Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
News
Below you'll find the most recent news about EROS and USGS. Please contact Jan Nelson at jsnelson@usgs.gov for assistance with specific media questions and requests.
Black Hills Perfect Laboratory for Multi-Sensor Fire Science Research
After the Legion Lake Fire at Custer State Park in South Dakota’s Black Hills erupted in December 2017— burning across private, state, and federal landscapes all at once—scientists at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center discovered an important opportunity among the ashes.
LANDFIRE Remap Begins to Roll Out
With a vegetation and fuels base map that was over 15 years old and a commitment to keep LANDFIRE (LF) data relevant, LF staff at EROS has produced a new base map product suite, representing 2016 ground conditions.
EROS Work Informs USGS Sagebrush Ecosystem Efforts
The case for sagebrush habitat as the iconic landscape of the American West is a fairly one easy to make.
LCMAP Releases Project Website
The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative now has an online home. The stand-alone LCMAP website is located at www.usgs.gov/lcmap.
Loria Named New EROS Center Director
Will oversee Landsat satellite and Earth imaging operations
First in a Series of Landsat 9 Ground Readiness Tests is Successful
Landsat 9 Ground System development team members executed the first of a series of Ground Readiness Tests (GRTs) this week as they successfully simulated the communication of command and telemetry data between the Ground Network Element (GNE) at EROS and the Landsat Multi-Satellite...
Recent Lidar Awards Shine Light on Work Being Done at EROS
Two award ceremonies in late January 2019 cast spotlights on the good work being done with Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) by current and former staff of the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
USGS, EROS Offer Insights to National Fire Strategy Discussion
With California burning in the fall of 2018, the conversation came up yet once again.
How do we prevent monster fires with names like Camp and Woolsey from torching massive amounts of California landscape—or anywhere else, for that matter? Is it even possible to build fire resistance into the intersection of wildlands and rural developments?
QuickDRI, VegDRI Showed Their Value in Montana Drought of 2017
In the spring of 2017, almost no one in Montana saw the drought coming. Not when winter snowpack and early rains soaked the landscapes with adequate moisture. Not when springtime green-up seemed to hold such promise.
MRLC Releases New Website
The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC) would like to announce the release of our updated website. The website redesign was undertaken in anticipation of the release of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
EROS Scientists Bring Their Knowledge, Work to National Climate Assessments
Whether fully or in part, the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center’s fingerprints are all over the National Climate Assessment (NCA) and associated reports that have been released since passage of the U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990.
EROS Research Presented at AGU
The American Geophysical Union’s Fall Meeting takes place Dec. 10-14 in Washington, D.C. The work of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center will be well-represented at the weeklong conference. More than half a dozen USGS EROS researchers will lead or participate in sessions, and EROS authors contributed to many others....