The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on the USGS Landsat website. The 2008, Volume 2 Issue 3, includes the following articles: + Secretary Kempthorne Showcases Free Public Availability of Landsat Satellite Image Archive at ESRI Conference
+ Landsat Science Team Spotlight
+ The International Charter “Space and Major Disasters”
+ EROS Authors in Recent Publications
+ Did You Know? From the Landsat Legacy Project
+ Landsat 5 25th Anniversary Images
+ Landsat Science Team Meeting
+ Tips and Tricks
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USGS Landsat Update, Volume 2 Issue 3

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.