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ASTER DEM performance ASTER DEM performance
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument onboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Terra spacecraft has an along-track stereoscopic capability using its a near-infrared spectral band to acquire the stereo data. ASTER has two telescopes, one for nadir-viewing and another for backward-viewing, with a base-to-height ratio of 0.6...
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H. Fujisada, G. B. Bailey, Glen G. Kelly, S. Hara, M. J. Abrams
Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting Integrating habitat status, human population pressure, and protection status into biodiversity conservation priority setting
Priority setting is an essential component of biodiversity conservation. Existing methods to identify priority areas for conservation have focused almost entirely on biological factors. We suggest a new relative ranking method for identifying priority conservation areas that integrates both biological and social aspects. It is based on the following criteria: the habitat's status, human...
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Hua Shi, Ashbindu Singh, S. Kant, Zhiliang Zhu, E. Waller
DEM, tide and velocity over sulzberger ice shelf, West Antarctica DEM, tide and velocity over sulzberger ice shelf, West Antarctica
Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets preserve more than 77% of the global fresh water and could raise global sea level by several meters if completely melted. Ocean tides near and under ice shelves shifts the grounding line position significantly and are one of current limitations to study glacier dynamics and mass balance. The Sulzberger ice shelf is an area of ice mass flux change in West...
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S. Baek, C. K. Shum, H. Lee, Y. Yi, Oh-Ig Kwoun, Z. Lu, Andreas Braun
Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A successful start to a national program in the United States Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A successful start to a national program in the United States
Most research to assess amphibian declines has focused on local-scale projects on one or a few species. The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) is a national program in the United States mandated by congressional directive and implemented by the U.S. Department of the Interior (specifically the U.S. Geological Survey, USGS). Program goals are to monitor changes in...
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Erin Muths, Robin E. Jung, Larissa L. Bailey, M. J. Adams, P. Stephen Corn, C. Kenneth Dodd, Gary M. Fellers, Walter J. Sadinski, Cecil R. Schwalbe, Susan C. Walls, Robert N. Fisher, Alisa L. Gallant, William A. Battaglin, D. Earl Green
Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide:Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide:Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA
The Rocky Mountain Region of the United States Geological Survey's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative is conducting monitoring of the status of amphibians on a transect that extends along the Continental Divide from Canada to Colorado and comprises four National Parks. Monitoring uses visual encounter surveys to determine site occupancy, with multiple visits to a subset of...
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P.S. Corn, B. R. Hossack, E. Muths, D.A. Patla, C.R. Peterson, Alisa L. Gallant
Perspectives on the use of land-cover data for ecological investigations Perspectives on the use of land-cover data for ecological investigations
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Thomas R. Loveland, Alisa L. Gallant, James E. Vogelmann
Recent U.S. Geological Survey applications of Lidar Recent U.S. Geological Survey applications of Lidar
As lidar (light detection and ranging) technology matures, more applications are being explored by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists throughout the Nation, both in collaboration with other Federal agencies and alone in support of USGS natural-hazards research (Crane et al., 2004). As the technology continues to improve and evolve, USGS scientists are finding new and unique methods...
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Vivian R. Queija, Jason M. Stoker, John J. Kosovich
Rural land-use trends in the conterminous United States, 1950-2000 Rural land-use trends in the conterminous United States, 1950-2000
In order to understand the magnitude, direction, and geographic distribution of land-use changes, we evaluated land-use trends in U.S. counties during the latter half of the 20th century. Our paper synthesizes the dominant spatial and temporal trends in population, agriculture, and urbanized land uses, using a variety of data sources and an ecoregion classification as a frame of...
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Daniel G. Brown, Kenneth M. Johnson, Thomas R. Loveland, David M. Theobald
A new approach for predicting drought-related vegetation stress: Integrating satellite, climate, and biophysical data over the U.S. central plains A new approach for predicting drought-related vegetation stress: Integrating satellite, climate, and biophysical data over the U.S. central plains
Droughts are normal climate episodes, yet they are among the most expensive natural disasters in the world. Knowledge about the timing, severity, and pattern of droughts on the landscape can be incorporated into effective planning and decision-making. In this study, we present a data mining approach to modeling vegetation stress due to drought and mapping its spatial extent during the...
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Tsegaye Tadesse, Jesslyn F. Brown, M.J. Hayes
Dynamic modeling of Tampa Bay urban development using parallel computing Dynamic modeling of Tampa Bay urban development using parallel computing
Urban land use and land cover has changed significantly in the environs of Tampa Bay, Florida, over the past 50 years. Extensive urbanization has created substantial change to the region's landscape and ecosystems. This paper uses a dynamic urban-growth model, SLEUTH, which applies six geospatial data themes (slope, land use, exclusion, urban extent, transportation, hillside), to study...
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G. Xian, M. Crane, D. Steinwand
Changing land management practices and vegetation on the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso (1968-2002) Changing land management practices and vegetation on the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso (1968-2002)
In the early 1980s, the situation on the northern part of the Central Plateau of Burkina Faso was characterized by expanding cultivation on lands marginal to agriculture, declining rainfall, low and declining cereal yields, disappearing and impoverishing vegetation, falling ground-water levels and strong outmigration. This crisis situation provoked two reactions. Farmers, as well as...
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C. Reij, G. Tappan, A. Belemvire
Surface deformation associated with the March 1996 earthquake swarm at Akutan Island, Alaska, revealed by C-band ERS and L-band JERS radar interferometry Surface deformation associated with the March 1996 earthquake swarm at Akutan Island, Alaska, revealed by C-band ERS and L-band JERS radar interferometry
In March 1996, an intense earthquake swarm beneath Akutan Island, Alaska, was accompanied by extensive ground cracking but no eruption of Akutan volcano. Radar interferograms produced from L-band JERS-1 and C-band ERS-1/2 images show uplift associated with the swarm by as much as 60 cm on the western part of the island. The JERS-1 interferogram has greater coherence, especially in areas...
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Z. Lu, C. Wicks, O. Kwoun, J.A. Power, D. Dzurisin