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Mapping and monitoring Louisiana's mangroves in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil spill Mapping and monitoring Louisiana's mangroves in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil spill
Information regarding the present condition, historical status, and dynamics of mangrove forests is needed to study the impacts of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and other stressors affecting mangrove ecosystems. Such information is unavailable for Louisiana at sufficient spatial and thematic detail. We prepared mangrove forest distribution maps of Louisiana (prior to the oil spill) at 1 m...
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S. Giri, J. Long, L. Tieszen
Characterization of the Sonoran desert as a radiometric calibration target for Earth observing sensors Characterization of the Sonoran desert as a radiometric calibration target for Earth observing sensors
To provide highly accurate quantitative measurements of the Earth's surface, a comprehensive calibration and validation of the satellite sensors is required. The NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Characterization Support Team, in collaboration with United States Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, has previously demonstrated the use...
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Amit Angal, Gyanesh Chander, Xiaoxiong Xiong, Tae-young Choi, Aisheng Wu
Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life-history characteristics Timing of seasonal migration in mule deer: effects of climate, plant phenology, and life-history characteristics
Phenological events of plants and animals are sensitive to climatic processes. Migration is a life-history event exhibited by most large herbivores living in seasonal environments, and is thought to occur in response to dynamics of forage and weather. Decisions regarding when to migrate, however, may be affected by differences in life-history characteristics of individuals. Long-term and...
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Kevin L. Monteith, Vernon C. Bleich, Thomas R. Stephenson, Beck M. Pierce, Mary M. Conner, Robert W. Klaver, R. Terry Bowyer
Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors Soil carbon distribution in Alaska in relation to soil-forming factors
The direction and magnitude of soil organic carbon (SOC) changes in response to climate change remain unclear and depend on the spatial distribution of SOC across landscapes. Uncertainties regarding the fate of SOC are greater in high-latitude systems where data are sparse and the soils are affected by sub-zero temperatures. To address these issues in Alaska, a first-order assessment of...
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K.D. Johnson, J. Harden, A. D. McGuire, N.B. Bliss, James G. Bockheim, M.R. Clark, T. Nettleton-Hollingsworth, M.T. Jorgenson, E.S. Kane, M. Mack, J. O'Donnell, C.-L. Ping, E.A.G. Schuur, M.R. Turetsky, D.W. Valentine
Response of spectral vegetation indices to soil moisture in grasslands and shrublands Response of spectral vegetation indices to soil moisture in grasslands and shrublands
The relationships between satellite-derived vegetation indices (VIs) and soil moisture are complicated because of the time lag of the vegetation response to soil moisture. In this study, we used a distributed lag regression model to evaluate the lag responses of VIs to soil moisture for grasslands and shrublands at Soil Climate Analysis Network sites in the central and western United...
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Li Zhang, Lei Ji, Bruce K. Wylie
Continuous fields of land cover for the conterminous United States using Landsat data: First results from the Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) project Continuous fields of land cover for the conterminous United States using Landsat data: First results from the Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) project
Vegetation Continuous Field (VCF) layers of 30 m percent tree cover, bare ground, other vegetation and probability of water were derived for the conterminous United States (CONUS) using Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data sets from the Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) project. Turnkey approaches to land cover characterization were enabled due to the systematic WELD Landsat
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M.C. Hansen, Alexey Egorov, David P. Roy, P. Potapov, J. Ju, S. Turubanova, I. Kommareddy, Thomas R. Loveland
Modeling the height of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat and ICESat data Modeling the height of young forests regenerating from recent disturbances in Mississippi using Landsat and ICESat data
Many forestry and earth science applications require spatially detailed forest height data sets. Among the various remote sensing technologies, lidar offers the most potential for obtaining reliable height measurement. However, existing and planned spaceborne lidar systems do not have the capability to produce spatially contiguous, fine resolution forest height maps over large areas...
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Ainong Li, Chengquan Huang, Guoqing Sun, Hua Shi, Chris Toney, Zhiliang Zhu, Matthew G. Rollins, Samuel N. Goward, Jeffery G. Masek
Ecoregional differences in late-20th-century land-use and land-cover change in the U.S. northern great plains Ecoregional differences in late-20th-century land-use and land-cover change in the U.S. northern great plains
Land-cover and land-use change usually results from a combination of anthropogenic drivers and biophysical conditions found across multiple scales, ranging from parcel to regional levels. A group of four Level 111 ecoregions located in the U.S. northern Great Plains is used to demonstrate the similarities and differences in land change during nearly a 30-year period (1973-2000) using...
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Roger F. Auch, K. L. Sayler, D.E. Napton, Janis L. Taylor, M.S. Brooks
Comparison and analysis of empirical equations for soil heat flux for different cropping systems and irrigation methods Comparison and analysis of empirical equations for soil heat flux for different cropping systems and irrigation methods
We evaluated the performance of four models for estimating soil heat flux density (G) in maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.) fields under different irrigation methods (center-pivot irrigated fields at Mead, Nebraska, and subsurface drip irrigated field at Clay Center, Nebraska) and rainfed conditions at Mead. The model estimates were compared against measurements made during...
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A. Irmak, Ramesh K. Singh, Elizabeth Walter-Shea, S.B. Verma, A.E. Suyker
Ground settlement monitoring based on temporarily coherent points between two SAR acquisitions Ground settlement monitoring based on temporarily coherent points between two SAR acquisitions
An InSAR analysis approach for identifying and extracting the temporarily coherent points (TCP) that exist between two SAR acquisitions and for determining motions of the TCP is presented for applications such as ground settlement monitoring. TCP are identified based on the spatial characteristics of the range and azimuth offsets of coherent radar scatterers. A method for coregistering...
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L. Zhang, X. Ding, Z. Lu
Study on a pattern classification method of soil quality based on simplified learning sample dataset Study on a pattern classification method of soil quality based on simplified learning sample dataset
Based on the massive soil information in current soil quality grade evaluation, this paper constructed an intelligent classification approach of soil quality grade depending on classical sampling techniques and disordered multiclassification Logistic regression model. As a case study to determine the learning sample capacity under certain confidence level and estimation accuracy, and use...
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Jiahua Zhang, S. Liu, Y. Hu, Y. Tian