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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change and produce land change data products used by researchers, resource managers, and policy makers across the nation and around the world. We also operate the Landsat satellite program with NASA, and maintain the largest civilian collection of images of the Earth’s land surface in existence, including tens of millions of satellite images.

News

Latest in Landsat October 2024 - Vol. 3 | Issue 10

Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

Landsat’s Economic Value increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023

NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

NLCD’s Path from Early Landscape Snapshot to Decades of Change

Publications

Landsat geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The ECCOE Landsat Cal/Val team continual
Authors
Jerad Shaw, Cody Anderson, Mike Choate, Esad Micijevic

Earth Observation Remote Sensing Tools—Assessing Systems, Trends, and Characteristics

With the ever-increasing number of civil and commercial remote-sensing satellite launches in recent years, the Earth Observation community needs to better understand the quality of new data products as they become available for scientific research purposes.
Authors
Simon J. Cantrell, Jeff Clauson, Cody Anderson

Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE)

The Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) was formed to leverage resources from several Federal agencies for the characterization of remote sensing data and to share those results across the remote sensing community (U.S. Geological Survey, 2024).Remote sensing data and the quality of that data are vital to (1) understanding the physical world and (2) supporting the science and engine
Authors
Jeff Clauson, Cody Anderson, Jim Vrabel

Science

Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

LANDFIRE is a diverse product suite with countless uses that go beyond fire management. The program has now been providing this satellite data for 20 years.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

LANDFIRE is a diverse product suite with countless uses that go beyond fire management. The program has now been providing this satellite data for 20 years.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 124 – Mapping Fires in Utah

Studying forests means studying fire. Utah’s unique landscapes call for a unique dataset for forest management.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 124 – Mapping Fires in Utah

Studying forests means studying fire. Utah’s unique landscapes call for a unique dataset for forest management.
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Annual NLCD Land Cover Confidence

Notice to users: The Annual NLCD product release is planned for late October 2024. At that time further content, such as product documentation and full access to data products, will become available and referenced from this site.
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Annual NLCD Land Cover Confidence

Notice to users: The Annual NLCD product release is planned for late October 2024. At that time further content, such as product documentation and full access to data products, will become available and referenced from this site.
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