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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.
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On the latest episode of our remote sensing podcast, we hear how the use of cloud computing can expand the value of satellite data.
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The Caldor Fire in California started on August 14, 2021 and quickly spread in high winds. The fire continues to expand toward the Lake Tahoe area as residents evacuate.
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Landsat Advisory Group Offers Guidance on Potential Revisions to 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act
Satellite technology and the remote sensing community as a whole have evolved significantly since the passage of the 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act.
LANDFIRE’S MoD-FIS Product Gives Hints of 2021 Fire Trends
A crystal ball sure seems like it would come in handy during fire seasons, showing exactly where and when a fire might roar through and how large it could be.
Science can’t give us all the details, but it can give us models to indicate where a fire might really take off or where it might be easily contained in a given year.
EROS Plays Part in USGS Outreach to Native American Students
You might not think a pandemic would be the ideal time to connect college students with scientists touting career opportunities at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
You also might not think the USGS would consider it a win if those same students later felt inspired to do similar work closer to home.
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Michigan and Landsat
Water means a lot to Michigan, often called the Great Lakes State. The name “Michigan” comes from an Ojibwe word meaning large, or great, water or lake. As the only State touching four of the five Great Lakes—Michigan, Superior, Huron, and Erie—it claims the longest freshwater coastline in the United States.Yet Michigan is not just about water—...
System characterization report on the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite-4A (CBERS–4A)
Executive SummaryThis report addresses system characterization of the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite-4A (CBERS–4A) multispectral remote sensing satellite and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence in...
Vrabel, James C.; Stensaas, Gregory L.; Anderson, Cody; Christopherson, Jon; Kim, Minsu; Park, Seonkyung; Cantrell, Simon
Validation of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) collection 1.0 annual land cover products 1985–2017
The U.S. Geological Survey Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (USGS LCMAP) has released a suite of annual land cover and land cover change products for the conterminous United States (CONUS). The accuracy of these products was assessed using an independently collected land cover reference sample dataset produced by analysts...
Stehman, Stephen V; Pengra, Bruce; Horton, Josephine; Wellington, Danika F.