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Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

How do you keep track of thousands of hot spots in an area the size of Yellowstone National Park? Check out thermal satellite data like Landsat’s!
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Astrogeology Science Center, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

How do you keep track of thousands of hot spots in an area the size of Yellowstone National Park? Check out thermal satellite data like Landsat’s!
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Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

The same as the Landsat satellite, only smaller—that’s a fair description of the field spectrometer used at the EROS test site for validating Landsat’s accuracy.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

The same as the Landsat satellite, only smaller—that’s a fair description of the field spectrometer used at the EROS test site for validating Landsat’s accuracy.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
Learn More
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Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Researchers and other satellite programs rely on the scientifically correct data from Landsat—every pixel and every spectral band that is measured.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Researchers and other satellite programs rely on the scientifically correct data from Landsat—every pixel and every spectral band that is measured.
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A black and white satellite image with several words in white on top, plus a color mugshot of a man

Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

No longer used for spying, declassified spy satellite imagery is finding fascinating new uses.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

No longer used for spying, declassified spy satellite imagery is finding fascinating new uses.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make the science work at EROS better and more efficient, as we continue to develop valuable data products.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make the science work at EROS better and more efficient, as we continue to develop valuable data products.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make EROS data products better and more efficient.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make EROS data products better and more efficient.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Providing accuracy metrics for a land cover map takes some work. But there’s poetry and story involved, too.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Providing accuracy metrics for a land cover map takes some work. But there’s poetry and story involved, too.
Learn More
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Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

For this episode, we go inside the Landsat operations room at EROS to see what happens during a live Landsat pass.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

For this episode, we go inside the Landsat operations room at EROS to see what happens during a live Landsat pass.
Learn More
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Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Taking care of a satellite that’s 438 miles in space requires creative problem solving—we talk about those moments and memories of the nearly 25 years of land imaging from Landsat 7.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Taking care of a satellite that’s 438 miles in space requires creative problem solving—we talk about those moments and memories of the nearly 25 years of land imaging from Landsat 7.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

The next generation of USGS land cover mapping is here. Annual NLCD provides land cover data of the U.S. every year back to 1985.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions, Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection, Land Use Land Cover Modeling
Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

The next generation of USGS land cover mapping is here. Annual NLCD provides land cover data of the U.S. every year back to 1985.
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Landsat 7 Collection 2 cloud truth mask validation set Landsat 7 Collection 2 cloud truth mask validation set

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD developed a cloud validation dataset from 48 unique Landsat 7 Collection 2 images. These images were selected at random from the Landsat 7 SLC-On archive from various locations around the world. While these validation images were subjectively designed by a single analyst, they...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Conterminous United States Land Cover Projections - 1992 to 2100 Conterminous United States Land Cover Projections - 1992 to 2100

The USGS's FORE-SCE model was used to produce land-use and land-cover (LULC) projections for the conterminous United States. The projections were originally created as part of the "LandCarbon" project, an effort to understand biological carbon sequestration potential in the United States. However, the projections are being used for a wide variety of purposes, including analyses of the...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Modeled Historical Land Use and Land Cover for the Conterminous United States: 1938-1992 Modeled Historical Land Use and Land Cover for the Conterminous United States: 1938-1992

The landscape of the conterminous United States has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, with agricultural land use, urban expansion, forestry, and other anthropogenic activities altering land cover across vast swaths of the country. While land use and land cover (LULC) models have been developed to model potential future LULC change, few efforts have focused on recreating...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling
Lake St Clair

Landsat 8 Image of Lake St. Clair

Landsat captured the tug of war between winter and spring on the heart-shaped Lake St. Clair along the U.S./Canadian border near Detroit. This Landsat 8 image was acquired on March 6, 2021 and is shown as a natural color composite. Learn more about the Landsat program at www.usgs.gov/landsat

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The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive

