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Modeling wildfire-induced permafrost deformation in an Alaskan boreal forest using InSAR observations Modeling wildfire-induced permafrost deformation in an Alaskan boreal forest using InSAR observations
The discontinuous permafrost zone is one of the world’s most sensitive areas to climate change. Alaskan boreal forest is underlain by discontinuous permafrost, and wildfires are one of the most influential agents negatively impacting the condition of permafrost in the arctic region. Using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) of Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS)...
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Yusef Molan, Jin-Woo Kim, Zhong Lu, Bruce Wylie, Zhiliang Zhu
Anthropogenic enhancement of moderate-to-strong El Niño events likely contributed to drought and poor harvests in southern Africa during 2016 Anthropogenic enhancement of moderate-to-strong El Niño events likely contributed to drought and poor harvests in southern Africa during 2016
In December–February (DJF) of 2015/16, a strong El Niño (Niño‑3.4 SST >29°C) contributed to a severe drought over southern Africa (SA; Funk et al. 2016). A 9-million ton cereal deficit resulted in 26 mil‑ lion people in need of humanitarian assistance (SADC 2016). While SA rainfall has a well-documented nega‑ tive teleconnection with Niño‑3.4 SSTs (Hoell et al. 2015, 2017; Jury et al...
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Chris Funk, Frank Davenport, Laura Harrison, Tamuka Magadzire, Gideon Galu, Guleid Artan, Shraddhanand Shukla, Diriba Korecha, Matayo Indeje, Catherine Pomposi, Denis Macharia, Gregory Husak, Faka Dieudonne Nsadisa
2017 Landsat Science Team Summer Meeting Summary 2017 Landsat Science Team Summer Meeting Summary
The summer meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-NASA Landsat Science Team (LST) was held June 11-13, 2017, at the USGS’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Sioux Falls, SD. This was the final meeting of the Second (2012-2017) LST.1 Frank Kelly [EROS—Center Director] welcomed the attendees and expressed his thanks to the LST members for their contributions...
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Christopher Crawford, Thomas Loveland, Michael Wulder, James Irons
Examining the role of unusually warm Indo‐Pacific sea‐surface temperatures in recent African droughts Examining the role of unusually warm Indo‐Pacific sea‐surface temperatures in recent African droughts
Southern Africa (SA) and eastern Africa (EA) experienced a sequence of severe droughts in December–February (SA DJF) 2015–2016, October–December (EA OND) 2016 and March–April–May 2017 (EA MAM). This sequence contributed to severe food insecurity. While climate variability in these regions is very complex, the goal of this study is to analyse the role played by unusually warm Indo–Pacific...
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Chris Funk, Laura Harrison, Shradhanand Shukla, Catherine Pomposi, Gideon Galu, Diriba Korecha, Gregory Husak, Tamuka Magadzire, Frank Davenport, Chris Hillbruner, Gary Eilerts, B Zaitchik, James Verdin
Landsat classification of surface-water presence during multiple years to assess response of playa wetlands to climatic variability across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative region Landsat classification of surface-water presence during multiple years to assess response of playa wetlands to climatic variability across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative region
To improve understanding of the distribution of ecologically important, ephemeral wetland habitats across the Great Plains, the occurrence and distribution of surface water in playa wetland complexes were documented for four different years across the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) region. This information is important because it informs land and wildlife...
Authors
Daniel Manier, Jennifer Rover
Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA Case study comparing multiple irrigated land datasets in Arizona and Colorado, USA
While there are currently a number of irrigated land datasets available for the western United States (U.S.), there is uncertainty regarding in how they relate to each other. To help understand the characteristics of available irrigated datasets, we compared (1) the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), (2) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Irrigated Agriculture Dataset (IAD), (3)...
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Hua Shi, Roger Auch, James Vogelmann, Min Feng, Matthew Rigge, Gabriel Senay, James Verdin
Satellite psychrometric formulation of the operational simplified surface energy balance (SSEBop) model for quantifying and mapping evapotranspiration Satellite psychrometric formulation of the operational simplified surface energy balance (SSEBop) model for quantifying and mapping evapotranspiration
Remote sensing-based evapotranspiration (ET) can be derived using various methods, from soil moisture accounting to vegetation-index based approaches to simple and complex surface energy balance techniques. Due to the complexity of fully representing and parameterizing ET sub-processes, different models tend to diverge in their estimations. However, most models appear to provide...
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Gabriel Senay
Monitoring algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs using the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager Monitoring algal blooms in drinking water reservoirs using the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager
In this study, we demonstrated that the Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) sensor is a powerful tool that can provide periodic and system-wide information on the condition of drinking water reservoirs. The OLI is a multispectral radiometer (30 m spatial resolution) that allows ecosystem observations at spatial and temporal scales that allow the environmental community and water...
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Darryl Keith, Jennifer Rover, Jason Green, Brian Zalewsky, Mike Charpentier, Glen Hursby, Joseph Bishop
Integrating future scenario‐based crop expansion and crop conditions to map switchgrass biofuel potential in eastern Nebraska, USA Integrating future scenario‐based crop expansion and crop conditions to map switchgrass biofuel potential in eastern Nebraska, USA
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has been evaluated as one potential source for cellulosic biofuel feedstocks. Planting switchgrass in marginal croplands and waterway buffers can reduce soil erosion, improve water quality, and improve regional ecosystem services (i.e. it serves as a potential carbon sink). In previous studies, we mapped high risk marginal croplands and highly erodible...
Authors
Yingxin Gu, Bruce K. Wylie
Mapping forest change using stacked generalization: An ensemble approach Mapping forest change using stacked generalization: An ensemble approach
The ever-increasing volume and accessibility of remote sensing data has spawned many alternative approaches for mapping important environmental features and processes. For example, there are several viable but highly varied strategies for using time series of Landsat imagery to detect changes in forest cover. Performance among algorithms varies across complex natural systems, and it is...
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Sean Healey, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, C. Brewer, Evan Brooks, Noel Gorelick, Alexander Hernandez, Chengquan Huang, M. Hughes, Robert Kennedy, Thomas Loveland, Gretchen Moisen, Todd Schroeder, Stephen Stehman, James Vogelmann, Curtis Woodcock, Limin Yang, Zhe Zhu
Landsat-8 on-orbit and Landsat-9 pre-launch sensor radiometric characterization Landsat-8 on-orbit and Landsat-9 pre-launch sensor radiometric characterization
Landsat-8 has been operating on-orbit for 5+ years. Its two sensors, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), are continuing to produce high quality data. The OLI has been radiometrically stable at the better than 0.3% level on a band average basis for all but the shortest wavelength (443 nm) band, which has degraded about 1.3% since launch. All on-board...
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Brian L. Markham, Julia A Barsi, Matthew Montanaro, Joel T McCorkel, Aaron Gerace, Jeffrey A. Pedelty, Simon J Hook, Nina G. Raqueno, Cody Anderson, Obaidul Haque
Addressing the water consumption riddle Addressing the water consumption riddle
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Authors
Peggy Connot, Steve Young