News Archives
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
Remembering Paul Lowman
Dr. Paul D. Lowman, Jr., an early Landsat affiliate, passed away on Sept. 29, 2011 at age 80. Born in 1931, Dr. Lowman worked with the U.S. Army Ordinance Corps
EarthSky Interview with Martha Anderson: Using Landsat to Monitor Water Use from Space
Martha Anderson, a research scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, uses images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms with pinpoint accuracy,
Landsat Imagery: A Unique Resource
Source: USGS Because Landsat imagery covers the entire globe, goes back 35 years, and is now available at no charge, it is of particular value to the global community. However, until
Tracking Change Over Time
USGS has released a new educational product, titled: “Tracking Change Over Time.” The product is intended for students in grades 5–8. As USGS explains: “Landsat satellites capture images of Earth
Interview with Landsat Science Team Member
Landsat Science Team member and Ash award winner Rick Allen interviewed in the Twin Falls Times-News. Further Information: + Twin Falls Times-News (magicvalley.com) article
Bill Nye the Science Guy is Introduced to Landsat
The Landsat Project Scientist, Jeff Masek, discussed NASA’s Earth Science Program with Bill Nye the Science Guy during Mr. Nye’s recent visit to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Masek
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Arizona Wildfire Sweeps Through Apache National Forest
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS / Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The second largest fire in Arizona history, the Wallow Fire is graphically depicted by this Landsat image, taken
Landsat 5 Sees Tornado Track near Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Source: Michon Scott, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On June 1, 2011, a supercell thunderstorm developed over western Massachusetts. The storm produced an EF3 tornado that cut a 39-mile (63-kilometer)
USGS Hosts the 20th Landsat Technical Working Group meeting.
Source: USGS This year’s Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG#20) meeting was held in Sioux Falls, SD, USA, May 23-27, 2011. Participants from 17 countries, including members of the USGS and NASA
Landsat Science Team Recompete
Source: Meridith Potts, U.S. Geological Survey The USGS released a presolicitation for the Landsat Science Team recompete on the Federal Business Opportunities website June 6th. The presolicitation explains that the
Scientists Track Environmental Influences on Giant Kelp with Help from Landsat Data
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have developed new methods for studying how environmental factors and climate affect giant kelp forest ecosystems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. The scientists merged
Landsat Earth as Art Exhibit at Library of Congress
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey The most recent USGS Earth as Art exhibit, the third in the series of award-winning Landsat satellite images, will
Landsat Offers Stunning Comparison Of Flooding
Extreme rainfall and heavy snowmelt have combined this spring to bring the Mississippi River roaring beyond its banks. While humans on the ground have scrambled to evacuate, build sandbag walls,
Landsat Images Display Extreme Mississippi River Flooding
Recent Landsat satellite data captured by the USGS and NASA on May 10 shows the major flooding of the Mississippi River around Memphis, Tenn. and along the state borders of
World Inventory of Barrier Islands Jumps by One Third
A new Landsat-based survey of worldwide barrier islands has discovered over 650 previously unrecognized islands. Length-wis,e the global stretch of barrier islands is now 37 percent greater than formerly thought.
News Archives
Arizona Wildfire Sweeps Through Apache National Forest
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS / Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center The second largest fire in Arizona history, the Wallow Fire is graphically depicted by this Landsat image, taken
Landsat 5 Sees Tornado Track near Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Source: Michon Scott, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center On June 1, 2011, a supercell thunderstorm developed over western Massachusetts. The storm produced an EF3 tornado that cut a 39-mile (63-kilometer)
USGS Hosts the 20th Landsat Technical Working Group meeting.
Source: USGS This year’s Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG#20) meeting was held in Sioux Falls, SD, USA, May 23-27, 2011. Participants from 17 countries, including members of the USGS and NASA
Landsat Science Team Recompete
Source: Meridith Potts, U.S. Geological Survey The USGS released a presolicitation for the Landsat Science Team recompete on the Federal Business Opportunities website June 6th. The presolicitation explains that the
Scientists Track Environmental Influences on Giant Kelp with Help from Landsat Data
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have developed new methods for studying how environmental factors and climate affect giant kelp forest ecosystems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. The scientists merged
Landsat Earth as Art Exhibit at Library of Congress
Source: Jon Campbell, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey The most recent USGS Earth as Art exhibit, the third in the series of award-winning Landsat satellite images, will
Landsat Offers Stunning Comparison Of Flooding
Extreme rainfall and heavy snowmelt have combined this spring to bring the Mississippi River roaring beyond its banks. While humans on the ground have scrambled to evacuate, build sandbag walls,
Landsat Images Display Extreme Mississippi River Flooding
Recent Landsat satellite data captured by the USGS and NASA on May 10 shows the major flooding of the Mississippi River around Memphis, Tenn. and along the state borders of
World Inventory of Barrier Islands Jumps by One Third
A new Landsat-based survey of worldwide barrier islands has discovered over 650 previously unrecognized islands. Length-wis,e the global stretch of barrier islands is now 37 percent greater than formerly thought.
