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Meet Prasad S. Thenkabail
Prasad S. Thenkabail, an American National and member of the Landsat Science Team, has 23 years’ experience working as an international expert in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (RS/GIS)
Geospatial Workforce Development Gets a Boost from Goddard Personnel
Contributor: Jeannie Allen This summer, 20 community and tribal college faculty members gathered at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, to participate in two weeks of training as the
Landsat Helps Show That Forests Damaged by Hurricane Katrina Become Major Carbon Source
With the help of Landsat and MODIS data, a research team has estimated that Hurricane Katrina killed or severely damaged 320 million large trees in Gulf Coast forests, which weakened
New 'Hi-Def' View of Antarctica to be Presented at Media Briefing
Media are invited to preview a new map of Antarctica 10 times more detailed than any before at 11 a.m. EST, Tuesday, Nov. 27, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
A Landsat Survey of Mangroves in Tsunami Prone Regions
Agricultural expansion rather than shrimp farming is the major factor responsible for the destruction of tropical mangrove forests in the tsunami-impacted regions of Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, and
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission: Extending the Longest Legacy of Global Land Observation
In a world newly awash with geospatial information, only Landsat offers a rich archive of global mid-resolution, highly calibrated, multispectral data of Earth’s landmasses. To extend this legacy, plans are
Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Terry Arvidson This year’s Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group (LGSOWG-36) meeting was held in South Africa October 15-19, 2007. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by
Landsat at NSF Advanced Technological Education Conference
LDCM Education/Outreach staffer Jeannie Allen presented a poster on the land remote sensing education program, “Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training (iGETT),” at NSF ATE’s conference for PIs and Co-PIs,
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Landsat Helps Monitor Toxic Algal Blooms in New Zealand
Every summer in New Zealand, recreational swimming in Okawa Bay is often prohibited because of toxic algal blooms. According to a Jan. 20 article in the New Zealand Herald, Waikato University
Landsat Data Part of MSN® Virtual Earth™
MSN® Virtual Earth™ is a web map server that offers search and mapping capabilities. As described in a July 2005 Microsoft press release, “the service enables users to search, discover,
LDCM Instrument Request for Proposals Released
The LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Request For Proposals (RFP) has been posted to the NASA Acquisition Internet Service website. The following documents that are referenced in the OLI RFP are
As Population Grows, So Do Urban Areas
Source: USGS News Release Contact: Jonathan H. Smith, 703 648-4516 USGS Release : December 27, 2006 A new USGS publication – Rate, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-Use Change in the United
USGS Announces TerraLook
Source: USGS News Release Contact: Gene Fosnight, 605-594-605 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
GLOBE Star for Landsat Outreach Effort
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) effort is an international science education program for primary and secondary schools that focuses on hand-on learning. In late September
Landsat 5 at 120K+ Orbits
On September 23, 2006 Landsat 5 made its 120,000th orbit around Earth (equating to nearly 3.1 billion miles traveled). Tampa, Florida was one of the locations found on the path of the
Landsat at 2006 AGU Fall Meeting
At the annual fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, Landsat was featured in 80 different scientific talks and posters. The wide scope of these presentations indicates the large array of
LDCM Industry Day Held
NASA/GSFC hosted an informational meeting for prospective offerors on December 11, 2006 at The Inn and Conference Center at the University of Maryland University College. Due to the fact that
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Landsat Helps Monitor Toxic Algal Blooms in New Zealand
Every summer in New Zealand, recreational swimming in Okawa Bay is often prohibited because of toxic algal blooms. According to a Jan. 20 article in the New Zealand Herald, Waikato University
Landsat Data Part of MSN® Virtual Earth™
MSN® Virtual Earth™ is a web map server that offers search and mapping capabilities. As described in a July 2005 Microsoft press release, “the service enables users to search, discover,
LDCM Instrument Request for Proposals Released
The LDCM Operational Land Imager (OLI) Request For Proposals (RFP) has been posted to the NASA Acquisition Internet Service website. The following documents that are referenced in the OLI RFP are
As Population Grows, So Do Urban Areas
Source: USGS News Release Contact: Jonathan H. Smith, 703 648-4516 USGS Release : December 27, 2006 A new USGS publication – Rate, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-Use Change in the United
USGS Announces TerraLook
Source: USGS News Release Contact: Gene Fosnight, 605-594-605 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
GLOBE Star for Landsat Outreach Effort
The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) effort is an international science education program for primary and secondary schools that focuses on hand-on learning. In late September
Landsat 5 at 120K+ Orbits
On September 23, 2006 Landsat 5 made its 120,000th orbit around Earth (equating to nearly 3.1 billion miles traveled). Tampa, Florida was one of the locations found on the path of the
Landsat at 2006 AGU Fall Meeting
At the annual fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, Landsat was featured in 80 different scientific talks and posters. The wide scope of these presentations indicates the large array of
LDCM Industry Day Held
NASA/GSFC hosted an informational meeting for prospective offerors on December 11, 2006 at The Inn and Conference Center at the University of Maryland University College. Due to the fact that
