a boon to the project

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Image of the Week

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Around 2008, Landsat began to capture some activity on the northern end of the alluvial fan seen in a fan favorite Earth As Art image. The changes are clearly manmade, not natural phenomena.

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System characterization report on Planet SkySat

This report addresses system characterization of Planet’s SkySat and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports present and detail the methodology and procedures for characterization; present technical and operational information about the specific se
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System characterization report on the Satellogic NewSat multispectral sensor

Executive SummaryThis report addresses system characterization of Satellogic’s NewSat satellite (also known as ÑuSat) and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports present and detail the methodology and procedures for characterization; present techni
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ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report — Quarter 2, 2021

Executive SummaryThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The ECCOE Landsa
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LCMAP CCDC Primary Land Cover (LCPRI) product over Hawaii for product year 2020

USGS EROS Archive - LCMAP- CCDC v1.0 Products (Hawaii)

The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) project has generated an integrated suite of annual land cover and land surface change products for the United States based on time series data from the Landsat record from 2000–2020. LCMAP Hawaii Collection 1.0 Science Products are based on the USGS implementation of the Continuous Change Detection and Classification (CCDC) algorithm...
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USGS EROS Archive - LCMAP- CCDC v1.0 Products (Hawaii)

The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) project has generated an integrated suite of annual land cover and land surface change products for the United States based on time series data from the Landsat record from 2000–2020. LCMAP Hawaii Collection 1.0 Science Products are based on the USGS implementation of the Continuous Change Detection and Classification (CCDC) algorithm...
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Eyes on Earth Episode 65 - Rapid Fire Mapping with Remote Sensing

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about a tool that combines satellite datasets to quickly map fires.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 65 - Rapid Fire Mapping with Remote Sensing

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn about a tool that combines satellite datasets to quickly map fires.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 64 – Colorado Bark Beetles

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how Landsat helps to track bark beetle outbreaks.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 64 – Colorado Bark Beetles

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn how Landsat helps to track bark beetle outbreaks.
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