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Combining accuracy assessment of land-cover maps with environmental monitoring programs
A scientifically valid accuracy assessment of a large-area, land-cover map is expensive. Environmental monitoring programs offer a potential source of data to partially defray the cost of accuracy assessment while still maintaining the statistical validity. In this article, three general strategies for combining accuracy assessment and environmental monitoring protocols are described. These strate
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S.V. Stehman, R.L. Czaplewski, S.M. Nusser, L. Yang, Z. Zhu
Map data in support of forest management
Now widely available and inexpensive, prepackaged map data are easy to use--and just as easy to use incorrectly. To select the proper scale and appropriate thematic attributes so that the data actually inform the project at hand, managers need to know the basics.
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E. A. Fosnight, D. Greenlee
The patterns and characteristics of global land cover
No abstract available.
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Thomas R. Loveland
Biodiversity data and information
No abstract available.
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C.P. Giri, S. Shrestha, T.W. Foresman, A. Singh
Identifying populations potentially exposed to agricultural pesticides using remote sensing and a Geographic Information System
Pesticides used in agriculture may cause adverse health effects among the population living near agricultural areas. However, identifying the populations most likely to be exposed is difficult. We conducted a feasibility study to determine whether satellite imagery could be used to reconstruct historical crop patterns. We used historical Farm Service Agency records as a source of ground reference
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Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Stephanie J. Weigel, Susan K. Maxwell, Kenneth P. Cantor, Ryan S. Miller
Characteristic length scale of input data in distributed models: implications for modeling grain size
The appropriate spatial scale for a distributed energy balance model was investigated by: (a) determining the scale of variability associated with the remotely sensed and GIS-generated model input data; and (b) examining the effects of input data spatial aggregation on model response. The semi-variogram and the characteristic length calculated from the spatial autocorrelation were used to determin
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Guleid A. Artan, C. M. U. Neale, D. G. Tarboton
Accuracy assessment for the U.S. Geological Survey Regional Land-Cover Mapping Program: New York and New Jersey Region
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with other government and private organizations, is producing a conterminous U.S. land-cover map using Landsat Thematic Mapper 30-meter data for the Federal regions designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Accuracy assessment is to be conducted for each Federal region to estimate overall and class-specific accuracies. In Region 2, consistin
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Zhi-Liang Zhu, Limin Yang, Stephen V. Stehman, Raymond L. Czaplewski
Integration of a numerical model and remotely sensed data to study urban/rural land surface climate processes
Simulation of urban/rural land surface climate processes using boundary layer climate models requires accurate input data with regard to surface thermal and radiative properties. The research reported here resulted in development of a procedure to integrate the satellite-derived surface biophysical parameters with a boundary layer climate model for simulating spatial surface energy exchange.The pr
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Limin Yang
Follow-ons to the KidSAT/EarthKAM student remote sensing program
The KidSAT/EarthKAM program is a NASA educational initiative that allows students to develop and operate a remote sensing space program. The first phase of the program consisted of a student developed camera that is flown on Space Shuttle missions in the nadir window. A network of students develop a series of image acquisition requests, based on approved science proposals, that are combined into a
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Grant R. Mah
A weighted least-squares approach to temporal NDVI smoothing
Satellite imagery provides a unique vantage point for observing seasonal dynamics of the landscape that have implications for global change issues. An objective evaluation of surface conditions may be performed using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advanced very high resolution radiometer data. NDVI data are typically v
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D. Swets, Bradley C. Reed, James Rowland, S.E. Marko
The way forward
This paper focuses on the lessons hearned in the conduct of the lnternational Geosphere Biosphere Program's Data and Information System (rcnr-nts), global 1-km Land-Cover Mapping Project (n$cover). There is stiLL considerable fundamental research to be conducted dealing with the development and validation of thematic geospatial products derived from a combination of remotely sensed and ancillary d
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John Estes, Alan Belward, Thomas Loveland, Joseph Scepan, Alan H. Strahler, John B. Townshend, Chris Justice