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Landsat Data Featured in NASA's Unique Movie About Frozen Earth
Contributors: Steve Cole and Sarah DeWitt NASA has created a unique “spherical” movie about Earth’s changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft. “Frozen,” a 12-minute, narrated film,
Landsat and iGETT at the 2009 ASPRS Meeting
Contributor: Jeannie Allen Landsat’s Education and Public Outreach staff gave two presentations, chaired a panel, and facilitated a meeting for American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) members about
Loveland Reflects on Landsat Program
Landsat Data Continuity Mission USGS Project Scientist, Dr. Tom Loveland, sat down with Directions Magazine to reflect on the Landsat Program. In a podcast recording, Loveland and Directions Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Joe Francica, discuss
Designed for 3 years, ‘workhorse’ satellite completes 25
Contributor: Douglas Spencer and Ron Beck, USGS Outliving its expected 3-year lifespan by more than 22 years, on March 1 Landsat 5 completed a busy quarter-century of collecting information about
Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25
132,969 … 132,970 … 132,971. Like a trusty watch counting up the minutes, the Landsat 5 satellite keeps on ticking, orbit after orbit around the Earth. Well beyond its design
UCLA Geographers Use Landsat to Track Bin Laden
UCLA geographers say they have a good idea of where Osama Bin Laden was at the end of 2001 — and perhaps where he has been in the years since.
Researchers Estimate Vineyard Area Using Landsat
In a study published in the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Spanish researchers demonstrate that Landsat data can be used to locate vineyards and estimate their relative area. This work
Landsat 5 Helps Create Carbon Dioxide Map of U.S. on Google Earth
Source: NASA Interactive maps that detail carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion are now available on the popular Google Earth platform. The maps, funded by NASA and the U.S. Department
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Report Using Landsat and SPOT Data Shows Rapid Demise of Papua New Guinean Forests
Source: University of Papua New Guinea Remote Sensing Centre At the same time that the Government of Papua New Guinea is seeking compensation for conserving the carbon-trapping capacity of its
Monitoring Conservation Tillage Via Landat 5 Data
Source: Sharon Durham, USDA ARS To find out how much acreage is being farmed using conservation tillage, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have gone up high–to satellites. Soil scientists Dana G.
Archaeologist Uses Landsat to Explore Ancient Mexico
Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most
Landsat Satellite Imagery Used to Assess the Impact of Burma’s Cyclone Nargis
Contact: Janice Nelson, USGS USGS is providing Landsat satellite imagery to aid rescue and recovery efforts in Burma (Myanmar) in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis’s landfall on May 3. International
USGS Issues RFI for LDCM Ground Station Services
The Department of Interior (DOI), US Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD seeks information and capability statements for a “Satellite Ground Station Services
Landsat Data Continuity Mission USGS Acquisition Strategy for Ground System Segments
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) share responsibility for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). NASA will develop the
The U.S. House of Representatives Honors Landsat on Earth Day
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives honored the Landsat missions by entering a resolution that expressed appreciation to all contributing scientists, engineers, and program personnel for the first 35
NASA Selects Contractor for Landsat Data Continuity Mission Spacecraft
Contact: Cynthia O’Carroll, NASA/GSFC NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $116,306,179 delivery order, General
An Earth Day Perspective: NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery
Contact: Andrew Freeberg From the distant reaches of the universe, to black holes and Saturn’s rings, NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space. But NASA also does
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Report Using Landsat and SPOT Data Shows Rapid Demise of Papua New Guinean Forests
Source: University of Papua New Guinea Remote Sensing Centre At the same time that the Government of Papua New Guinea is seeking compensation for conserving the carbon-trapping capacity of its
Monitoring Conservation Tillage Via Landat 5 Data
Source: Sharon Durham, USDA ARS To find out how much acreage is being farmed using conservation tillage, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have gone up high–to satellites. Soil scientists Dana G.
Archaeologist Uses Landsat to Explore Ancient Mexico
Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most
Landsat Satellite Imagery Used to Assess the Impact of Burma’s Cyclone Nargis
Contact: Janice Nelson, USGS USGS is providing Landsat satellite imagery to aid rescue and recovery efforts in Burma (Myanmar) in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis’s landfall on May 3. International
USGS Issues RFI for LDCM Ground Station Services
The Department of Interior (DOI), US Geological Survey (USGS), Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD seeks information and capability statements for a “Satellite Ground Station Services
Landsat Data Continuity Mission USGS Acquisition Strategy for Ground System Segments
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) share responsibility for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). NASA will develop the
The U.S. House of Representatives Honors Landsat on Earth Day
This week, the U.S. House of Representatives honored the Landsat missions by entering a resolution that expressed appreciation to all contributing scientists, engineers, and program personnel for the first 35
NASA Selects Contractor for Landsat Data Continuity Mission Spacecraft
Contact: Cynthia O’Carroll, NASA/GSFC NASA has selected General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft. Under the terms of the $116,306,179 delivery order, General
An Earth Day Perspective: NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery
Contact: Andrew Freeberg From the distant reaches of the universe, to black holes and Saturn’s rings, NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space. But NASA also does