The Landsat global consolidated data archive now exceeds 50 years. In recognition of the need for consistently processed data across the Landsat satellite series, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated collection-based processing of the entire archive that was processed as Collection 1 in 2016. In preparation for the data from the now successfully launched Landsat 9, the USGS...
Authors
Christopher J. Crawford, David P. Roy, Saeed Arab, Christopher Barnes, Eric Vermote, Glynn Hulley, Aaron Gerace, Michael J. Choate, Christopher Engebretson, Esad Micijevic, Gail L. Schmidt, Cody Anderson, Martha Anderson, Michelle Bouchard, Bruce D. Cook, Ray Dittmeier, Danny Howard, Calli Jenkerson, Minsu Kim, Tania Kleyians, Tom Maiersperger, Chase Mueller, Christopher Neigh, Linda Owen, Benjamin Page, Nima Pahelvan, Rajagopalan Rengarajan, Jean-Claude Roger, Kristi L. Sayler, Pat L Scaramuzza, Sergii Skakun, Lin Yan, Hankui K. Zhang, Zhe Zhu, Stephen G. Zahn
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions

Landsat benefiting society for fifty years Landsat benefiting society for fifty years

Since 1972, data acquired by the Landsat series of satellites have become integral to land management for both government and the private sector, providing scientists and decision makers with key information about agricultural productivity, ice sheet dynamics, urban growth, forest monitoring, natural resource management, water quality, and supporting disaster response. Landsat 9...
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Laura E. P. Rocchio, Peggy Connot, Steve Young, Kate Ramsayer, Linda Owen, Michelle Bouchard, Christopher Barnes
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions

Modeled historical land use and land cover for the conterminous United States Modeled historical land use and land cover for the conterminous United States

The landscape of the conterminous United States has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, with agricultural land use, urban expansion, forestry, and other anthropogenic activities altering land cover across vast swaths of the country. While land use and land cover (LULC) models have been developed to model potential future LULC change, few efforts have focused on recreating...
Authors
Terry L. Sohl, Ryan R. Reker, Michelle A. Bouchard, Kristi L. Sayler, Jordan Dornbierer, Steve Wika, Robert Quenzer, Aaron M. Friesz
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Spatially explicit modeling of 1992-2100 land cover and forest stand age for the conterminous United States Spatially explicit modeling of 1992-2100 land cover and forest stand age for the conterminous United States

Information on future land-use and land-cover (LULC) change is needed to analyze the impact of LULC change on ecological processes. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced spatially explicit, thematically detailed LULC projections for the conterminous United States. Four qualitative and quantitative scenarios of LULC change were developed, with characteristics consistent with the...
Authors
Terry L. Sohl, Kristi L. Sayler, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Aaron M. Friesz, Stacie L. Bennett, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Rachel R. Sleeter, Tamara Wilson, Christopher E. Soulard, Michelle Knuppe, Travis Van Hofwegen
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Land-use and land-cover change in three corn belt ecoregions: Similarities and differences Land-use and land-cover change in three corn belt ecoregions: Similarities and differences

Land use categorical changes, though not as numerous as one might suspect, vary by type within the three designated ecozones of the Corn Belt with the westernmost zone showing the most temporary change vis-a-vis the more permanent changes taking place in the eastern and central zones.
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Roger F. Auch, Chris R. Laingen, Mark A. Drummond, Kristi L. Sayler, Ryan R. Reker, Michelle A. Bouchard, Jeffrey J. Danielson
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Coastal Changes and Impacts

Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales

Global environmental change scenarios have typically provided projections of land use and land cover for a relatively small number of regions or using a relatively coarse resolution spatial grid, and for only a few major sectors. The coarseness of global projections, in both spatial and thematic dimensions, often limits their direct utility at scales useful for environmental management...
Authors
Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Michelle A. Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Christopher E. Soulard, William Acevedo, Glenn E. Griffith, Rachel R. Sleeter, Roger F. Auch, Kristi L. Sayler, Stephen Prisley, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States

The Great Plains of the United States has undergone extensive land-use and land-cover change in the past 150 years, with much of the once vast native grasslands and wetlands converted to agricultural crops, and much of the unbroken prairie now heavily grazed. Future land-use change in the region could have dramatic impacts on ecological resources and processes. A scenario-based modeling...
Authors
Terry L. Sohl, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Kristi L. Sayler, Michelle A. Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Stacie L. Bennett, Rachel R. Sleeter, Ronald L. Kanengieter, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

