A draft version of the LDCM reference documents, the Special Calibration Test Requirements (Thermal option addendum), is now available for review and comment. Please provide comments pertaining to this document to Patricia Dombrowski by June 23, 2006.

Above the Earth, Below the Surface: Landsat’s Role in Monitoring Water Quality
Safeguarding freshwater resources is crucial, and while scientists use a variety of ground-based techniques to gauge water quality, the Landsat program has provided water quality data from orbit for decades.