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Critical land change information enhances the understanding of carbon balance in the United States Critical land change information enhances the understanding of carbon balance in the United States
Large-scale terrestrial carbon (C) estimating studies using methods such as atmospheric inversion, biogeochemical modeling, and field inventories have produced different results. The goal of this study was to integrate fine-scale processes including land use and land cover change into a large-scale ecosystem framework. We analyzed the terrestrial C budget of the conterminous United...
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Jinxun Liu, Benjamin Sleeter, Zhiliang Zhu, Thomas Loveland, Terry Sohl, Stephen Howard, Carl Key, Todd Hawbaker, Shuguang Liu, Bradley Reed, Mark Cochrane, Linda Heath, Hong Jiang, David Price, Jing Chen, Decheng Zhou, Norman Bliss, Tamara Wilson, Jason Sherba, Qiuan Zhu, Yiqi Luo, Benjiamin Paulter
Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database Conterminous United States land cover change patterns 2001–2016 from the 2016 National Land Cover Database
The 2016 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) product suite (available on www.mrlc.gov), includes Landsat-based, 30 m resolution products over the conterminous (CONUS) United States (U.S.) for land cover, urban imperviousness, and tree, shrub, herbaceous and bare ground fractional percentages. The release of NLCD 2016 provides important new information on land change patterns across CONUS...
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Collin Homer, Jon Dewitz, Suming Jin, George Xian, Catherine Costello, Patrick Danielson, Leila Gass, Michelle Funk, James Wickham, Steven Stehman, Roger Auch, Kurt Riitters
Estimating abiotic thresholds for sagebrush condition class in the western United States Estimating abiotic thresholds for sagebrush condition class in the western United States
Sagebrush ecosystems of the western United States can transition from extended periods of relatively stable conditions to rapid ecological change if acute disturbances occur. Areas dominated by native sagebrush can transition from species-rich native systems to altered states where non-native annual grasses dominate, if resistance to annual grasses is low. The non-native annual grasses...
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Stephen P. Boyte, Bruce Wylie, Yingxin Gu, Donald Major
Quality control and assessment of interpreter consistency of annual land cover reference data in an operational national monitoring program Quality control and assessment of interpreter consistency of annual land cover reference data in an operational national monitoring program
The U.S. Geological Survey Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (USGS LCMAP) initiative is working toward a comprehensive capability to characterize land cover and land cover change using dense Landsat time series data. A suite of products including annual land cover maps and annual land cover change maps will be produced using the Landsat 4-8 data record. LCMAP products...
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Bruce Pengra, Stephen Stehman, Josephine Horton, Daryn Dockter, Todd Schroeder, Zhiqiang Yang, Warren Cohen, Sean Healey, Thomas Loveland
Transitioning from change detection to monitoring with remote sensing: A paradigm shift Transitioning from change detection to monitoring with remote sensing: A paradigm shift
The use of time series analysis with moderate resolution satellite imagery is increasingly common, particularly since the advent of freely available Landsat data. Dense time series analysis is providing new information on the timing of landscape changes, as well as improving the quality and accuracy of information being derived from remote sensing. Perhaps most importantly, time series...
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Curtis Woodcock, Thomas Loveland, Martin Herold, Marvin Bauer
Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach Lessons learned implementing an operational continuous United States national land change monitoring capability: The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) approach
Growing demands for temporally specific information on land surface change are fueling a new generation of maps and statistics that can contribute to understanding geographic and temporal patterns of change across large regions, provide input into a wide range of environmental modeling studies, clarify the drivers of change, and provide more timely information for land managers. To meet...