A land-use and land-cover modeling strategy to support a national assessment of carbon stocks and fluxes A land-use and land-cover modeling strategy to support a national assessment of carbon stocks and fluxes

Changes in land use, land cover, disturbance regimes, and land management have considerable influence on carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes within ecosystems. Through targeted land-use and land-management activities, ecosystems can be managed to enhance carbon sequestration and mitigate fluxes of other GHGs. National-scale, comprehensive analyses of carbon sequestration potential by...
Authors
Terry L. Sohl, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Kristi L. Sayler, Stacie Bennett, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Todd Hawbaker, Anne Wein, Shu-Guang Liu, Ronald Kanengieter, William Acevedo
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms

The upcoming launch of the Operational Land Imager (OLI) will start the next era of the Landsat program. However, the Automated Cloud-Cover Assessment (CCA) (ACCA) algorithm used on Landsat 7 requires a thermal band and is thus not suited for OLI. There will be a thermal instrument on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)-the Thermal Infrared Sensor-which may not be available during...
Authors
Pat Scaramuzza, M.A. Bouchard, John L. Dwyer
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE)

Future scenarios of land-use and land-cover change in the United States--the Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregion Future scenarios of land-use and land-cover change in the United States--the Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregion

Detecting, quantifying, and projecting historical and future changes in land use and land cover (LULC) has emerged as a core research area for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Changes in LULC are important drivers of changes to biogeochemical cycles, the exchange of energy between the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, biodiversity, water quality, and climate change. To quantify the rates...
Authors
Tamara S. Wilson, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Glenn Griffith, William Acevedo, Stacie Bennett, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Christy Ryan, Kristi L. Sayler, Rachel Sleeter, Christopher E. Soulard
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Western Geographic Science Center, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in the Great Plains region of the United States Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in the Great Plains region of the United States

This assessment was conducted to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 and to improve understanding of carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Great Plains region in the central part of the United States. The assessment examined carbon storage, carbon fluxes, and other GHG fluxes (methane and nitrous oxide) in all major...
Authors
Michelle Bouchard, David Butman, Todd Hawbaker, Zhengpeng Li, Jinxun Liu, Shu-Guang Liu, Cory McDonald, Ryan R. Reker, Kristi Sayler, Benjamin Sleeter, Terry Sohl, Sarah Stackpoole, Anne Wein, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Movement, home range, and site fidelity of bluegills in a Great Plains Lake Movement, home range, and site fidelity of bluegills in a Great Plains Lake

Little is known about the distribution, movement, and home ranges of bluegills Lepomis macrochirus in lentic environments. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the seasonal and diel differences in movement rates, site fidelity, and home range of bluegills in a shallow, natural Great Plains lake. A total of 78 bluegills (200-273 mm total length) were implanted with...
Authors
C.P. Paukert, D.W. Willis, M.A. Bouchard

Non-USGS Publications**

Catalano, M.J., Chipps, S.R., Bouchard, M.A. and Wahl, D.H., 2001. Evaluation of injectable fluorescent tags for marking centrarchid fishes: retention rate and effects on vulnerability to predation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 21(4), pp.911-917.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

Landsat satellites captured vivid imagery of the massive fires blazing across Canada earlier this year: orange flames, ugly burn scars, thick smoke.

Th...

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EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

Inspired by early images of the Earth from space, the Department of the Interior and the USGS had a bold idea in the 1960s to launch a satellite to...

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Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

A half-century of capturing satellite imagery, teaching interpretation, and discovering new land change science distinguishes the USGS Earth Resource...

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EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

Fifty years ago, Don Lee Kulow’s personal remote sensing library laid the foundation for today’s library at the Earth Resources Observation and...

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USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) brought people together to work in a new government facility surrounded by South Dakota farm fields...

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EROS 50th History: Building Relationships Through International Training

EROS 50th History: Building Relationships Through International Training

A few months ago, a group of scientists from the Czech Republic arrived at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)...

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EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science

EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science

Millions of people in the United States and billions around the world live unaware that employees of a far-off USGS facility surrounded by South...

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As USGS EROS Turns 50, Director Embraces Future

As USGS EROS Turns 50, Director Embraces Future

Dr. Pete Doucette came to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in 2019 from the USGS in Reston, Virginia, to lead the...

