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Sensitivity analysis of the GEMS soil organic carbon model to land cover land use classification uncertainties under different climate scenarios in Senegal Sensitivity analysis of the GEMS soil organic carbon model to land cover land use classification uncertainties under different climate scenarios in Senegal
Spatially explicit land cover land use (LCLU) change information is needed to drive biogeochemical models that simulate soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. Such information is increasingly being mapped using remotely sensed satellite data with classification schemes and uncertainties constrained by the sensing system, classification algorithms and land cover schemes. In this study...
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A.M. Dieye, David P. Roy, N.P. Hanan, S. Liu, M. Hansen, A. Toure
Canadian SAR remote sensing for the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN) Canadian SAR remote sensing for the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN)
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) has more than 30 years of experience investigating the use of SAR remote sensing for many applications related to terrestrial water resources. Recently, CCRS scientists began contributing to the Terrestrial Wetland Global Change Research Network (TWGCRN), a bi-national research network dedicated to assessing impacts of global change on...
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Shannon Kaya, Brian Brisco, Andrew Cull, Alisa L. Gallant, Walter J. Sadinski, Dean Thompson
Burn severity mapping in Australia 2009 Burn severity mapping in Australia 2009
In 2009, the Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment estimated approximately 430,000 hectares of Victoria Australia were burned by numerous bushfires. Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) teams from the United States were deployed to Victoria to assist local fire managers. The U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (USGS/EROS) and U.S. Forest...
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Randy McKinley, J. Clark, Jennifer Lecker
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
Quantifying urban land cover change between 2001 and 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico region Quantifying urban land cover change between 2001 and 2006 in the Gulf of Mexico region
We estimated urbanization rates (2001–2006) in the Gulf of Mexico region using the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001 and 2006 impervious surface products. An improved method was used to update the NLCD impervious surface product in 2006 and associated land cover transition between 2001 and 2006. Our estimation reveals that impervious surface increased 416 km2 with a growth rate of...
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George Z. Xian, Collin G. Homer, Brett Bunde, Patrick Danielson, Jon Dewitz, Joyce Fry, Ruiliang Pu
La información satelital para la gestión ante desastres—La Carta Internacional del Espacio, los grandes desastres y la experiencia de el USGS La información satelital para la gestión ante desastres—La Carta Internacional del Espacio, los grandes desastres y la experiencia de el USGS
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Brenda Jones
Mapping recent decadal climate variations in precipitation and temperature across eastern Africa and the Sahel Mapping recent decadal climate variations in precipitation and temperature across eastern Africa and the Sahel
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Christopher C. Funk, Joel Michaelsen, Michael Marshall
The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): An integration of satellite, climate, and biophysical data The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI): An integration of satellite, climate, and biophysical data
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Brian D. Wardlow, Tsegaye Tadesse, Jesslyn F. Brown, Karin Callahan, Sharmistha Swain, Eric Hunt
History of land cover mapping History of land cover mapping
The historical roots of land-cover mapping reside in the early history of aerial photography and applications spanning forestry, agriculture, urban planning, and water-resources management. Considering this long span of mapping, any attempt to provide an exhaustive treatment of the full history of land-cover mapping will necessarily be incomplete. For that reason, this chapter on the...
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Thomas R. Loveland
The use of U.S. Geological Survey digital geospatial data products for science research The use of U.S. Geological Survey digital geospatial data products for science research
The development of geographic information system (GIS) transformed the practice of geographic science research. The availability of low-cost, reliable data by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) supported the advance of GIS in the early stages of the transition to digital technology. To estimate the extent of the scientific use of USGS digital geospatial data products, a search of science...
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Dalia E. Varanka, Carol Deering, Holly Caro
Modeling of soil erosion and sediment transport in the East River Basin in southern China Modeling of soil erosion and sediment transport in the East River Basin in southern China
Soil erosion is a major global environmental problem that has caused many issues involving land degradation, sedimentation of waterways, ecological degradation, and nonpoint source pollution. Therefore, it is significant to understand the processes of soil erosion and sediment transport along rivers, and this can help identify the erosion prone areas and find potential measures to...
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Yping Wu, Ji Chen