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Landsat 5 Images the Eastern Seaboard After Irene
On August 31, 2011 Landsat 5 orbited over the U.S. Eastern seaboard capturing imagery of regions affected by Hurricane Irene from New York to the Carolinas. Irene’s heavy rains caused
Dakota Midday Learns about Landsat
On the last day of the Science Team Meeting, NASA and USGS Landsat Project Scientists Jeff Masek and Tom Loveland along with Science Team leader Curtis Woodcock talked live with
Beautiful New Landsat Mosaic of Chesapeake Bay
USGS has released a new mosaic of the Chesapeake Bay. Using six Landsat 5 images collected in July 2009 and 2011 a beautiful, seamless mosaic of the Chesapeake Bay region
Landsat Science Team Details Available
The Landsat Science Team meeting agenda with links to all meeting presentations is now available from USGS. Meeting agenda and presentations: + USGS Landsat Science Team Agenda with Links
Landsat Helps Stave Off Crop Insurance Fraud
This February with the help of Landsat a California farmer was found guilty of committing crop insurance fraud in San Joaquin, Contra Costa, and Lassen counties. The farmer was fined $10,000 dollars, ordered to pay $211,516 in restitution, and sentenced to serve two and a half years in prison.
Landsat Image Maps Aid Fire Recovery Efforts
Contributor: Melissa Quijada, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA satellite images regularly map active fires around the world. Once a fire is out, satellite data and maps are also used by
Landsat Science Team Meeting to be Held in Sioux Falls, SD
A Science Team meeting will be held August 16–18 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This will be the final meeting for the current Team, this being the end of their
Prospects for the National Land Imaging Program and Landsat 9
A July 26, 2011 message from Ms. Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior, concerning the Landsat series of satellites: “[T]he President’s 2012 budget
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Award-winning Paper Shows Landsat 5 Thermal Band Remarkably Stable
Frank Padula and coauthor John Schott received two prestigious awards at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At yesterday’s ASPRS Awards Luncheon, Padula’s
Landsat Satellite Imagery of Earth Accessible to Public on “ChangeMatters” Website
Source: Joan Moody, Department of the Interior Today Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced that a new geospatial website, “ChangeMatters,” has made the Department of the Interior’s satellite
Esri and DOI Introduce Landsat Data for the World
Source: Esri Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost
Landsat Update – Volume 5 Issue 2 2011
The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Call for Pecora 2011 Award Nominations Landsat 4 Thermal Band Calibration Update LandsatLook Images Global Land Survey 2010 Available Meetings – Landsat Science
Landsat part of SERVIR's Fire Management System Support in Guatemala
Contributors: Janet L. Anderson, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center In the last few years, fire incidence in Guatemala has increased, damaging and transforming wild areas into degraded forests, savannas and
An Earth Day Celebration with Landsat
Source: MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2) This Earth Day NASA’s Digital Learning Network (DLN) joined with the MAGPI group to explain how the Landsat program has helped scientists observe
Most Detailed Maps of Forest Height, Biomass, and Carbon Released
Source: Elizabeth Braun, Woods Hole Research Center The Woods Hole Research Center has released the first hectare-scale maps of canopy height, aboveground biomass, and associated carbon stock for the forests
Landsat 7 Turns 12
On this day in 1999, Landsat 7 was launched into orbit. Landsat 7 is the considered the most accurately calibrated Earth-observing satellite, i.e., its measurements are extremely accurate when compared
Landsat: Who are the Customers?
Source: Natalie Sexton and Jennifer LaVista, USGS Who exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind,
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Award-winning Paper Shows Landsat 5 Thermal Band Remarkably Stable
Frank Padula and coauthor John Schott received two prestigious awards at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At yesterday’s ASPRS Awards Luncheon, Padula’s
Landsat Satellite Imagery of Earth Accessible to Public on “ChangeMatters” Website
Source: Joan Moody, Department of the Interior Today Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes announced that a new geospatial website, “ChangeMatters,” has made the Department of the Interior’s satellite
Esri and DOI Introduce Landsat Data for the World
Source: Esri Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost
Landsat Update – Volume 5 Issue 2 2011
The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Call for Pecora 2011 Award Nominations Landsat 4 Thermal Band Calibration Update LandsatLook Images Global Land Survey 2010 Available Meetings – Landsat Science
Landsat part of SERVIR's Fire Management System Support in Guatemala
Contributors: Janet L. Anderson, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center In the last few years, fire incidence in Guatemala has increased, damaging and transforming wild areas into degraded forests, savannas and
An Earth Day Celebration with Landsat
Source: MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2) This Earth Day NASA’s Digital Learning Network (DLN) joined with the MAGPI group to explain how the Landsat program has helped scientists observe
Most Detailed Maps of Forest Height, Biomass, and Carbon Released
Source: Elizabeth Braun, Woods Hole Research Center The Woods Hole Research Center has released the first hectare-scale maps of canopy height, aboveground biomass, and associated carbon stock for the forests
Landsat 7 Turns 12
On this day in 1999, Landsat 7 was launched into orbit. Landsat 7 is the considered the most accurately calibrated Earth-observing satellite, i.e., its measurements are extremely accurate when compared
Landsat: Who are the Customers?
Source: Natalie Sexton and Jennifer LaVista, USGS Who exactly who uses Landsat satellite imagery and what value do they derive from the information? In the first study of its kind,
