Michael Budde
Mike Budde is a geographer with the US Geological Survey (USGS) at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD.
Mike Budde is a geographer with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. For more than 25 years, he has applied satellite remote sensing technologies to monitor vegetation dynamics, surface energy balance, snow cover, and other landscape processes. Budde is a member of the Human Health and Food Security focus area within the Integrated Science and Applications Branch at USGS EROS, where he serves as Program Manager for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). In this role, he provides strategic leadership in the development and application of remote sensing datasets and geospatial tools that support the monitoring of crop and pastoral conditions, providing early warning of food insecurity in developing countries for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response.
In addition to his FEWS NET responsibilities, Budde serves as the USGS Liaison to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, a global partnership through which satellite data are made available to support disaster response and management efforts worldwide. As a member of the Executive Secretariat and an Authorized User, he can activate the Charter on behalf of domestic and international emergency management organizations and helps oversee its operational activities on behalf of USGS.
Science and Products
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Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska
Tools that can monitor biomass and nutritional quality of forage plants are needed to understand how arctic herbivores may respond to the rapidly changing environment at high latitudes. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) has been widely used to assess changes in abundance and distribution of terrestrial vegetative communities. However, the efficacy of NDVI to measure...
Authors
Kyle R. Hogrefe, Vijay P. Patil, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Brandt W. Meixell, Michael E. Budde, Jerry W. Hupp, David H. Ward
Multi-decadal trends in spring arrival of avian migrants to the central Arctic coast of Alaska: Effects of environmental and ecological factors Multi-decadal trends in spring arrival of avian migrants to the central Arctic coast of Alaska: Effects of environmental and ecological factors
Warming in the Arctic has caused the transition from winter to summer to occur weeks earlier over the last half century, yet little is known about whether avian migrants have altered their timing of arrival on breeding areas to match this earlier seasonal transition. Over a 50-yr period, we examined trends in the timing of the first arrival for 16 avian migrant species at the terminus of...
Authors
David H. Ward, J. Helmericks, Jerry W. Hupp, L. McManus, Michael Budde, David C. Douglas, K.D. Tape
Drought monitoring and assessment: Remote sensing and modeling approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network Drought monitoring and assessment: Remote sensing and modeling approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network
Drought monitoring is an essential component of drought risk management. It is usually carried out using drought indices/indicators that are continuous functions of rainfall and other hydrometeorological variables. This chapter presents a few examples of how remote sensing and hydrologic modeling techniques are being used to generate a suite of drought monitoring indicators at dekadal...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Naga Manohar Velpuri, Stefanie Bohms, Michael Budde, Claudia Young, James Rowland, James Verdin
Phenological adjustment in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors Phenological adjustment in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors
Previous studies have documented advancement in clutch initiation dates (CIDs) in response to climate change, most notably for temperate-breeding passerines. Despite accelerated climate change in the Arctic, few studies have examined nest phenology shifts in arctic breeding species. We investigated whether CIDs have advanced for the most abundant breeding shorebird and passerine species...
Authors
Joseph R. Liebezeit, K. E. B. Gurney, Michael E. Budde, Steve Zack, David H. Ward
Mapping irrigated areas in Afghanistan over the past decade using MODIS NDVI Mapping irrigated areas in Afghanistan over the past decade using MODIS NDVI
Agricultural production capacity contributes to food security in Afghanistan and is largely dependent on irrigated farming, mostly utilizing surface water fed by snowmelt. Because of the high contribution of irrigated crops (> 80%) to total agricultural production, knowing the spatial distribution and year-to-year variability in irrigated areas is imperative to monitoring food security...
Authors
Md Shahriar Pervez, Michael Budde, James Rowland
Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model
Evapotranspiration (ET) can be derived from satellite data using surface energy balance principles. METRIC (Mapping EvapoTranspiration at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration) is one of the most widely used models available in the literature to estimate ET from satellite imagery. The Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) model is much easier and less expensive to implement...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Michael E. Budde, James P. Verdin
Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world
For one-sixth of the world’s population - roughly 1 billion children, women and men - growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U...
