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Interpreting the state soil geographic database (STATSGO) Interpreting the state soil geographic database (STATSGO)
No abstract available.
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D.J. Lytle, N.B. Bliss, S.W. Waltman
The EDOP radar system on the high-altitude NASA ER-2 aircraft The EDOP radar system on the high-altitude NASA ER-2 aircraft
The NASA ER-2 high-altitude (20 km) aircraft that emulates a satellite view of precipitation systems carries a variety of passive and active (lidar) remote sensing instruments. A new Doppler weather radar system at X band (9.6 GHz) called the ER-2 Doppler radar (EDOP) has been developed and flown on the ER-2 aircraft. EDOP is a fully coherent Doppler weather radar with fixed nadir and...
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G.M. Heymsfield, S.W. Bidwell, I.J. Caylor, S. Ameen, S. Nicholson, W. Boncyk, L. Miller, D. Vandemark, P.E. Racette, L.R. Dod
Land cover mapping with Spectrum Land cover mapping with Spectrum
No abstract available.
Authors
S. Benjamin, J. M. White, D. Argiro, K. Lowell
Artifact correction and absolute radiometric calibration techniques employed in the Landsat 7 image assessment system Artifact correction and absolute radiometric calibration techniques employed in the Landsat 7 image assessment system
The Landsat-7 Image Assessment System (IAS), part of the Landsat-7 Ground System, will calibrate and evaluate the radiometric and geometric performance of the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM +) instrument. The IAS incorporates new instrument radiometric artifact correction and absolute radiometric calibration techniques which overcome some limitations to calibration accuracy inherent...
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Wayne C. Boncyk, Brian L. Markham, John L. Barker, Dennis Helder
NLEAP/GIS approach for identifying and mitigating regional nitrate-nitrogen leaching NLEAP/GIS approach for identifying and mitigating regional nitrate-nitrogen leaching
Improved simulation-based methodology is needed to help identify broad geographical areas where potential NO3-N leaching may be occurring from agriculture and suggest management alternatives that minimize the problem. The Nitrate Leaching and Economic Analysis Package (NLEAP) model was applied to estimate regional NO3-N leaching in eastern Colorado. Results show that a combined NLEAP/GIS
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M.J. Shaffer, M.D. Hall, B.K. Wylie, D.G. Wagner
Spatial partitioning of environmental correlates of avian biodiversity in the conterminous United States Spatial partitioning of environmental correlates of avian biodiversity in the conterminous United States
Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis was used to create hierarchically organized models of the distribution of bird species richness across the conterminous United States. Species richness data were taken from the Breeding Bird Survey and were related to climatic and land use data. We used a systematic spatial grid of approximately 12,500 hexagons, each approximately 640...
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R.J. O’Connor, M.T. Jones, D. White, C. Hunsaker, Tom Loveland, Bruce Jones, E. Preston
Grassland canopy parameters and their relationships to remotely sensed vegetation indices in the Nebraska Sand Hills Grassland canopy parameters and their relationships to remotely sensed vegetation indices in the Nebraska Sand Hills
Relationships among spectral vegetation indices and grassland biophysical parameters including the effects of varying levels of standing dead vegetation, range sites, and range plant communities were examined. Range plant communities consisting of northern mixed grass prairie and a smooth brome field as well as range sites and management in a Sand Hills bluestem prairie were sampled with...
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Bruce K. Wylie, Donovan D. DeJong, Larry L. Tieszen, Mario E. Biondini
An approach for using AVHRR data to monitor U.S. great plains grasslands An approach for using AVHRR data to monitor U.S. great plains grasslands
Environmental monitoring requires regular observations regarding the status of the landscape- The concept behind most monitoring efforts using satellite data involve deriving normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values or accumulating the NDVI over a specified time period. These efforts attempt to estimate the continuous growth of green biomass by using continuous additions of...
Authors
B. C. Reed, Thomas R. Loveland, L.L. Tieszen
Human transformation processes—origins and philosophy of a temporal database Human transformation processes—origins and philosophy of a temporal database
No abstract available.
Authors
W. Acevedo, T.W. Foresman, J. T. Buchanan
Remote sensing of ephemeral water bodies in western Niger Remote sensing of ephemeral water bodies in western Niger
Research was undertaken to evaluate the feasibility of monitoring the small ephemeral water bodies of the Sahel with the 1.1 km resolution data of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Twenty-one lakes of western Niger with good ground observation records were selected for examination. Thematic Mapper images from 1988...
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J. P. Verdin
Characteristics of the 1 km AVHRR data set for North America Characteristics of the 1 km AVHRR data set for North America
The North America portion of a new global 1 km AVHRR time-series dataset was produced recently by the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center. Characteristics of the dataset were evaluated for scan-angle distribution, image area distortion as the result of map projection, distribution of high solar zenith angle, and cloud presence in image composites produced using maximum values of...
Authors
Z.-L. Zhu, L. Yang