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EROS 50th History: A Leader in Mapping Land Cover and Change

EROS 50th History: A Leader in Mapping Land Cover and Change

We become intimately familiar with the land where we live, work and play. The backyard maple where three baby robins left their nest on the fourth...

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Eyes on Earth Honors 50-Year USGS EROS Legacy in 100th Episode

Eyes on Earth Honors 50-Year USGS EROS Legacy in 100th Episode

Check out our newest episode of Eyes on Earth – it’s a big one!

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Continuing the Tradition – Announcing the Latest in Land Cover from USGS

Continuing the Tradition – Announcing the Latest in Land Cover from USGS

The USGS has again deployed its decades of experience in land cover mapping with the release of the latest version of the National Land Cover Database...

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EROS 50th History: Adding the LP DAAC Archive

EROS 50th History: Adding the LP DAAC Archive

An original purpose of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, 50 years ago when the facility was planted in the middle of...

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A background photo of a pool of water with a natural fountain in an area surrounded by evergreens, plus two men's mugshots

Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

How do you keep track of thousands of hot spots in an area the size of Yellowstone National Park? Check out thermal satellite data like Landsat’s!
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Astrogeology Science Center, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, Yellowstone, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature

How do you keep track of thousands of hot spots in an area the size of Yellowstone National Park? Check out thermal satellite data like Landsat’s!
Learn More
Two men are working with equipment in a grassy area with trees in the background

Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

The same as the Landsat satellite, only smaller—that’s a fair description of the field spectrometer used at the EROS test site for validating Landsat’s accuracy.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

Eyes on Earth Episode 136 – The EROS Test Site

The same as the Landsat satellite, only smaller—that’s a fair description of the field spectrometer used at the EROS test site for validating Landsat’s accuracy.
Learn More
A mountainside with sheep and tree trunks, plus mugshots of three men and a woman, plus a white title

Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
Learn More
A man stands by a giant globe in a long hallway with skylights and a little white text on top

Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Researchers and other satellite programs rely on the scientifically correct data from Landsat—every pixel and every spectral band that is measured.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat

Researchers and other satellite programs rely on the scientifically correct data from Landsat—every pixel and every spectral band that is measured.
Learn More
A black and white satellite image with several words in white on top, plus a color mugshot of a man

Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

No longer used for spying, declassified spy satellite imagery is finding fascinating new uses.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

Eyes on Earth Episode 133 – Vietnam War Bomb Craters

No longer used for spying, declassified spy satellite imagery is finding fascinating new uses.
Learn More
An image with a little text in white, a brain with several lights in the background and four men's mugshots

Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make the science work at EROS better and more efficient, as we continue to develop valuable data products.
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Eyes on Earth Episode 132 – Moving Forward with AI at EROS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make the science work at EROS better and more efficient, as we continue to develop valuable data products.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work, showing photos of the four guests

Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make EROS data products better and more efficient.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Eyes on Earth Episode 131 – Using AI in Geospatial Work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping to make EROS data products better and more efficient.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy, showing photo of Jo Horton

Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Providing accuracy metrics for a land cover map takes some work. But there’s poetry and story involved, too.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Eyes on Earth Episode 130 – NLCD Accuracy

Providing accuracy metrics for a land cover map takes some work. But there’s poetry and story involved, too.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?, showing Aaron Hensley and Eric Gaspar

Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

For this episode, we go inside the Landsat operations room at EROS to see what happens during a live Landsat pass.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

Eyes on Earth Episode 129 – What Happens During a Landsat Pass?

For this episode, we go inside the Landsat operations room at EROS to see what happens during a live Landsat pass.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session, showing Tom Adamson and Abhinav Chandel

Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission, showing photos of several EROS employees

Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Taking care of a satellite that’s 438 miles in space requires creative problem solving—we talk about those moments and memories of the nearly 25 years of land imaging from Landsat 7.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions
Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Eyes on Earth Episode 127 – The Historic Landsat 7 Mission

Taking care of a satellite that’s 438 miles in space requires creative problem solving—we talk about those moments and memories of the nearly 25 years of land imaging from Landsat 7.
Learn More
Thumbnail image for Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD, showing photos of Jesslyn Brown and Jon Dewitz

Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

The next generation of USGS land cover mapping is here. Annual NLCD provides land cover data of the U.S. every year back to 1985.
By
Core Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions, Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection, Land Use Land Cover Modeling
Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

Eyes on Earth Episode 126 – Annual NLCD

The next generation of USGS land cover mapping is here. Annual NLCD provides land cover data of the U.S. every year back to 1985.
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Landsat 7 Collection 2 cloud truth mask validation set Landsat 7 Collection 2 cloud truth mask validation set

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD developed a cloud validation dataset from 48 unique Landsat 7 Collection 2 images. These images were selected at random from the Landsat 7 SLC-On archive from various locations around the world. While these validation images were subjectively designed by a single analyst, they...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Conterminous United States Land Cover Projections - 1992 to 2100 Conterminous United States Land Cover Projections - 1992 to 2100

The USGS's FORE-SCE model was used to produce land-use and land-cover (LULC) projections for the conterminous United States. The projections were originally created as part of the "LandCarbon" project, an effort to understand biological carbon sequestration potential in the United States. However, the projections are being used for a wide variety of purposes, including analyses of the...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Modeled Historical Land Use and Land Cover for the Conterminous United States: 1938-1992 Modeled Historical Land Use and Land Cover for the Conterminous United States: 1938-1992

The landscape of the conterminous United States has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, with agricultural land use, urban expansion, forestry, and other anthropogenic activities altering land cover across vast swaths of the country. While land use and land cover (LULC) models have been developed to model potential future LULC change, few efforts have focused on recreating...
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling
Lake St Clair

Landsat 8 Image of Lake St. Clair

Landsat captured the tug of war between winter and spring on the heart-shaped Lake St. Clair along the U.S./Canadian border near Detroit. This Landsat 8 image was acquired on March 6, 2021 and is shown as a natural color composite. Learn more about the Landsat program at www.usgs.gov/landsat

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The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive

The Landsat global consolidated data archive now exceeds 50 years. In recognition of the need for consistently processed data across the Landsat satellite series, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated collection-based processing of the entire archive that was processed as Collection 1 in 2016. In preparation for the data from the now successfully launched Landsat 9, the USGS...
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Christopher J. Crawford, David P. Roy, Saeed Arab, Christopher Barnes, Eric Vermote, Glynn Hulley, Aaron Gerace, Michael J. Choate, Christopher Engebretson, Esad Micijevic, Gail L. Schmidt, Cody Anderson, Martha Anderson, Michelle Bouchard, Bruce D. Cook, Ray Dittmeier, Danny Howard, Calli Jenkerson, Minsu Kim, Tania Kleyians, Tom Maiersperger, Chase Mueller, Christopher Neigh, Linda Owen, Benjamin Page, Nima Pahelvan, Rajagopalan Rengarajan, Jean-Claude Roger, Kristi L. Sayler, Pat L Scaramuzza, Sergii Skakun, Lin Yan, Hankui K. Zhang, Zhe Zhu, Stephen G. Zahn
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE), Landsat Missions

Landsat benefiting society for fifty years Landsat benefiting society for fifty years

Since 1972, data acquired by the Landsat series of satellites have become integral to land management for both government and the private sector, providing scientists and decision makers with key information about agricultural productivity, ice sheet dynamics, urban growth, forest monitoring, natural resource management, water quality, and supporting disaster response. Landsat 9...
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Laura E. P. Rocchio, Peggy Connot, Steve Young, Kate Ramsayer, Linda Owen, Michelle Bouchard, Christopher Barnes
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National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Landsat Missions

Modeled historical land use and land cover for the conterminous United States Modeled historical land use and land cover for the conterminous United States

The landscape of the conterminous United States has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, with agricultural land use, urban expansion, forestry, and other anthropogenic activities altering land cover across vast swaths of the country. While land use and land cover (LULC) models have been developed to model potential future LULC change, few efforts have focused on recreating...
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Terry L. Sohl, Ryan R. Reker, Michelle A. Bouchard, Kristi L. Sayler, Jordan Dornbierer, Steve Wika, Robert Quenzer, Aaron M. Friesz
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Spatially explicit modeling of 1992-2100 land cover and forest stand age for the conterminous United States Spatially explicit modeling of 1992-2100 land cover and forest stand age for the conterminous United States

