Tracking socioeconomic impacts on land use
June 18, 2006
Location: California-Mexico Border Source: USGS Earthshots These images show the different land use patterns of El Centro, California, and the urban area of Mexicali/Calexico on
Location: California-Mexico Border Source: USGS Earthshots These images show the different land use patterns of El Centro, California, and the urban area of Mexicali/Calexico on
A mosaic of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images with overlays of aerial photography flightlines (N-S lines) and boundaries of physiographic strata was created to help
Contributor: Jan van Wagtendonk, U. S. Geological Survey In recent years, wildland fires have become more intense resulting in increased loss of human life and
Contributor: Alexander F. H. Goetz, University of Colorado at Boulder More than 10 percent of the United States’ High Plains region is made up of
Contributor: Luke Flynn, University of Hawaii To understand the complex “plumbing” beneath active volcanic lave lakes and determine the amount of lava flowing from them,
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