Authors
Michael E. Budde, James Rowland, Christopher C. Funk
Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach
Food security assessment in many developing countries, such as Afghanistan, is vital because the early identification of populations at risk can enable the timely and appropriate actions needed to avert widespread hunger, destitution, or even famine. The assessment is complex, requiring the simultaneous consideration of multiple socioeconomic and environmental variables. Since large and...
Authors
G.B. Senay, M.E. Budde, J. P. Verdin, James D. Rowland
Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe
For thirty years, simple crop water balance models have been used by the early warning community to monitor agricultural drought. These models estimate and accumulate actual crop evapotranspiration, evaluating environmental conditions based on crop water requirements. Unlike seasonal rainfall totals, these models take into account the phenology of the crop, emphasizing conditions during...
Authors
Chris Funk, Michael E. Budde
Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska
Impacts of global climate change are expected to result in greater variation in the seasonality of snowpack, lake ice, and vegetation dynamics in southwest Alaska. All have wide-reaching physical and biological ecosystem effects in the region. We used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) calibrated radiance, snow cover extent, and vegetation index products for...
Authors
Bradley C. Reed, Michael E. Budde, Page Spencer, Amy E. Miller
A coupled remote sensing and simplified surface energy balance approach to estimate actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields A coupled remote sensing and simplified surface energy balance approach to estimate actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields
Accurate crop performance monitoring and production estimation are critical for timely assessment of the food balance of several countries in the world. Since 2001, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has been monitoring crop performance and relative production using satellite-derived data and simulation models in Africa, Central America, and Afghanistan where ground...
Authors
G.B. Senay, Michael Budde, J. P. Verdin, Assefa M. Melesse
Evaluating MODIS data to estimate irrigated crop production in Afghanistan using a thermal-based ET fraction approach Evaluating MODIS data to estimate irrigated crop production in Afghanistan using a thermal-based ET fraction approach
Accurate crop performance monitoring and production estimation is critical for timely assessment of the food balance of several countries in the world. Recently, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) has been monitoring crop performance and to some extent relative production using satellite derived data and simulation models in Africa, Central America and Afghanistan where...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Michael Budde, J. Rowland, James P. Verdin
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 25
Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska Normalized difference vegetation index as an estimator for abundance and quality of avian herbivore forage in arctic Alaska
Tools that can monitor biomass and nutritional quality of forage plants are needed to understand how arctic herbivores may respond to the rapidly changing environment at high latitudes. The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) has been widely used to assess changes in abundance and distribution of terrestrial vegetative communities. However, the efficacy of NDVI to measure...
Authors
Kyle R. Hogrefe, Vijay P. Patil, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Brandt W. Meixell, Michael E. Budde, Jerry W. Hupp, David H. Ward
Multi-decadal trends in spring arrival of avian migrants to the central Arctic coast of Alaska: Effects of environmental and ecological factors Multi-decadal trends in spring arrival of avian migrants to the central Arctic coast of Alaska: Effects of environmental and ecological factors
Warming in the Arctic has caused the transition from winter to summer to occur weeks earlier over the last half century, yet little is known about whether avian migrants have altered their timing of arrival on breeding areas to match this earlier seasonal transition. Over a 50-yr period, we examined trends in the timing of the first arrival for 16 avian migrant species at the terminus of...
Authors
David H. Ward, J. Helmericks, Jerry W. Hupp, L. McManus, Michael Budde, David C. Douglas, K.D. Tape
Drought monitoring and assessment: Remote sensing and modeling approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network Drought monitoring and assessment: Remote sensing and modeling approaches for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network
Drought monitoring is an essential component of drought risk management. It is usually carried out using drought indices/indicators that are continuous functions of rainfall and other hydrometeorological variables. This chapter presents a few examples of how remote sensing and hydrologic modeling techniques are being used to generate a suite of drought monitoring indicators at dekadal...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Naga Manohar Velpuri, Stefanie Bohms, Michael Budde, Claudia Young, James Rowland, James Verdin
Phenological adjustment in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors Phenological adjustment in arctic bird species: relative importance of snow melt and ecological factors
Previous studies have documented advancement in clutch initiation dates (CIDs) in response to climate change, most notably for temperate-breeding passerines. Despite accelerated climate change in the Arctic, few studies have examined nest phenology shifts in arctic breeding species. We investigated whether CIDs have advanced for the most abundant breeding shorebird and passerine species...
