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Measuring Flood Extent in Mozambique
• On January 16, 2012, Mozambique’s coast was hit by the tropical depression “Dando” followed by cyclone “Funso.” With wind speeds up to 220 km/hour and torrential rains, the storms
Combating drought in the Horn of Africa
• UNESCO began mapping groundwater this January in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa, in order to bring the population a sustainable water supply. Drought has caused the region’s worst famine
LDCM Thermal Instrument Completes Pre-Ship Testing
LDCM’s thermal instrument (TIRS) completed the last of its functional testing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center yesterday. For the next two weeks the instrument will go through a series
Monitoring Floods and Fires in Summer 2011
Source: Linda Jonescheit, USGS The summer of 2011 proved to be a season of extreme events. Heavy snowfall in the western mountains and excessive spring rains caused flooding along the Missouri
Contingency Plans for Landsat 5 & 7
Source: Randy Showstack, Eos Transactions AGU With the Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite failing due to a rapidly degrading electronic component, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is exploring ways to alleviate
Gavin Schmidt EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
EarthSky, a radio program that brings current science ideas, strategies, and research results to people worldwide, has announced the selection of Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt as the 2011 EarthSky Science
USGS EROS Welcomes New Director
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., announces the selection of Dr. Frank P. Kelly to serve as the
Upcoming Public Lecture: Landsat's Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Dr. Tom Loveland will give a public lecture titled “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes” at the U.S.
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Meet Shannon Franks
When people think of NASA, the first thing that comes to mind is probably an image of astronauts floating around the International Space Station, or perhaps the great discoveries that
LDCM Past Another Milestone
The NASA Agency Program Management Council unanimously approved the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to proceed to into Phase D following a Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D) review at NASA Headquarters
Landsat Update – Volume 5 Issue 4 2011
The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook: Social Media comes to Landsat WELD Project: Web-Enabled Landsat Data Meetings: International Scientists join for SilvaCarbon Workshop Upcoming Meetings
Landsat's TIRS Instrument Comes Out of First Round of Thermal Vacuum Testing
Source: Ellen Gray The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4 at NASA’s
Landsat Adds to World Memory
Source: Jan Nelson and Jon Campbell, USGS A United Nations group established to preserve humanity’s documentary history has selected a portion of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat archive of Earth
LDCM's Operational Land Imager is Integrated onto Spacecraft
Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, AZ mechanically integrated the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onto the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. The integration took 3 days. This top photo
Remembering Andy Dantzler
Source: Washington Post Andy Dantzler, 49, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Andy graduated from the University of Maryland in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree
Landsat MSS Data Now Part of the Memory of the World Register
The MSS data collection is among the 245 international documentary collections that make up the Memory of the World Register.
Landsat: A Most Important Asset
The fifth Forum on Earth Observations met in mid-June in Washington, D.C. to discuss the need for comprehensive earth observation or “environmental intelligence,” as they called it. Last year ocean
News Archives
Meet Shannon Franks
When people think of NASA, the first thing that comes to mind is probably an image of astronauts floating around the International Space Station, or perhaps the great discoveries that
LDCM Past Another Milestone
The NASA Agency Program Management Council unanimously approved the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) to proceed to into Phase D following a Key Decision Point-D (KDP-D) review at NASA Headquarters
Landsat Update – Volume 5 Issue 4 2011
The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook: Social Media comes to Landsat WELD Project: Web-Enabled Landsat Data Meetings: International Scientists join for SilvaCarbon Workshop Upcoming Meetings
Landsat's TIRS Instrument Comes Out of First Round of Thermal Vacuum Testing
Source: Ellen Gray The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) that will fly on the next Landsat satellite came out of its first round of thermal vacuum testing Tuesday, October 4 at NASA’s
Landsat Adds to World Memory
Source: Jan Nelson and Jon Campbell, USGS A United Nations group established to preserve humanity’s documentary history has selected a portion of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat archive of Earth
LDCM's Operational Land Imager is Integrated onto Spacecraft
Engineers at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Gilbert, AZ mechanically integrated the Operational Land Imager (OLI) onto the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. The integration took 3 days. This top photo
Remembering Andy Dantzler
Source: Washington Post Andy Dantzler, 49, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011 after suffering a cardiac arrest. Andy graduated from the University of Maryland in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree
Landsat MSS Data Now Part of the Memory of the World Register
The MSS data collection is among the 245 international documentary collections that make up the Memory of the World Register.
Landsat: A Most Important Asset
The fifth Forum on Earth Observations met in mid-June in Washington, D.C. to discuss the need for comprehensive earth observation or “environmental intelligence,” as they called it. Last year ocean
