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Landsat Contributes to New NASS Geospatial Data Product Release
Source: Audra Zakzeski, USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation
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
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Landsat Helps Researchers Measure Snowmelt
Source: Amber Jenkins, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how
Landsat at Space Day
The Landsat Education and Outreach team participated in Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday, May 2. At this perennial favorite event, thousands of visitors enjoy
Landsat Among Suite of Satellites Used in Study Linking Drought to Asian Wildfire Emissions
Source: Gretchen Cook-Anderson In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world’s growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly
Virtually Tour Antarctica
NASA’s Science Visualization Studio released a narrated tour of Antarctica. This guided tour of the area surrounding McMurdo Station in Antarctica uses the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). It’s
Landsat Documents Rapid Disappearance of Antarctica’s Ice Shelves
Contributors: Joan Moody (DOI); Jessica K. Robertson (USGS) Antarctica’s glaciers are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report prepared
Free Landsat Downloads Hit Half Million
Source: USGS On April 2, 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project delivered its 500,000th free image for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. A recent USGS policy change enabled Landsat data
Hispaniola Was a Tropical Cyclone Target Five Times in 2008
Contributor: Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center In 2008, residents of Hispaniola experienced one of their worst hurricane seasons in recent memory. Hispaniola, the Caribbean island containing Haiti and
Landsat Used to Map Persian Gulf Coral Reefs
Contributor: Rashmi De Roy, World Wildlife Foundation In 2006, the WWF helped prepare the first map of coral habitats in the southeastern Persian Gulf, highlighting some of the most extensive
USGS Landsat Project Update Available
The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on the USGS Landsat website. The 2009, Volume 3 Issue 2, includes the following articles: + 25 Years of Landsat 5—A
News Archives
Landsat Helps Researchers Measure Snowmelt
Source: Amber Jenkins, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how
Landsat at Space Day
The Landsat Education and Outreach team participated in Space Day at the National Air and Space Museum on Saturday, May 2. At this perennial favorite event, thousands of visitors enjoy
Landsat Among Suite of Satellites Used in Study Linking Drought to Asian Wildfire Emissions
Source: Gretchen Cook-Anderson In the last decade, Asian farmers have cleared tens of thousands of square miles of forests to accommodate the world’s growing demand for palm oil, an increasingly
Virtually Tour Antarctica
NASA’s Science Visualization Studio released a narrated tour of Antarctica. This guided tour of the area surrounding McMurdo Station in Antarctica uses the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA). It’s
Landsat Documents Rapid Disappearance of Antarctica’s Ice Shelves
Contributors: Joan Moody (DOI); Jessica K. Robertson (USGS) Antarctica’s glaciers are melting more rapidly than previously known because of climate change, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report prepared
Free Landsat Downloads Hit Half Million
Source: USGS On April 2, 2009, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project delivered its 500,000th free image for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. A recent USGS policy change enabled Landsat data
Hispaniola Was a Tropical Cyclone Target Five Times in 2008
Contributor: Rob Gutro, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center In 2008, residents of Hispaniola experienced one of their worst hurricane seasons in recent memory. Hispaniola, the Caribbean island containing Haiti and
Landsat Used to Map Persian Gulf Coral Reefs
Contributor: Rashmi De Roy, World Wildlife Foundation In 2006, the WWF helped prepare the first map of coral habitats in the southeastern Persian Gulf, highlighting some of the most extensive
USGS Landsat Project Update Available
The latest issue of the USGS Landsat Project Update is available on the USGS Landsat website. The 2009, Volume 3 Issue 2, includes the following articles: + 25 Years of Landsat 5—A
