Vegetation, Water and Climate Dynamics
Vegetation, Water and Climate Dynamics
At EROS we use satellite, climate, and environmental data to study the health and extent of crops, forests, mangroves, grasslands, and other types of vegetation, and to document how plant communities are changing over time. We work with other agencies to map water resources, monitor water use, and assess the risk of drought in locations ranging from the prairie potholes of the upper Grea
Remote Sensing Phenology
Remote Sensing Phenology
EROS maintains a set of nine annual phenological metrics for the conterminous United States, all curated from satellite data.
Evapotranspiration and Water Use Mapping
Evapotranspiration and Water Use Mapping
A planet with limited water resources needs accurate, reliable and frequently-updated tools to measure water use and plan for future needs.
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USGS EROS Archive - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) - HRPT Ground Station Network
High Resolution Picture Transmission System (HRPT) Ground Station Network
USGS EROS Archive - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) - Orbital Pass Generation and Stitching
Orbital Pass Generation Nearly 45,000 individual observations were acquired during the first 30 months of this project. The number of individual scenes and overall data volume, an estimated 4.0 terabytes, are large by contemporary standards. As a result a new process was developed to improve data management.
USGS EROS Archive - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) - Sensor Characteristics
Background The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad-band, four or five channel (depending on the model) scanner, sensing in the visible, near-infrared, and thermal infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This sensor is carried on NOAA's Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES), beginning with TIROS-N in 1978.
Fire Danger Forecast
USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), in conjunction with the US Forest Service Pacific Southwest (PSW) Region, has developed several new products for understanding and forecasting the probability of large wildland fires on all land in the conterminous U.S.