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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,
Understanding Disaster Aftermath in Japan
Contributors: Laura Rocchio and Julia Barsi After the violent March 11 Tohoku earthquake and devastating Japanese tsunami, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) coordinated a volunteer GIS-based analysis effort as part
Global Land Survey 2010 Processing Begins
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS In the past, the USGS and NASA collaborated on the creation of four global land datasets using Landsat images: one from the 1970s and one each
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Landsat Science Team Fall Meeting
An article in the Nov./Dec. edition of The Earth Observer gives a detailed overview of the fall Landsat Science Team meeting held in Boise, Idaho. The recent contributions of the
Reducing the Cost of Natural Hazards: Sharing Data is Key
A joint report from the World Bank and United Nations titled Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention examines the economic and human cost of natural disasters. The
EO-1: A Decade of Service for a Landsat Test Bed
The Earth Observing-1 satellite celebrated its tenth year on orbit Nov. 21. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard EO-1 demonstrated the feasibility of a new push-broom sensor for future Landsat
Landsat Agriculture & Forestry Pioneer Honored with Pecora Award
Source: Steve Cole, NASA NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the William T. Pecora Award to Marvin E. Bauer of the University of Minnesota for his pioneering work
Goddard Center Director Announces New LDCM Project Manager
Source: NASA Goddard PAO Bill Ochs, the long-time Landsat Data Continuity Mission Project Manager, has been named the new James Webb Space Telescope Project Manager by the Goddard Space Flight
Earth as Art: Portraits from the Studio of Space
Source: Janice Nelson and Jon Campbell, USGS For most of us, deserts, mountains, river valleys, coastlines—even dry lakebeds—are familiar features of the Earth’s landscape. For earth scientists, they are the focus
Locating Malaria Danger Zones with Landsat and SRTM
A team of scientists led by Julia Clennon reported in this month’sInternational Journal of Health Geographics, that locating mosquito breeding grounds responsible for malaria transmission may be possible with a
Landsat Feeds ESA-led TalkingFields
TalkingFields, a European Space Agency-led project, is poised to help European farmers. Using TalkingFields farmers will be better able to allocate fertilizer and water and to more quickly identify disease
Landsat Enables Amazon Accounting
Source: Climate Central [external link] The University of Maryland’s Dr. John Townshend talks to Climate Central scientist Dr. Heidi Cullen about Landsat’s central role in measuring the biomass of the the massive
News Archives
Landsat Science Team Fall Meeting
An article in the Nov./Dec. edition of The Earth Observer gives a detailed overview of the fall Landsat Science Team meeting held in Boise, Idaho. The recent contributions of the
Reducing the Cost of Natural Hazards: Sharing Data is Key
A joint report from the World Bank and United Nations titled Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters: The Economics of Effective Prevention examines the economic and human cost of natural disasters. The
EO-1: A Decade of Service for a Landsat Test Bed
The Earth Observing-1 satellite celebrated its tenth year on orbit Nov. 21. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) aboard EO-1 demonstrated the feasibility of a new push-broom sensor for future Landsat
Landsat Agriculture & Forestry Pioneer Honored with Pecora Award
Source: Steve Cole, NASA NASA and the U.S. Department of the Interior presented the William T. Pecora Award to Marvin E. Bauer of the University of Minnesota for his pioneering work
Goddard Center Director Announces New LDCM Project Manager
Source: NASA Goddard PAO Bill Ochs, the long-time Landsat Data Continuity Mission Project Manager, has been named the new James Webb Space Telescope Project Manager by the Goddard Space Flight
Earth as Art: Portraits from the Studio of Space
Source: Janice Nelson and Jon Campbell, USGS For most of us, deserts, mountains, river valleys, coastlines—even dry lakebeds—are familiar features of the Earth’s landscape. For earth scientists, they are the focus
Locating Malaria Danger Zones with Landsat and SRTM
A team of scientists led by Julia Clennon reported in this month’sInternational Journal of Health Geographics, that locating mosquito breeding grounds responsible for malaria transmission may be possible with a
Landsat Feeds ESA-led TalkingFields
TalkingFields, a European Space Agency-led project, is poised to help European farmers. Using TalkingFields farmers will be better able to allocate fertilizer and water and to more quickly identify disease
Landsat Enables Amazon Accounting
Source: Climate Central [external link] The University of Maryland’s Dr. John Townshend talks to Climate Central scientist Dr. Heidi Cullen about Landsat’s central role in measuring the biomass of the the massive
