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Use of the USDA Forest Service Geographic Information System for determining cover type use by white-tailed deer Use of the USDA Forest Service Geographic Information System for determining cover type use by white-tailed deer

Cover type use by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus dacotensis) in the central Black Hills of South Dakota was compared to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service digital data using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Cover types were determined from observations of radiocollared deer and random locations and from corresponding point locations in the...
Authors
Christopher S. DePerno, Jonathan A. Jenks, Steven L. Griffin, Robert W. Klaver

Transboundary movement of airborne pollutants — A methodology for integrating spaceborne images and ground based data Transboundary movement of airborne pollutants — A methodology for integrating spaceborne images and ground based data

The availability of relevant and accurate environmental information is essential for environmental policy-makers. Recent improvements in satellite remote sensing technologies, groundbased monitors, and data access have resulted in the ability to observe and assess major atmospheric and ecological events around the world on a timely basis Each of these monitoring technologies reveals...
Authors
Jill Engel-Cox, Thomas P. DeFelice, Stefan Falk

Landsat 7 on-orbit modulation transfer function estimation Landsat 7 on-orbit modulation transfer function estimation

The Landsat 7 spacecraft and its Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) were launched on April 15, 1999. Pre-launch modeling of the ETM+ optical system predicted that modulation transfer function (MTF) performance would change on-orbit. A method was developed to monitor the along-scan MTF performance of the ETM+ sensor system using on-orbit data of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in...
Authors
James C. Storey

Watershed delineation using the National Elevation Dataset and semiautomated techniques Watershed delineation using the National Elevation Dataset and semiautomated techniques

Federal, State, and local agencies have realized that currently available hydrologic units are not of sufficient scale for many applications. An interagency effort is under way to subdivide hydrologic units into smaller units called watersheds and subwatersheds. The National Elevation Dataset contains the best available elevation data merged into a seamless database for the entire United...
Authors
Jay R. Kost, Glenn G. Kelly

Development of a national seamless database of topography and hydrologic derivatives Development of a national seamless database of topography and hydrologic derivatives

The recent completion of the National Elevation Dataset (NED) and the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) has provided an avenue for nationwide development of topographically derived hydrologic data layers at a scale of 1:24,000. This multilayer dataset of hydrologic derivatives, entitled the Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA), is being developed by a consortium of...
Authors
Sandra K. Franken, Dean J. Tyler, Kristine L. Verdin

Effects of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus radiometric and geometric calibrations and corrections on landscape characterization Effects of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus radiometric and geometric calibrations and corrections on landscape characterization

The Thematic Mapper (TM) instruments onboard Landsats 4 and 5 provide high-quality imagery appropriate for many different applications, including land cover mapping, landscape ecology, and change detection. Precise calibration was considered to be critical to the success of the Landsat 7 mission and, thus, issues of calibration were given high priority during the development of the...
Authors
James E. Vogelmann, Dennis Helder, Ron Morfitt, Mike Choate, James W. Merchant, Henry Bulley

A parallel-processing approach to computing for the geographic sciences A parallel-processing approach to computing for the geographic sciences

The overarching goal of this project is to build a spatially distributed infrastructure for information science research by forming a team of information science researchers and providing them with similar hardware and software tools to perform collaborative research. Four geographically distributed Centers of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are developing their own clusters of low...
Authors
Michael Crane, Dan Steinwand, Tim Beckmann, Greg Krpan, Jim Haga, Brian Maddox, Mark Feller
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