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A 16-year time series of 1 km AVHRR satellite data of the conterminous United States and Alaska A 16-year time series of 1 km AVHRR satellite data of the conterminous United States and Alaska
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a 16-year time series of vegetation condition information for the conterminous United States and Alaska using 1 km Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data. The AVHRR data have been processed using consistent methods that account for radiometric variability due to calibration uncertainty, the effects of the atmosphere on...
Authors
Jeff Eidenshink
Temporal evolution of carbon budgets of the Appalachian forests in the U.S. from 1972 to 2000 Temporal evolution of carbon budgets of the Appalachian forests in the U.S. from 1972 to 2000
Estimating dynamic terrestrial ecosystem carbon (C) sources and sinks over large areas is difficult. The scaling of C sources and sinks from the field level to the regional level has been challenging due to the variations of climate, soil, vegetation, and disturbances. As part of an effort to estimate the spatial, temporal, and sectional dimensions of the United States C sources and...
Authors
J. Liu, S. Liu, Thomas R. Loveland
Radiometric calibration stability of the EO-1 advanced land imager: 5 years on-orbit Radiometric calibration stability of the EO-1 advanced land imager: 5 years on-orbit
The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) was developed as a prototype sensor for follow on missions to Landsat-7. It was launched in November 2000 on the Earth Observing One (EO-1) satellite as a nominal one-year technology demonstration mission. As of this writing, the sensor has continued to operate in excess of 5 years. Six of the ALl's nine multi-spectral (MS) bands and the panchromatic band...
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B. L. Markham, L. Ong, J. A. Barsi, J. A. Mendenhall, D. E. Lencioni, D. L. Helder, D. M. Hollaren, R. Morfitt
Belowground carbon balance and carbon accumulation rate in the successional series of monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest Belowground carbon balance and carbon accumulation rate in the successional series of monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest
The balance, accumulation rate and temporal dynamics of belowground carbon in the successional series of monsoon evergreen broadleaved forest are obtained in this paper, based on long-term observations to the soil organic matter, input and standing biomass of litter and coarse woody debris, and dissolved organic carbon carried in the hydrological process of subtropical climax forest...
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G. Zhou, S. Liu, X. Tang, X. Ouyang, Dongxiao Zhang, J. Liu, J. Yan, C. Zhou, Y. Luo, L. Guan, Yajing Liu
Evaluating a small footprint, waveform-resolving lidar over coastal vegetation communities Evaluating a small footprint, waveform-resolving lidar over coastal vegetation communities
NASA’s Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) is a raster-scanning, waveform-resolving, green-wavelength (532 nm) lidar designed to map near-shore bathymetry, topography, and vegetation structure simultaneously. The EAARL sensor records the time history of the return waveform within a small footprint (20 cm diameter) for each laser pulse, enabling characterization of...
Authors
Amar Nayegandhi, John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, M. J. O’Connell
Land use/land cover change effects on temperature trends at U.S. Climate Normals stations Land use/land cover change effects on temperature trends at U.S. Climate Normals stations
Alterations in land use/land cover (LULC) in areas near meteorological observation stations can influence the measurement of climatological variables such as temperature. Urbanization near climate stations has been the focus of considerable research attention, however conversions between non-urban LULC classes may also have an impact. In this study, trends of minimum, maximum, and...
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R. C. Hale, K. P. Gallo, T.W. Owen, Thomas R. Loveland
Remotely sensed data available from the US Geological Survey EROS Data Center Remotely sensed data available from the US Geological Survey EROS Data Center
The Center for Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) is a field center of the geography discipline within the US geological survey (USGS) of the Department of the Interior. The EROS Data Center (EDC) was established in the early 1970s as the nation’s principal archive of remotely sensed data. Initially the EDC was responsible for the archive, reproduction, and distribution of black...
Authors
John L. Dwyer
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar: Building tomorrow's tools today Interferometric synthetic aperture radar: Building tomorrow's tools today
A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system transmits electromagnetic (EM) waves at a wavelength that can range from a few millimeters to tens of centimeters. The radar wave propagates through the atmosphere and interacts with the Earth’s surface. Part of the energy is reflected back to the SAR system and recorded. Using a sophisticated image processing technique, called SAR processing...
Authors
Zhong Lu
The MODIS reprojection tool The MODIS reprojection tool
The MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) is designed to help individuals work with MODIS Level-2G, Level-3, and Level-4 land data products. These products are referenced to a global tiling scheme in which each tile is approximately 10° latitude by 10° longitude and non-overlapping (Fig. 9.1). If desired, the user may reproject only selected portions of the product (spatial or parameter...
Authors
John L. Dwyer, Gail L. Schmidt
Inflation model of Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, constrained by satellite radar interferometry observations Inflation model of Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, constrained by satellite radar interferometry observations
We analyzed RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to compute interferometric SAR (InSAR) images of surface deformation at Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia. From 2000 to 2003 approximately 0.15 m of inflation occurred at Uzon caldera, extending beneath adjacent Kikhpinych volcano. This contrasts with InSAR data showing no significant deformation during either the 1999 to 2000, or...
Authors
Paul Lundgren, Zhong Lu
An agreement coefficient for image comparison An agreement coefficient for image comparison
Combination of datasets acquired from different sensor systems is necessary to construct a long time-series dataset for remotely sensed land-surface variables. Assessment of the agreement of the data derived from various sources is an important issue in understanding the data continuity through the time-series. Some traditional measures, including correlation coefficient, coefficient of
Authors
Lei Ji, Kevin Gallo
The global lambda visualization facility: An international ultra-high-definition wide-area visualization collaboratory The global lambda visualization facility: An international ultra-high-definition wide-area visualization collaboratory
The research outlined in this paper marks an initial global cooperative effort between visualization and collaboration researchers to build a persistent virtual visualization facility linked by ultra-high-speed optical networks. The goal is to enable the comprehensive and synergistic research and development of the necessary hardware, software and interaction techniques to realize the...
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J. Leigh, L. Renambot, Aaron H. Johnson, B. Jeong, R. Jagodic, N. Schwarz, D. Svistula, R. Singh, J. Aguilera, X. Wang, V. Vishwanath, B. Lopez, D. Sandin, T. Peterka, J. Girado, R. Kooima, J. Ge, L. Long, A. Verlo, T.A. DeFanti, M. Brown, D. Cox, R. Patterson, P. Dorn, P. Wefel, S. Levy, J. Talandis, J. Reitzer, T. Prudhomme, T. Coffin, B. Davis, P. Wielinga, B. Stolk, Koo G. Bum, J. Kim, S. Han, B. Corrie, T. Zimmerman, P. Boulanger, M. Garcia