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DEM, tide and velocity over sulzberger ice shelf, West Antarctica DEM, tide and velocity over sulzberger ice shelf, West Antarctica
Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets preserve more than 77% of the global fresh water and could raise global sea level by several meters if completely melted. Ocean tides near and under ice shelves shifts the grounding line position significantly and are one of current limitations to study glacier dynamics and mass balance. The Sulzberger ice shelf is an area of ice mass flux change in West...
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S. Baek, C. K. Shum, H. Lee, Y. Yi, Oh-Ig Kwoun, Z. Lu, Andreas Braun
A new approach for predicting drought-related vegetation stress: Integrating satellite, climate, and biophysical data over the U.S. central plains A new approach for predicting drought-related vegetation stress: Integrating satellite, climate, and biophysical data over the U.S. central plains
Droughts are normal climate episodes, yet they are among the most expensive natural disasters in the world. Knowledge about the timing, severity, and pattern of droughts on the landscape can be incorporated into effective planning and decision-making. In this study, we present a data mining approach to modeling vegetation stress due to drought and mapping its spatial extent during the...
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Tsegaye Tadesse, Jesslyn F. Brown, M.J. Hayes
Climate science and famine early warning Climate science and famine early warning
Food security assessment in sub-Saharan Africa requires simultaneous consideration of multiple socio-economic and environmental variables. Early identification of populations at risk enables timely and appropriate action. Since large and widely dispersed populations depend on rainfed agriculture and pastoralism, climate monitoring and forecasting are important inputs to food security...
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James P. Verdin, Chris Funk, Gabriel B. Senay, R. Choularton
USGS Releases New Digital Aerial Products USGS Releases New Digital Aerial Products
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) has initiated distribution of digital aerial photographic products produced by scanning or digitizing film from its historical aerial photography film archive. This archive, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, contains thousands of rolls of film that contain more than 8 million frames of...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
A comparative analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS land cover data sets A comparative analysis of the Global Land Cover 2000 and MODIS land cover data sets
Accurate and up-to-date global land cover data sets are necessary for various global change research studies including climate change, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem assessment, and environmental modeling. In recent years, substantial advancement has been achieved in generating such data products. Yet, we are far from producing geospatially consistent high-quality data at an...
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S. Giri, Z. Zhu, B. Reed
An evaluation of sampling strategies to improve precision of estimates of gross change in land use and land cover An evaluation of sampling strategies to improve precision of estimates of gross change in land use and land cover
Statistical sampling offers a cost-effective, practical alternative to complete-coverage mapping for the objective of estimating gross change in land cover over large areas. Because land cover change is typically rare, the sampling strategy must take advantage of design and analysis tools that enhance precision. Using two populations of land cover change in the eastern United States, we
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S.V. Stehman, Terry L. Sohl, Thomas R. Loveland
The Circumpolar Arctic vegetation map The Circumpolar Arctic vegetation map
Question: What are the major vegetation units in the Arctic, what is their composition, and how are they distributed among major bioclimate subzones and countries? Location: The Arctic tundra region, north of the tree line. Methods: A photo-interpretive approach was used to delineate the vegetation onto an Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) base image. Mapping experts...
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Donald A. Walker, Martha K. Raynolds, F.J.A. Daniels, E. Einarsson, A. Elvebakk, W.A. Gould, A.E. Katenin, S.S. Kholod, C. J. Markon, E. S. Melnikov, N.G. Moskalenko, Stephen S. Talbot, B.A. Yurtsev, L.C. Bliss, S.A. Edlund, S.C. Zoltai, M. Wilhelm, C. Bay, G. Gudjonsson, G.V. Ananjeva, D.S. Drozdov, L.A. Konchenko, Y.V. Korostelev, O.E. Ponomareva, N.V. Matveyeva, I.N. Safranova, R. Shelkunova, A.N. Polezhaev, B.E. Johansen, H.A. Maier, D.F. Murray, Michael D. Fleming, N.G. Trahan, T.M. Charron, S.M. Lauritzen, B.A. Vairin
A simple and effective radiometric correction method to improve landscape change detection across sensors and across time A simple and effective radiometric correction method to improve landscape change detection across sensors and across time
Satellite data offer unrivaled utility in monitoring and quantifying large scale land cover change over time. Radiometric consistency among collocated multi-temporal imagery is difficult to maintain, however, due to variations in sensor characteristics, atmospheric conditions, solar angle, and sensor view angle that can obscure surface change detection. To detect accurate landscape...
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X. Chen, Lee Vierling, D. Deering
Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide:Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA Status of amphibians on the Continental Divide:Surveys on a transect from Montana to Colorado, USA
The Rocky Mountain Region of the United States Geological Survey's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative is conducting monitoring of the status of amphibians on a transect that extends along the Continental Divide from Canada to Colorado and comprises four National Parks. Monitoring uses visual encounter surveys to determine site occupancy, with multiple visits to a subset of...
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P.S. Corn, B. R. Hossack, E. Muths, D.A. Patla, C.R. Peterson, Alisa L. Gallant
Global Visualization (GloVis) Viewer Global Visualization (GloVis) Viewer
GloVis (http://glovis.usgs.gov) is a browse image-based search and order tool that can be used to quickly review the land remote sensing data inventories held at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). GloVis was funded by the AmericaView project to reduce the difficulty of identifying and acquiring data for user-defined study areas...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Composites Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Composites
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad-band scanner with four to six bands, depending on the model. The AVHRR senses in the visible, near-, middle-, and thermal- infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This sensor is carried on a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES), beginning...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey
Evaluating lek occupancy of greater sage-grouse in relation to landscape cultivation in the Dakotas Evaluating lek occupancy of greater sage-grouse in relation to landscape cultivation in the Dakotas
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) have been declining in many states and provinces of North America, and North and South Dakota hold no exception to these declines. We studied effects of cultivated land on Greater Sage-Grouse lek abandonment in North and South Dakota. Landscape-level data were assessed using satellite imagery within a geographic information system...
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Joe T. Smith, Lester D. Flake, Kenneth F. Higgins, Gerald D. Kobriger, Collin G. Homer