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Jesslyn Brown, Heather Tollerud, Christopher Barber, Qiang Zhou, John Dwyer, James Vogelmann, Thomas Loveland, Curtis Woodcock, Stephen Stehman, Zhe Zhu, Bruce Pengra, Kelcy Smith, Josephine Horton, George Xian, Roger Auch, Terry Sohl, Kristi Sayler, Alisa Gallant, Daniel Zelenak, Ryan Reker, Jennifer Rover
Characterizing land surface phenology and exotic annual grasses in dryland ecosystems using Landsat and Sentinel-2 data in harmony Characterizing land surface phenology and exotic annual grasses in dryland ecosystems using Landsat and Sentinel-2 data in harmony
Invasive annual grasses, such as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), have proliferated in dryland ecosystems of the western United States, promoting increased fire activity and reduced biodiversity that can be detrimental to socio-environmental systems. Monitoring exotic annual grass cover and dynamics over large areas requires the use of remote sensing that can support early detection and...
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Neal Pastick, Devendra Dahal, Bruce Wylie, Sujan Parajuli, Stephen Boyte, Zhuoting Wu
The NASA hydrological forecast system for food and water security applications The NASA hydrological forecast system for food and water security applications
Many regions in Africa and the Middle East are vulnerable to drought and to water and food insecurity, motivating agency efforts such as the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) to provide early warning of drought events in the region. Each year these warnings guide life-saving assistance that reaches millions of people. A new...
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Kristi Arsenault, Shraddhanand Shukla, Abheera Hazra, Agusto Getirana, Amy McNally, Sujay Kumar, Randal Koster, Christa Peters-Lidard, Ben Zaitchik, Hamada Badr, Hahn Jung, Bala Narapusetty, Navari, Shugong Wang, David Mocko, Chris Funk, Laura Harrison, Gregory Husak, Alkhalil Adoum, Gideon Galu, Tamuka Magadzire, Jeanne Roningen, Michael Shaw, John Eylander, Karim Bergaoui, Rachael McDonnell, James Verdin
Training data selection for annual land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative Training data selection for annual land cover classification for the LCMAP initiative
The U.S. Geological Survey’s Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative characterizes changes in land cover, use, and condition with the goal of producing land change information that improves understanding of the earth system and provides insight into the impacts of land change on society. For LCMAP, all available high-quality data from the Landsat archive is...
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Qiang Zhou, Heather Tollerud, Christopher Barber, Kelcy Smith, Daniel Zelenak
Quantifying human-induced temperature impacts on the 2018 United States Four Corners drought Quantifying human-induced temperature impacts on the 2018 United States Four Corners drought
Human-induced (HI) warming increased Four Corners’ air temperatures by between +1.3 and +2°C, increasing vapor pressure deficits and reducing NDVI by ~16-30%. Without HI warming, March SWE would have been higher by ~20%.
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Emily Williams, Chris Funk, Shraddhanand Shukla, Daniel McEvoy
Evaluation of hydrologic impact of an irrigation curtailment program in the Upper Klamath Lake Basin using Landsat satellite data Evaluation of hydrologic impact of an irrigation curtailment program in the Upper Klamath Lake Basin using Landsat satellite data
Upper Klamath Lake (UKL) is the source of the Klamath river that flows through southern Oregon and northern California. The UKL basin is home to two endangered species and provides water for 81,000+ ha (200,000+ acres) of irrigation on the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) Klamath Project located downstream of the UKL basin. Irrigated agriculture also occurs along the...
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Naga Manohar Velpuri, Gabriel Senay, Matthew Schauer, C. Garcia, Ramesh Singh, MacKenzie Friedrichs, Stefanie Bohms, Jonathan Haynes, Terrence Conlon
Quantifying western U.S. rangelands as fractional components with multi-resolution remote sensing and in situ data Quantifying western U.S. rangelands as fractional components with multi-resolution remote sensing and in situ data
Quantifying western U.S. rangelands as a series of fractional components with remote sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. Nine rangeland ecosystem components, including percent shrub, sagebrush (Artemisia), big sagebrush, herbaceous, annual herbaceous, litter, and bare ground cover, along with sagebrush and shrub heights, were quantified at 30 m resolution...
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Matthew Rigge, Collin Homer, Lauren Cleeves, Deb Meyer, Brett Bunde, Hua Shi, George Xian, Matthew Bobo