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Soil moisture sensors for continuous monitoring
Certain physical and chemical properties of soil vary with soil water content. The relationship between these properties and water content is complex and involves both the pore structure and constituents of the soil solution. One of the most economical techniques to quantify soil water content involves the measurement of electrical resistance of a dielectric medium that is in equilibrium with the
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Saud A. Amer, T. O. Keefer, M.A. Weltz, David C. Goodrich, Leslie Bach
The global topography mission gains momentum
An accurate description of the surface elevation of the Earth is of fundamental importance to many branches of Earth science. Continental topographic data are required for studies of hydrology, ecology, glaciology, geomorphology, and atmospheric circulation. For example, in hydrologic and terrestrial ecosystem studies, topography exerts significant control on intercepted solar radiation, water run
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Tom Farr, Diane Evans, Howard Zebker, David Harding, Jack Bufton, Timothy Dixon, S. Vetrella, Dean B. Gesch
Survey of geographical information system and image processing software
The Global Resource Information Database—a part of the United Nations Environment Programme—conducts a bi-annual survey of geographical information system (GIS) and image processing (IP) software. This survey makes information about software products available in developing countries. The 1993 survey showed that the number of installations of GIS, IP, and related software products increased dramat
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D. Vanderzee, A. Singh
Seasonal land-cover regions of the United States
Global-change investigations have been hindered by deficiencies in the availability and quality of land-cover data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have collaborated on the development of a new approach to land-cover characterization that attempts to address requirements of the global-change research community and others interested in regional patterns of land cov
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Thomas R. Loveland, James W. Merchant, Jesslyn F. Brown, Donald O. Ohlen, Bradley C. Reed, Paul Olson, John Hutchinson
A remote sensing based vegetation classification logic for global land cover analysis
This article proposes a simple new logic for classifying global vegetation. The critical features of this classification are that 1) it is based on simple, observable, unambiguous characteristics of vegetation structure that are important to ecosystem biogeochemistry and can be measured in the field for validation, 2) the structural characteristics are remotely sensible so that repeatable and effi
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Steven W. Running, Thomas R. Loveland, Lars L. Pierce, R.R. Nemani, E. Raymond Hunt
Recent data and information system initiatives for remotely sensed measurements of the land surface
As part of the International Satellite Land Satellite Climatology Program (ISLSCP) Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Land Surface for Studies of Global Change, five invited presentations were given on recent data initiatives relevant to the ISLSCP community. The presentations are summarized in this paper along with some observations by the authors on data systems for the land sciences community. T
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C.O. Justice, G. B. Bailey, M. E. Maiden, S. I. Rasool, D. E. Strebel, J.D. Tarpley
Characteristics of vegetation phenology over the Alaskan landscape using AVHRR time-series data
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite data were acquired and composited into twice-a-month periods from 1 May 1991 to 15 October 1991 in order to map vegetation characteristics of the Alaskan landscape. Unique spatial and temporal qualities of the AVHRR data provide information that leads to a better understanding of regional biophysical characteristics of vegetation communiti
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Carl J. Markon, Michael D. Fleming, Emily F. Binnian
Preparing a soil carbon inventory for the United States using geographic information systems
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N.B. Bliss, S.W. Waltman, G.W. Petersen
Seasonal land-cover regions of the United States
Global-change investigations have been hindered by deficiencies in the availability and quality of land-cover data. The U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have collaborated on the development of a new approach to land-cover characterization that attempts to address requirements of the global-change research community and others interested in regional patterns of land cov
The 1 km AVHRR global land data set: first stages in implementation
The global land 1 km data set project represents an international effort to acquire, archive, process, and distribute 1 km AVHRR data of the entire global land surface in order to meet the needs of the international science community. A network of 26 high resolution picture transmission (HRPT) stations, along with data recorded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has bee
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J.C. Eidenshink, J.L. Faundeen
A vegetation classification logic-based on remote-sensing for use in global biogeochemical models
A simple new classification logic for global vegetation is proposed. The critical features of this classification are that: it is based on simple, observable, unambiguous character- istics of vegetation structure that are important to ecosystem biogeochemistry and can be measured in the field for validation; the structural characteristics can be determined by remote sensing, so that repeatable an
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Steven W. Running, Thomas R. Loveland, L.L. Pierce
A comparison of change detection methods using multispectral scanner data
Change detection methods were investigated as a cooperative activity between the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, People's Republic of China. Subtraction of band 2, band 3, normalized difference vegetation index, and tasseled cap bands 1 and 2 data from two multispectral scanner images were tested using two sites in the United States and one in the People's
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Paul M. Seevers, Brenda K. Jones, Zhicheng Qiu, Yutong Liu