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A conceptual prototype for the next-generation national elevation dataset A conceptual prototype for the next-generation national elevation dataset
In 2012 the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) funded a study to develop a conceptual prototype for a new National Elevation Dataset (NED) design with expanded capabilities to generate and deliver a suite of bare earth and above ground feature information over the United States. This report details the research on identifying operational requirements based...
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Jason M. Stoker, Hans Karl Heidemann, Gayla A. Evans, Susan K. Greenlee
Effect of heterogeneous atmospheric CO2 on simulated global carbon budget Effect of heterogeneous atmospheric CO2 on simulated global carbon budget
The effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration have been a key focus in global change studies. As anthropological CO2 emissions substantially increase, the spatial variability of atmospheric CO2 should be considered to reduce the potential bias on C source and sink estimations. In this study, the global spatial–temporal patterns of near...
Authors
Zhen Zhang, Hong Jiang, Jinxun Liu, Weimin Ju, Xiuying Zhang
Vegetation impoverishment despite greening: a case study from central Senegal Vegetation impoverishment despite greening: a case study from central Senegal
Recent remote sensing studies have documented a greening trend in the semi-arid Sahel and Sudan zones of West Africa since the early 1980s, which challenges the mainstream paradigm of irreversible land degradation in this region. What the greening trend means on the ground, however, has not yet been explored. This research focuses on a region in central Senegal to examine changes in...
Authors
Stefanie M. Herrmann, G. Gray Tappan
Hydrography change detection: the usefulness of surface channels derived From LiDAR DEMs for updating mapped hydrography Hydrography change detection: the usefulness of surface channels derived From LiDAR DEMs for updating mapped hydrography
The 1:24,000-scale high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) mapped hydrography flow lines require regular updating because land surface conditions that affect surface channel drainage change over time. Historically, NHD flow lines were created by digitizing surface water information from aerial photography and paper maps. Using these same methods to update nationwide NHD flow...
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Sandra K. Poppenga, Dean B. Gesch, Bruce B. Worstell
Monitoring the status of forests and rangelands in the Western United States using ecosystem performance anomalies Monitoring the status of forests and rangelands in the Western United States using ecosystem performance anomalies
The effects of land management and disturbance on ecosystem performance (i.e. biomass production) are often confounded by those of weather and site potential. The current study overcomes this issue by calculating the difference between actual and expected ecosystem performance (EEP) to generate ecosystem performance anomalies (EPA). This study aims to delineate and quantify average EPA...
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Matthew B. Rigge, Bruce Wylie, Yingxin Gu, Jayne Belnap, Khem P. Phuyal, Larry Tieszen
Are we moving past the pixel? The growth of the third dimension in national landscape mapping Are we moving past the pixel? The growth of the third dimension in national landscape mapping
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Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Mapping grassland productivity with 250-m eMODIS NDVI and SSURGO database over the Greater Platte River Basin, USA Mapping grassland productivity with 250-m eMODIS NDVI and SSURGO database over the Greater Platte River Basin, USA
This study assessed and described a relationship between satellite-derived growing season averaged Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and annual productivity for grasslands within the Greater Platte River Basin (GPRB) of the United States. We compared growing season averaged NDVI (GSN) with Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database rangeland productivity and flux tower Gross...
Authors
Yingxin Gu, Bruce K. Wylie, Norman B. Bliss
Towards integration of GLAS data into a national fuels mapping program Towards integration of GLAS data into a national fuels mapping program
Comprehensive canopy structure and fuel data are critical for understanding and modeling wildland fire. The LANDFIRE project produces such data nationwide based on a collection of field observations, Landsat imagery, and other geospatial data. Where field data are not available, alternate strategies are being investigated. In this study, vegetation structure data available from GLAS were...
Authors
Birgit E. Peterson, Kurtis Nelson, Bruce Wylie
Obtaining and processing Daymet data using Python and ArcGIS Obtaining and processing Daymet data using Python and ArcGIS
This set of scripts was developed to automate the process of downloading and mosaicking daily Daymet data to a user defined extent using ArcGIS and Python programming language. The three steps are downloading the needed Daymet tiles for the study area extent, converting the netcdf file to a tif raster format, and mosaicking those rasters to one file. The set of scripts is intended for...
Authors
Stefanie Bohms
Landsat surface reflectance quality assurance extraction (version 1.7) Landsat surface reflectance quality assurance extraction (version 1.7)
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Remote Sensing Program is developing an operational capability to produce Climate Data Records (CDRs) and Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) from the Landsat Archive to support a wide variety of science and resource management activities from regional to global scale. The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is charged with...
Authors
J. W. Jones, M.J. Starbuck, Calli B. Jenkerson
Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2006 land cover and impervious surface Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2006 land cover and impervious surface
Release of NLCD 2006 provides the first wall-to-wall land-cover change database for the conterminous United States from Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data. Accuracy assessment of NLCD 2006 focused on four primary products: 2001 land cover, 2006 land cover, land-cover change between 2001 and 2006, and impervious surface change between 2001 and 2006. The accuracy assessment was conducted by...
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James D. Wickham, Stephen V. Stehman, Leila Gass, Jon Dewitz, Joyce A. Fry, Timothy G. Wade
Quantifying landscape change in an arctic coastal lowland using repeat airborne LiDAR Quantifying landscape change in an arctic coastal lowland using repeat airborne LiDAR
Increases in air, permafrost, and sea surface temperature, loss of sea ice, the potential for increased wave energy, and higher river discharge may all be interacting to escalate erosion of arctic coastal lowland landscapes. Here we use airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data acquired in 2006 and 2010 to detect landscape change in a 100 km2 study area on the Beaufort Sea...
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Benjamin M. Jones, Jason M. Stoker, Ann E. Gibbs, Guido Grosse, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Thomas A. Douglas, Nichole E.M. Kinsman, Bruce M. Richmond