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Influences of specific land use/land cover conversions on climatological normals of near-surface temperature Influences of specific land use/land cover conversions on climatological normals of near-surface temperature
Quantification of the effects of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on proximal measurements of near-surface air temperature is crucial to a better understanding of natural and anthropogenically induced climate change. In this study, data from stations utilized in deriving U.S. climatological temperature normals were analyzed in conjunction with NCEP-NCAR 50-Year Reanalysis (NNR)...
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Robert C. Hale, Kevin P. Gallo, Thomas R. Loveland
Modeling and dynamic monitoring of ecosystem performance in the Yukon River Basin Modeling and dynamic monitoring of ecosystem performance in the Yukon River Basin
Central Alaska is ecologically sensitive and experiencing stress in response to marked regional warming. Resource managers would benefit from an improved ability to monitor ecosystem processes in response to climate change, fire, insect damage, and management policies and to predict responses to future climate scenarios. We have developed a method for analyzing ecosystem performance as...
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Bruce K. Wylie, L. Zhang, Lei Ji, Larry L. Tieszen, N.B. Bliss
Space acquired photography Space acquired photography
Interested in a photograph of the first space walk by an American astronaut, or the first photograph from space of a solar eclipse? Or maybe your interest is in a specific geologic, oceanic, or meteorological phenomenon? The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is making photographs of the Earth taken from space available for search...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
USGS Alaska State Mosaic USGS Alaska State Mosaic
The Alaska State Mosaic consists of portions of scenes from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics 2001 (MRLC 2001) collection. The 172 selected scenes have been geometrically and radiometrically aligned to produce a seamless, relatively cloud-free image of the State. The scenes were acquired between July 1999 and September 2002, resampled to 120-meter pixels, and cropped to the State...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Ensuring food security - response Ensuring food security - response
No abstract available.
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Michael E. Brownfield, Christopher C. Funk, James P. Verdin, Gary Eilerts
Radiative forcing over the conterminous United States due to contemporary land cover land use albedo change Radiative forcing over the conterminous United States due to contemporary land cover land use albedo change
Recently available satellite land cover land use (LCLU) and albedo data are used to study the impact of LCLU change from 1973 to 2000 on surface albedo and radiative forcing for 36 ecoregions covering 43% of the conterminous United States (CONUS). Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) snow-free broadband albedo values are derived from Landsat LCLU classification maps...
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Christopher Barnes, David P. Roy
Free access to Landsat imagery Free access to Landsat imagery
No abstract available.
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C. E. Woodcock, R. Allen, M. Anderson, A. Belward, R. Bindschadler, W. Cohen, F. Gao, S.N. Goward, D. Helder, E. Helmer, R. Nemani, L. Oreopoulos, J. Schott, Prasad S. Thenkabail, E. F. Vermote, James E. Vogelmann, M.A. Wulder, R. Wynne
Landsat still contributing to environmental research Landsat still contributing to environmental research
Landsat data have enabled continuous global monitoring of both human-caused and other land cover disturbances since 1972. Recently degraded performance and intermittent service of the Landsat 7 and Landsat 5 sensors, respectively, have raised concerns about the condition of global Earth observation programs. However, Landsat imagery is still useful for landscape change detection and this
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Thomas R. Loveland, Mark A. Cochrane, Geoffrey M. Henebry
Soil erosion: data say C sink Soil erosion: data say C sink
No abstract available.
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J.W. Harden, A.A. Berhe, M.S. Torn, J.J. Harte, Shu-Guang Liu, Robert F. Stallard
Integrating modelling and remote sensing to identify ecosystem performance anomalies in the boreal forest, Yukon River Basin, Alaska Integrating modelling and remote sensing to identify ecosystem performance anomalies in the boreal forest, Yukon River Basin, Alaska
High-latitude ecosystems are exposed to more pronounced warming effects than other parts of the globe. We develop a technique to monitor ecological changes in a way that distinguishes climate influences from disturbances. In this study, we account for climatic influences on Alaskan boreal forest performance with a data-driven model. We defined ecosystem performance anomalies (EPA) using...
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B.K. Wylie, L. Zhang, Norman B. Bliss, Lei Ji, Larry L. Tieszen, W. M. Jolly
Food security under climate change Food security under climate change
Food insecurity is likely to increase under climate change, unless early warning systems and development programs are used more effectively.
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Molly E. Brown, Christopher C. Funk
Modeling landscape evapotranspiration by integrating land surface phenology and a water balance algorithm Modeling landscape evapotranspiration by integrating land surface phenology and a water balance algorithm
The main objective of this study is to present an improved modeling technique called Vegetation ET (VegET) that integrates commonly used water balance algorithms with remotely sensed Land Surface Phenology (LSP) parameter to conduct operational vegetation water balance modeling of rainfed systems at the LSP’s spatial scale using readily available global data sets. Evaluation of the VegET...
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Gabriel B. Senay