Eyes on Earth Episode 8 – Assessing America’s Cropland
Eyes on Earth
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, Dave Johnson with NASS discusses how Landsat can identify different crops, providing a valuable economic tool for agriculture.
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Summary: Every year, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) uses data from satellites like Landsat to estimate crop types and crop yields in the United States. The result is the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), which offers an annual look at more than 100 crop categories across the country.
Guest: Dave Johnson, USDA Senior Geographer with NASS
Host: Steve Young
Producer: Brian Hauge
Release date: Nov. 6, 2019
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