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Landsat Data Continuity Mission, now Landsat-8: six months on-orbit Landsat Data Continuity Mission, now Landsat-8: six months on-orbit
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) with two pushbroom Earth-imaging sensors, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS), was launched on February 11, 2013. Its on-orbit check out period or commissioning phase lasted about 90 days. During this phase the spacecraft and its instruments were activated, operationally tested and their performance verified...
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Brian L. Markham, James C. Storey, James R. Irons
U.S. Geological Survey core science systems strategy: characterizing, synthesizing, and understanding the critical zone through a modular science framework U.S. Geological Survey core science systems strategy: characterizing, synthesizing, and understanding the critical zone through a modular science framework
Executive Summary Core Science Systems is a new mission of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that resulted from the 2007 Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges: U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017.” This report describes the Core Science Systems vision and outlines a strategy to facilitate integrated characterization and understanding of the complex Earth...
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R. Sky Bristol, Ned H. Euliss, Nathaniel L. Booth, Nina Burkardt, Jay E. Diffendorfer, Dean B. Gesch, Brian E. McCallum, David M. Miller, Suzette A. Morman, Barbara S. Poore, Richard P. Signell, Roland J. Viger
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, Science Synthesis, Analysis, and Research Program, Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Program, Community for Data Integration (CDI), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Coastal Changes and Impacts
DOI remote sensing activities 2013 DOI remote sensing activities 2013
No abstract available.
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Gregory I. Snyder
Characterizing LEDAPS surface reflectance products by comparisons with AERONET, field spectrometer, and MODIS data Characterizing LEDAPS surface reflectance products by comparisons with AERONET, field spectrometer, and MODIS data
This study provides a baseline quality check on provisional Landsat Surface Reflectance (SR) products as generated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center using Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) software. Characterization of the Landsat SR products leveraged comparisons between aerosol optical thickness...
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Tom Maiersperger, Pat Scaramuzza, Larry Leigh, S. Shrestha, Kevin Gallo, Calli B. Jenkerson, John L. Dwyer
Multitemporal cross-calibration of the Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ reflective solar bands Multitemporal cross-calibration of the Terra MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ reflective solar bands
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the use of remotely sensed data to address global issues. With the open data policy, the data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensors have become a critical component of numerous applications. These two sensors have been operational for more than a decade...
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Amit Angal, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Aisheng Wu, Gyanesh Chander, Taeyoung Choi
Blending local scale information for developing agricultural resilience in Ethiopia Blending local scale information for developing agricultural resilience in Ethiopia
This brief article looks at the intersection of climate, land cover/land use, and population trends in the world's most food insecure country, Ethiopia. As a result of warming in the Indian and Western Pacific oceans, Ethiopia has experienced substantial drying over the past 20 years. We intersect the spatial pattern of this drying with high resolution climatologies, maps of agricultural...
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Christopher C. Funk, Gregory Husak, A.S Mahiny, Gary Eilerts, James Rowland
NDVI saturation adjustment: a new approach for improving cropland performance estimates in the Greater Platte River Basin, USA NDVI saturation adjustment: a new approach for improving cropland performance estimates in the Greater Platte River Basin, USA
In this study, we developed a new approach that adjusted normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) pixel values that were near saturation to better characterize the cropland performance (CP) in the Greater Platte River Basin (GPRB), USA. The relationship between NDVI and the ratio vegetation index (RVI) at high NDVI values was investigated, and an empirical equation for estimating...
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Yingxin Gu, Bruce K. Wylie, Daniel M. Howard, Khem P. Phuyal, Lei Ji
Simulating the water budget of a Prairie Potholes complex from LiDAR and hydrological models in North Dakota, USA Simulating the water budget of a Prairie Potholes complex from LiDAR and hydrological models in North Dakota, USA
Hydrological processes of the wetland complex in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) are difficult to model, partly due to a lack of wetland morphology data. We used Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data sets to derive wetland features; we then modelled rainfall, snowfall, snowmelt, runoff, evaporation, the “fill-and-spill” mechanism, shallow groundwater loss, and the effect of wet and...
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Shengli Huang, Claudia Young, Omar I. Abdul-Aziz, Devendra Dahal, Min Feng, Shuguang Liu
Foreword to the special issue on intercalibration of satellite instruments Foreword to the special issue on intercalibration of satellite instruments
This forty papers in this special issue focus on how intercalibration and comparison between sensors can provide an effective and convenient means of verifying their postlaunch performance and correcting their measurement differences.
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Gyanesh Chander, T.J. Hewison, Nigel Fox, Xiangqian Wu, Xiaoxiong Xiong, William J. Blackwell
Projecting the land cover change and its environmental impacts in the Cedar River Basin in the Midwestern United States Projecting the land cover change and its environmental impacts in the Cedar River Basin in the Midwestern United States
The physical surface of the Earth is in constant change due to climate forcing and human activities. In the Midwestern United States, urban area, farmland, and dedicated energy crop (e.g., switchgrass) cultivation are predicted to expand in the coming decades, which will lead to changes in hydrological processes. This study is designed to (1) project the land use and land cover (LULC) by...
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Yiping Wu, Shuguang Liu, Terry L. Sohl, Claudia Young
Baseline-dependent responses of soil organic carbon dynamics to climate and land disturbances Baseline-dependent responses of soil organic carbon dynamics to climate and land disturbances
Terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration through optimizing land use and management is widely considered a realistic option to mitigate the global greenhouse effect. But how the responses of individual ecosystems to changes in land use and management are related to baseline soil organic C (SOC) levels still needs to be evaluated at various scales. In this study, we modeled SOC dynamics...
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Zhengxi Tan, Shuguang Liu
Eighth Landsat satellite becomes operational Eighth Landsat satellite becomes operational
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J. R. Irons, Thomas R. Loveland