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Landsat Used to Assess Pesticide Exposure
Source: USGS Landsat Mission In a recent International Journal of Health Geographics article, Susan Maxwell and colleagues have used Landsat data to assess pesticide exposure in California. Looking at time-series imagery of agricultural
MSS Data Products Now Created with LPGS Processing System
Source: USGS Landsat Mission The Multispectral Scanner (MSS) sensor acquired imagery of the Earth from July 1972 to October 1992 on board Landsats 1 through 5. Imagery collected during the first
Landsat Reveal Surprising Connection Between Beetle Attacks, Wildfire
If your summer travels have taken you across the Rocky Mountains, you’ve probably seen large swaths of reddish trees dotting otherwise green forests. While it may look like autumn has
Most New Farmland Comes from Cutting Tropical Forest
Source: Louis Bergeron, Stanford Report A new study led by a Stanford researcher shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000
Root of the Matter: A New Map Shows Decline of Life-Saving Forests
Contributor: Gretchen Cook-Anderson, NASA‘s Earth Science News Team Countless people clung to life in the branches of trees hemming the shorelines during the deadly 2004 tsunami that killed more than 230,000
Landsat-Based Publication Shows Glaciers Retreating in Asia
Source: Jessica Robertson and Jane Ferrigno, USGS Many of Asia’s glaciers are retreating as a result of climate change. This retreat impacts water supplies to millions of people, increases the likelihood
MSS Transition to LPGS Processing
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Website The Landsat project will begin processing MSS data on the Level-1 Product Generation System (LPGS) on September 15, 2010. This is the same system that creates
Hurricane Katrina: A NASA Satellite Video Retrospective
Landsat is featured in a NASA video retrospective on Hurricane Katrina showing the storm as captured by NASA satellites. Further Information: + Hurricane Katrina: A NASA Satellite Video Retrospective + Forests Damaged by Hurricane
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Calibration Update To ETM+ Thermal Band
Source: USGS Effective January 1, 2010, the calibration of the ETM+ thermal band was modified to correct for a lifetime gain error detected by the vicarious calibration teams. Changes were made
Landsat Science Team Meeting Held
A Landsat Science Team Meeting was held between Jan. 19–21, 2010 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The meeting included updates regarding Landsat 5 and 7 status,
Water Watchers
Dean Stevenson has farmed the plains of south-central Idaho most of his forty-seven years. Like all farmers, he worries about things like the price of sugar beets and malt barley
Landsat 5 Returns to Operations
Source: USGS Landsat 5 has continued to downlink data successfully. Data is available for order and download beginning with acquisitions on January 10, 2010.
Spaceflight Now: Landsat Hanging On
In an article written for Spaceflight Now, Stephen Clark chronicles the recent triumph of Landsat 5 over a failed downlink transmitter in December.
Landsat 5 Transmits Data
Source: USGS Today, on January 7, 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey ground station at Sioux Falls, South Dakota successfully conducted a test to collect data from Landsat 5. Continued testing is
Landsat: Earth Observations for a Changing World
Bruce Quirk, the USGS land remote sensing program coordinator, has penned an article for IEEE’s earthzine about the Landsat program, the data’s value, data access, and the future. + “Landsat: Earth Observations for
Presentations From Landsat Data Product Workshop Available
Source: USGS A Landsat Data Products Workshop was held at Boston University, MA. October 27–29, 2009. Workshop goals were to: (1) Define a set of Landsat-based products of general use and
Landsat at COP15
During COP15, the United Nations’ International Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen from Dec. 7–18, 2009, Landsat satellite data were acknowledged as an important tool in monitoring carbon. The philanthropic
News Archives
Calibration Update To ETM+ Thermal Band
Source: USGS Effective January 1, 2010, the calibration of the ETM+ thermal band was modified to correct for a lifetime gain error detected by the vicarious calibration teams. Changes were made
Landsat Science Team Meeting Held
A Landsat Science Team Meeting was held between Jan. 19–21, 2010 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The meeting included updates regarding Landsat 5 and 7 status,
Water Watchers
Dean Stevenson has farmed the plains of south-central Idaho most of his forty-seven years. Like all farmers, he worries about things like the price of sugar beets and malt barley
Landsat 5 Returns to Operations
Source: USGS Landsat 5 has continued to downlink data successfully. Data is available for order and download beginning with acquisitions on January 10, 2010.
Spaceflight Now: Landsat Hanging On
In an article written for Spaceflight Now, Stephen Clark chronicles the recent triumph of Landsat 5 over a failed downlink transmitter in December.
Landsat 5 Transmits Data
Source: USGS Today, on January 7, 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey ground station at Sioux Falls, South Dakota successfully conducted a test to collect data from Landsat 5. Continued testing is
Landsat: Earth Observations for a Changing World
Bruce Quirk, the USGS land remote sensing program coordinator, has penned an article for IEEE’s earthzine about the Landsat program, the data’s value, data access, and the future. + “Landsat: Earth Observations for
Presentations From Landsat Data Product Workshop Available
Source: USGS A Landsat Data Products Workshop was held at Boston University, MA. October 27–29, 2009. Workshop goals were to: (1) Define a set of Landsat-based products of general use and
Landsat at COP15
During COP15, the United Nations’ International Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen from Dec. 7–18, 2009, Landsat satellite data were acknowledged as an important tool in monitoring carbon. The philanthropic