Authors
Joseph R. Liebezeit, K. E. B. Gurney, Michael E. Budde, Steve Zack, David H. Ward
Mapping irrigated areas in Afghanistan over the past decade using MODIS NDVI Mapping irrigated areas in Afghanistan over the past decade using MODIS NDVI
Agricultural production capacity contributes to food security in Afghanistan and is largely dependent on irrigated farming, mostly utilizing surface water fed by snowmelt. Because of the high contribution of irrigated crops (> 80%) to total agricultural production, knowing the spatial distribution and year-to-year variability in irrigated areas is imperative to monitoring food security...
Authors
Md Shahriar Pervez, Michael Budde, James Rowland
Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model Enhancing the Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) Approach for Estimating Landscape ET: Validation with the METRIC model
Evapotranspiration (ET) can be derived from satellite data using surface energy balance principles. METRIC (Mapping EvapoTranspiration at high Resolution with Internalized Calibration) is one of the most widely used models available in the literature to estimate ET from satellite imagery. The Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEB) model is much easier and less expensive to implement...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Michael E. Budde, James P. Verdin
Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world Agriculture and food availability -- remote sensing of agriculture for food security monitoring in the developing world
For one-sixth of the world’s population - roughly 1 billion children, women and men - growing, buying or receiving adequate, affordable food to eat is a daily uncertainty. The World Monetary Fund reports that food prices worldwide increased 43 percent in 2007-2008, and unpredictable growing conditions make subsistence farming, on which many depend, a risky business. Scientists with the U...
Authors
Michael E. Budde, James Rowland, Christopher C. Funk
Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach Estimating actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields using a simplified surface energy balance approach
Food security assessment in many developing countries, such as Afghanistan, is vital because the early identification of populations at risk can enable the timely and appropriate actions needed to avert widespread hunger, destitution, or even famine. The assessment is complex, requiring the simultaneous consideration of multiple socioeconomic and environmental variables. Since large and...
Authors
G.B. Senay, M.E. Budde, J. P. Verdin, James D. Rowland
Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe Phenologically-tuned MODIS NDVI-based production anomaly estimates for Zimbabwe
For thirty years, simple crop water balance models have been used by the early warning community to monitor agricultural drought. These models estimate and accumulate actual crop evapotranspiration, evaluating environmental conditions based on crop water requirements. Unlike seasonal rainfall totals, these models take into account the phenology of the crop, emphasizing conditions during...
Authors
Chris Funk, Michael E. Budde
Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska Integration of MODIS-derived metrics to assess interannual variability in snowpack, lake ice, and NDVI in southwest Alaska
Impacts of global climate change are expected to result in greater variation in the seasonality of snowpack, lake ice, and vegetation dynamics in southwest Alaska. All have wide-reaching physical and biological ecosystem effects in the region. We used Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) calibrated radiance, snow cover extent, and vegetation index products for...
Authors
Bradley C. Reed, Michael E. Budde, Page Spencer, Amy E. Miller
A coupled remote sensing and simplified surface energy balance approach to estimate actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields A coupled remote sensing and simplified surface energy balance approach to estimate actual evapotranspiration from irrigated fields
Accurate crop performance monitoring and production estimation are critical for timely assessment of the food balance of several countries in the world. Since 2001, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has been monitoring crop performance and relative production using satellite-derived data and simulation models in Africa, Central America, and Afghanistan where ground...
Authors
G.B. Senay, Michael Budde, J. P. Verdin, Assefa M. Melesse
Evaluating MODIS data to estimate irrigated crop production in Afghanistan using a thermal-based ET fraction approach Evaluating MODIS data to estimate irrigated crop production in Afghanistan using a thermal-based ET fraction approach
Accurate crop performance monitoring and production estimation is critical for timely assessment of the food balance of several countries in the world. Recently, the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) has been monitoring crop performance and to some extent relative production using satellite derived data and simulation models in Africa, Central America and Afghanistan where...
Authors
Gabriel B. Senay, Michael Budde, J. Rowland, James P. Verdin