News Archives
LDCM Orbit Swaths
LDCM orbits 13 times each day, and covers the whole Earth in 16 days.
Dead Sea Salt Farming
View changes in the Dead Sea over 40 years as salt farms multiply.
Best of "Earth As Art"
The Top 5 images from the USGS “Earth As Art” collection. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011052/Earth_as_Art_Top_5_youtube_hq_gal.png
From The Archives
A look back at the early years of Landsat. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011051/Landsat_ERTS_1973_Still_gal.png
Dead Sea Salt Farming
View changes in the Dead Sea over 40 years as salt farms multiply. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/Landsat/Dead Sea 3-panel_gal.png
Landsat 40th Live Shot
LDCM Project Scientist Jim Irons is interviewed on live TV. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011000/a011049/Jim_Irons_Interview_youtube_hq_gal.png
LDCM Orbit Swaths
LDCM orbits 13 times each day, and covers the whole Earth in 16 days. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003900/a003939/earth_compWday.0624_gal.png
Crop Irrigation in Saudi Arabia
Even in the desert there is water for crops, if you drill deep enough. thumbnail: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/Landsat/Wadi As Sirhan compare_gal.png
News Archives
USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 3, 2012 now available
Aug. 29, 2012 • The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 40th Anniversary The LandsatLook Viewer Now Available Landsat Stories – The Uses and Benefits of Landsat Data Upcoming Meetings
Landsat Data Bit by Bit: What Goes into Getting it Right
The great strength of Landsat data is its long record, the ability to look at our planet over the past 40 years and see what changes man and nature have
Mapping Water Use from Space
[Source: Library of Congress] Dr. Martha Anderson, research scientist, USDA, talks about using images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms with pinpoint
Landsat Metadata Release Moves Forward
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Aug. 24, 2012 • A large metadata and file name update will be released on August 29, 2012. All access to Landsat data will be down for the
New Study Maps Himalayan Glacier Behavior
Source: European Space Agency Aug. 23, 2012 • Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of
Thermal Detector Technology Used on TIRS
Source: NASA GSFC @ YouTube • All objects emit infrared radiation and the characteristics of the infrared radiation are primarily dependent on the temperature of the object. One of the unique
Landsat Data Continuity Mission Environmental Testing is Underway
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Observatory Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing is underway at Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Gilbert, Ariz., location.
LDCM in Environmental Testing
• The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is currently undergoing Environmental Testing. For the next two weeks, the LDCM observatory will be in ElectroMagnetic Interference /ElectroMagnetic Compatibility testing. EMI/EMC testing
Landsat Shows Yellowstone Burn Recovery
A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast
News Archives
USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 3, 2012 now available
Aug. 29, 2012 • The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 40th Anniversary The LandsatLook Viewer Now Available Landsat Stories – The Uses and Benefits of Landsat Data Upcoming Meetings
Landsat Data Bit by Bit: What Goes into Getting it Right
The great strength of Landsat data is its long record, the ability to look at our planet over the past 40 years and see what changes man and nature have
Mapping Water Use from Space
[Source: Library of Congress] Dr. Martha Anderson, research scientist, USDA, talks about using images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms with pinpoint
Landsat Metadata Release Moves Forward
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Aug. 24, 2012 • A large metadata and file name update will be released on August 29, 2012. All access to Landsat data will be down for the
New Study Maps Himalayan Glacier Behavior
Source: European Space Agency Aug. 23, 2012 • Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of
Thermal Detector Technology Used on TIRS
Source: NASA GSFC @ YouTube • All objects emit infrared radiation and the characteristics of the infrared radiation are primarily dependent on the temperature of the object. One of the unique
Landsat Data Continuity Mission Environmental Testing is Underway
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Observatory Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing is underway at Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Gilbert, Ariz., location.
LDCM in Environmental Testing
• The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is currently undergoing Environmental Testing. For the next two weeks, the LDCM observatory will be in ElectroMagnetic Interference /ElectroMagnetic Compatibility testing. EMI/EMC testing
Landsat Shows Yellowstone Burn Recovery
A combination of lightning, drought and human activity caused fires to scorch more than one-third of Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1988. Within a year, burn scars cast
