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Britt W Smith

Britt Smith is a Geographer with the Western Geographic Science Center and is located in Tucson, AZ.

Britt Smith researches land use and land cover change and is part of the Patterns in the Landscape - Analyses of Cause and Effect (PLACE) team. His focus has traditionally be on agricultural landscapes and is excited to branch into urban and other managed landscapes. His work seeks to inform decision makers, resource managers, and stakeholders by leveraging large datasets with cloud computing techniques

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D. - 2018 - Natural Resources Management - Texas Tech University

  • M.S. - 2014 - Natural Resource Ecology and Management - Oklahoma State University

  • B.S. - 2009 - Environmental Science - University of Missouri - Kansas City

Science and Products

DSWEmod - The production of high-frequency surface water map composites from daily MODIS images

Optical satellite imagery is commonly used for monitoring surface water dynamics, but clouds and cloud shadows present challenges in assembling complete water time series. To test whether the daily revisit rate of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery can reduce cloud obstruction and improve high-frequency surface water mapping, we compared map results derived fro
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Western Geographic Science Center
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Views from Siuslaw National Forest

Patterns in the Landscape – Analyses of Cause and Effect

For two decades, USGS scientists with the Land Cover Trends team have used satellite data to study landscape change across the United States. Increasingly, research is focused on understanding why change occurs. Insights into the underlying causes of shifts in land use and land cover (LULC) will allow managers and stakeholders to make more informed decisions about how to respond to future...
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Climate Research and Development Program, Western Geographic Science Center
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Patterns in the Landscape – Analyses of Cause and Effect

For two decades, USGS scientists with the Land Cover Trends team have used satellite data to study landscape change across the United States. Increasingly, research is focused on understanding why change occurs. Insights into the underlying causes of shifts in land use and land cover (LULC) will allow managers and stakeholders to make more informed decisions about how to respond to future...
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Science and Products

  • Publications

    DSWEmod - The production of high-frequency surface water map composites from daily MODIS images

    Optical satellite imagery is commonly used for monitoring surface water dynamics, but clouds and cloud shadows present challenges in assembling complete water time series. To test whether the daily revisit rate of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery can reduce cloud obstruction and improve high-frequency surface water mapping, we compared map results derived fro
    By
    Western Geographic Science Center
  • Science
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    Views from Siuslaw National Forest

    Patterns in the Landscape – Analyses of Cause and Effect

    For two decades, USGS scientists with the Land Cover Trends team have used satellite data to study landscape change across the United States. Increasingly, research is focused on understanding why change occurs. Insights into the underlying causes of shifts in land use and land cover (LULC) will allow managers and stakeholders to make more informed decisions about how to respond to future...
    By
    Climate Research and Development Program, Western Geographic Science Center
    link

    Patterns in the Landscape – Analyses of Cause and Effect

    For two decades, USGS scientists with the Land Cover Trends team have used satellite data to study landscape change across the United States. Increasingly, research is focused on understanding why change occurs. Insights into the underlying causes of shifts in land use and land cover (LULC) will allow managers and stakeholders to make more informed decisions about how to respond to future...
    Learn More