Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear from a pioneer in remote sensing.
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Summary: For our third and final episode of Eyes on Earth from the September launch of Landsat 9, we hear from Virginia Norwood. She blazed a trail for women in remote sensing in the 1960s and 70s while working for Hughes Aircraft, a contractor for NASA. Norwood is known as the “Mother of Landsat” for her design of the Multispectral Scanner, or MSS, the sensor used to image the Earth’s surface by early Landsat satellites. Norwood met her fans during a Q&A a few hours after the launch sponsored by the USGS and Ladies of Landsat. The episode also features an appearance from Kass Green, who founded a company in the 1980s that used Landsat data to map landscape change.
Guests: Virginia Norwood, physicist, Kass Green, Kass Green and Associates
Hosts: John Hult, Kate Fickas
Producer: John Hult
Release date: November 30, 2021
More on Landsat 9:
Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3
Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2
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Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear from a pioneer in remote sensing.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Dr. Kate Fickas, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, left, with Virginia Norwood, designer of the Multispectral Scanner (MSS) for early Landsat Missions. Download and transcript access
Summary: For our third and final episode of Eyes on Earth from the September launch of Landsat 9, we hear from Virginia Norwood. She blazed a trail for women in remote sensing in the 1960s and 70s while working for Hughes Aircraft, a contractor for NASA. Norwood is known as the “Mother of Landsat” for her design of the Multispectral Scanner, or MSS, the sensor used to image the Earth’s surface by early Landsat satellites. Norwood met her fans during a Q&A a few hours after the launch sponsored by the USGS and Ladies of Landsat. The episode also features an appearance from Kass Green, who founded a company in the 1980s that used Landsat data to map landscape change.
Guests: Virginia Norwood, physicist, Kass Green, Kass Green and Associates
Hosts: John Hult, Kate Fickas
Producer: John Hult
Release date: November 30, 2021
More on Landsat 9:
- Science
Eyes on Earth Episode 62 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 3
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear from a pioneer in remote sensing.Eyes on Earth Episode 61 – Landsat 9 Launch Part 2
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we hear interviews with international partners on the day of the Landsat 9 launch.