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A multi-source satellite data approach for modelling Lake Turkana water level: Calibration and validation using satellite altimetry data A multi-source satellite data approach for modelling Lake Turkana water level: Calibration and validation using satellite altimetry data
Lake Turkana is one of the largest desert lakes in the world and is characterized by high degrees of inter- and intra-annual fluctuations. The hydrology and water balance of this lake have not been well understood due to its remote location and unavailability of reliable ground truth datasets. Managing surface water resources is a great challenge in areas where in-situ data are either...
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N.M. Velpuri, Gabriel B. Senay, K.O. Asante
Lidar base specification Lidar base specification
In late 2009, a $14.3 million allocation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for new light detection and ranging (lidar) elevation data acquisition prompted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) to develop a common minimum specification for all lidar data acquired for The National Map. Released as a working draft in 2010 and formally...
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Hans Karl Heidemann
Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms
The upcoming launch of the Operational Land Imager (OLI) will start the next era of the Landsat program. However, the Automated Cloud-Cover Assessment (CCA) (ACCA) algorithm used on Landsat 7 requires a thermal band and is thus not suited for OLI. There will be a thermal instrument on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)-the Thermal Infrared Sensor-which may not be available during...
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Pat Scaramuzza, M.A. Bouchard, John L. Dwyer
Landsat: building a strong future Landsat: building a strong future
Conceived in the 1960s, the Landsat program has experienced six successful missions that have contributed to an unprecedented 39-year record of Earth Observations that capture global land conditions and dynamics. Incremental improvements in imaging capabilities continue to improve the quality of Landsat science data, while ensuring continuity over the full instrument record. Landsats 5...
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Thomas R. Loveland, John L. Dwyer
Current and potential sustainable corn stover feedstock for biofuel production in the United States Current and potential sustainable corn stover feedstock for biofuel production in the United States
Increased demand for corn (Zea mays L.) stover as a feedstock for cellulosic ethanol raises concerns about agricultural sustainability. Excessive corn stover harvesting could have long-term impacts on soil quality. We estimated current and future stover production and evaluated the potential harvestable stover amount (HSA) that could be used for biofuel feedstock in the United States by...
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Zhengxi Tan, Shu-Guang Liu, Larry L. Tieszen, Norman Bliss
Design and implementation of the next generation Landsat satellite communications system Design and implementation of the next generation Landsat satellite communications system
The next generation Landsat satellite, Landsat 8 (L8), also known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), uses a highly spectrally efficient modulation and data formatting approach to provide large amounts of downlink (D/L) bandwidth in a limited X-Band spectrum allocation. In addition to purely data throughput and bandwidth considerations, there were a number of additional...
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Grant R. Mah, Michael O’Brien, Howard Garon, Claire Mott, Alan Ames, Ken Dearth
Using regional-scale pre- and post Hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling: Chapter 30 Using regional-scale pre- and post Hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling: Chapter 30
Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Due to the sheer size of the affected areas, an unprecedented regional analysis at very high resolution and accuracy was needed to properly quantify and understand the effects of the hurricane and the storm tide. Many disparate sources of lidar data were acquired and processed for varying environmental reasons by...
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Jason M. Stoker, D. Phil Turnipseed, Kenneth V. Wilson
Bias-adjusted satellite-based rainfall estimates for predicting floods: Narayani Basin Bias-adjusted satellite-based rainfall estimates for predicting floods: Narayani Basin
In Nepal, as the spatial distribution of rain gauges is not sufficient to provide detailed perspective on the highly varied spatial nature of rainfall, satellite-based rainfall estimates provides the opportunity for timely estimation. This paper presents the flood prediction of Narayani Basin at the Devghat hydrometric station (32 000 km2) using bias-adjusted satellite rainfall estimates...
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Guleid A. Artan, S.A. Tokar, D.K. Gautam, S.R. Bajracharya, M.S. Shrestha
Characterizing the performance of ecosystem models across time scales: A spectral analysis of the North American Carbon Program site‐level synthesis Characterizing the performance of ecosystem models across time scales: A spectral analysis of the North American Carbon Program site‐level synthesis
[1] Ecosystem models are important tools for diagnosing the carbon cycle and projecting its behavior across space and time. Despite the fact that ecosystems respond to drivers at multiple time scales, most assessments of model performance do not discriminate different time scales. Spectral methods, such as wavelet analyses, present an alternative approach that enables the identification...
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Michael C. Dietze, Rodrigo Vargas, Andrew D. Richardson, Paul C. Stoy, Ryan Anderson, M. A. Arain, I. Baker, T. Andrew Black, Jing M. Chen, Philippe Ciais, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Christopher M. Gough, Robert Grant, David Hollinger, R. C. Izaurralde, C.J. Kucharik, P. Lafleur, Shuguang Liu, E. Lokupitiya, Y. Luo, J.W. Munger, Changhui Peng, Benjamin Poulter, David T. Price, D. Ricciuto, William J. Riley, A. Sahoo, Kevin Schaefer, Andrew E. Suyker, Hanqin Tian, Christina Tonitto, Hans Verbeeck, Shashi B. Verma, W. Wang, Ensheng Weng
LandsatLook images LandsatLook images
LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and stretched to create an image optimized for image selection and visual interpretation; it is not recommended that they be used in digital analysis.
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Derived crop management data for the LandCarbon Project Derived crop management data for the LandCarbon Project
The LandCarbon project is assessing potential carbon pools and greenhouse gas fluxes under various scenarios and land management regimes to provide information to support the formulation of policies governing climate change mitigation, adaptation and land management strategies. The project is unique in that spatially explicit maps of annual land cover and land-use change are created at...
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Gail Schmidt, Shu-Guang Liu, Jennifer Oeding
Estimating nonharvested crop residue cover dynamics using remote sensing Estimating nonharvested crop residue cover dynamics using remote sensing
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David Clay, V.P. Obade, C. Carlson, K. Dalsted, Bruce K. Wylie, C. Ren, S.A. Clay