Information on future land-use and land-cover (LULC) change is needed to analyze the impact of LULC change on ecological processes. The U.S. Geological Survey has produced spatially explicit, thematically detailed LULC projections for the conterminous United States. Four qualitative and quantitative scenarios of LULC change were developed, with characteristics consistent with the...
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Terry L. Sohl, Kristi L. Sayler, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Aaron M. Friesz, Stacie L. Bennett, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Rachel R. Sleeter, Tamara Wilson, Christopher E. Soulard, Michelle Knuppe, Travis Van Hofwegen
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Land-use and land-cover change in three corn belt ecoregions: Similarities and differences Land-use and land-cover change in three corn belt ecoregions: Similarities and differences

Land use categorical changes, though not as numerous as one might suspect, vary by type within the three designated ecozones of the Corn Belt with the westernmost zone showing the most temporary change vis-a-vis the more permanent changes taking place in the eastern and central zones.
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Roger F. Auch, Chris R. Laingen, Mark A. Drummond, Kristi L. Sayler, Ryan R. Reker, Michelle A. Bouchard, Jeffrey J. Danielson
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Coastal Changes and Impacts

Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales Scenarios of land use and land cover change in the conterminous United States: Utilizing the special report on emission scenarios at ecoregional scales

Global environmental change scenarios have typically provided projections of land use and land cover for a relatively small number of regions or using a relatively coarse resolution spatial grid, and for only a few major sectors. The coarseness of global projections, in both spatial and thematic dimensions, often limits their direct utility at scales useful for environmental management...
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Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Michelle A. Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Christopher E. Soulard, William Acevedo, Glenn E. Griffith, Rachel R. Sleeter, Roger F. Auch, Kristi L. Sayler, Stephen Prisley, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States Spatially explicit land-use and land-cover scenarios for the Great Plains of the United States

The Great Plains of the United States has undergone extensive land-use and land-cover change in the past 150 years, with much of the once vast native grasslands and wetlands converted to agricultural crops, and much of the unbroken prairie now heavily grazed. Future land-use change in the region could have dramatic impacts on ecological resources and processes. A scenario-based modeling...
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Terry L. Sohl, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Kristi L. Sayler, Michelle A. Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Stacie L. Bennett, Rachel R. Sleeter, Ronald L. Kanengieter, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

A land-use and land-cover modeling strategy to support a national assessment of carbon stocks and fluxes A land-use and land-cover modeling strategy to support a national assessment of carbon stocks and fluxes

Changes in land use, land cover, disturbance regimes, and land management have considerable influence on carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes within ecosystems. Through targeted land-use and land-management activities, ecosystems can be managed to enhance carbon sequestration and mitigate fluxes of other GHGs. National-scale, comprehensive analyses of carbon sequestration potential by...
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Terry L. Sohl, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Kristi L. Sayler, Stacie Bennett, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Todd Hawbaker, Anne Wein, Shu-Guang Liu, Ronald Kanengieter, William Acevedo
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, Western Geographic Science Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms Development of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission cloud-cover assessment algorithms

The upcoming launch of the Operational Land Imager (OLI) will start the next era of the Landsat program. However, the Automated Cloud-Cover Assessment (CCA) (ACCA) algorithm used on Landsat 7 requires a thermal band and is thus not suited for OLI. There will be a thermal instrument on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)-the Thermal Infrared Sensor-which may not be available during...
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Pat Scaramuzza, M.A. Bouchard, John L. Dwyer
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE)

Future scenarios of land-use and land-cover change in the United States--the Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregion Future scenarios of land-use and land-cover change in the United States--the Marine West Coast Forests Ecoregion

Detecting, quantifying, and projecting historical and future changes in land use and land cover (LULC) has emerged as a core research area for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Changes in LULC are important drivers of changes to biogeochemical cycles, the exchange of energy between the Earth’s surface and atmosphere, biodiversity, water quality, and climate change. To quantify the rates...
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Tamara S. Wilson, Benjamin M. Sleeter, Terry L. Sohl, Glenn Griffith, William Acevedo, Stacie Bennett, Michelle Bouchard, Ryan R. Reker, Christy Ryan, Kristi L. Sayler, Rachel Sleeter, Christopher E. Soulard
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Western Geographic Science Center, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center

Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in the Great Plains region of the United States Baseline and projected future carbon storage and greenhouse-gas fluxes in the Great Plains region of the United States

This assessment was conducted to fulfill the requirements of section 712 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 and to improve understanding of carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Great Plains region in the central part of the United States. The assessment examined carbon storage, carbon fluxes, and other GHG fluxes (methane and nitrous oxide) in all major...
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Michelle Bouchard, David Butman, Todd Hawbaker, Zhengpeng Li, Jinxun Liu, Shu-Guang Liu, Cory McDonald, Ryan R. Reker, Kristi Sayler, Benjamin Sleeter, Terry Sohl, Sarah Stackpoole, Anne Wein, Zhi-Liang Zhu
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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Land Use Land Cover Modeling

Movement, home range, and site fidelity of bluegills in a Great Plains Lake Movement, home range, and site fidelity of bluegills in a Great Plains Lake

Little is known about the distribution, movement, and home ranges of bluegills Lepomis macrochirus in lentic environments. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the seasonal and diel differences in movement rates, site fidelity, and home range of bluegills in a shallow, natural Great Plains lake. A total of 78 bluegills (200-273 mm total length) were implanted with...
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C.P. Paukert, D.W. Willis, M.A. Bouchard

Non-USGS Publications**

Catalano, M.J., Chipps, S.R., Bouchard, M.A. and Wahl, D.H., 2001. Evaluation of injectable fluorescent tags for marking centrarchid fishes: retention rate and effects on vulnerability to predation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 21(4), pp.911-917.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

EROS 50th History: Responding to Disasters

Landsat satellites captured vivid imagery of the massive fires blazing across Canada earlier this year: orange flames, ugly burn scars, thick smoke.

Th...

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EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

EROS 50th History: Landsat Unites USGS and NASA

Inspired by early images of the Earth from space, the Department of the Interior and the USGS had a bold idea in the 1960s to launch a satellite to...

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Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

Celebrating a Half-Century at EROS

A half-century of capturing satellite imagery, teaching interpretation, and discovering new land change science distinguishes the USGS Earth Resource...

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EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

EROS 50th History: Library Provides Mission Support

Fifty years ago, Don Lee Kulow’s personal remote sensing library laid the foundation for today’s library at the Earth Resources Observation and...

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USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

USGS EROS Celebrates 50 Years of a Mission that Matters

Fifty years ago, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) brought people together to work in a new government facility surrounded by South Dakota farm fields...

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EROS 50th History: Building Relationships Through International Training

EROS 50th History: Building Relationships Through International Training

A few months ago, a group of scientists from the Czech Republic arrived at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)...

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EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science

EROS 50th History: Helping the World Through Science

Millions of people in the United States and billions around the world live unaware that employees of a far-off USGS facility surrounded by South...

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As USGS EROS Turns 50, Director Embraces Future

As USGS EROS Turns 50, Director Embraces Future

Dr. Pete Doucette came to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in 2019 from the USGS in Reston, Virginia, to lead the...

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EROS 50th History: A Leader in Mapping Land Cover and Change

EROS 50th History: A Leader in Mapping Land Cover and Change

We become intimately familiar with the land where we live, work and play. The backyard maple where three baby robins left their nest on the fourth...

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Eyes on Earth Honors 50-Year USGS EROS Legacy in 100th Episode

Eyes on Earth Honors 50-Year USGS EROS Legacy in 100th Episode

Check out our newest episode of Eyes on Earth – it’s a big one!

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Continuing the Tradition – Announcing the Latest in Land Cover from USGS

Continuing the Tradition – Announcing the Latest in Land Cover from USGS

The USGS has again deployed its decades of experience in land cover mapping with the release of the latest version of the National Land Cover Database...

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EROS 50th History: Adding the LP DAAC Archive

EROS 50th History: Adding the LP DAAC Archive

An original purpose of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, 50 years ago when the facility was planted in the middle of...

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