News Archives
Landsat Sees Wetland and Barrier Island Loss from Hurricane Gustav
Contributor: Rob Gutro Hurricane Gustav made landfall in coastal Louisiana on Sept. 1, 2008, as a very strong category 2 (almost category 3) hurricane and left its mark on wetlands
Opening the Landsat Archive
Source: USGS Electronic access to the entire USGS Landsat 7 archive, enabling users to download standard-format scenes at no charge, has been an amazing success, with over 125,000 scenes downloaded since
Landsat Looks at Coal Ash Spill
Contributor: Michon Scott, NASA Earth Observatory In the early morning hours of December 22, 2008, the earthen wall of a containment pond at Tennessee’s Kingston Fossil Plant gave way. The breach
Landsat Science Team Meeting Held
The fifth LDCM-era Landsat Science Team meeting was hosted by Dr. Eileen Helmer of the U.S. Forest Service in Fort Collins, Colorado from January 6–8, 2009. The meeting included Landsat
Agriculture Students Use Landsat to Evaluate Crop, Rangeland
Source: Steven L. Miller, University of Wyoming Agriculture students in a University of Wyoming class used remote sensing information to analyze crop and rangeland they are either familiar with or
LDCM to Benefit from New Technology
Contributor: Rob Gutro, NASA/GSFC and Ken Kingery, U-Idaho Engineers at the University of Idaho have developed unique new technology that will be used in upcoming NASA missions that will study
Landsat at 2008 AGU Fall Meeting
At the annual fall AGU meeting in San Francisco, CA, Landsat was featured in 90 different scientific talks and posters. The wide scope of these presentations indicates the large array
Landsat Calibration Working Group Meeting Held
Contributor: Brian Markham The Landsat Calibration Working Group held their most recent semi-annual meeting at the USGS EROS facility in Sioux Falls, SD on December 3 and 4, 2008. USGS/EROS
News Archives
Participate in ASPRS Survey on the Future of Land Imaging
In support of the Future of Land Imaging workshop, the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has been asked by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Public Workshop to Be Held: Future Land Imaging for the United States
You are invited to attend and participate in a public workshop on the future of U.S. moderate-resolution, Landsat-type multispectral land imaging. See draft agenda below. At the workshop, you will hear presentations
Revised Draft for LDCM Thermal Imaging Option Released
The Revised Draft Imagery Requirements supplement for the thermal imaging option is now available for review and comment. The Imagery Requirements supplement is a subset of the Space Segment Requirements Document. It
Classroom Activities
Title Description Keywords DLESE (external link)Description For Grades K-12 Mission Geography (external link) These curriculum support materials link the content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life: The National Geography
Landsat 5 Flight Operations Anomaly Team Wins Award
The Landsat 5 Flight Operations Anomaly Team has won the International SpaceOps 2006 Award for Outstanding Achievement in honor of their “dedicated efforts in recovering Landsat 5 from two potentially
Draft LDCM Operations Concept and WRS-2 Definition Documents Available
Draft versions of two LDCM reference documents, the Operations Concept document and the WRS-2 Definition document, are now available for review and comment. Please provide comments pertaining to these documents
Two Draft LDCM Reference Documents Released
Draft versions of two LDCM requirements documents, the Space to Ground Segments Interface Requirements and the Mission Operations Element Requirements are now available. Please provide comments pertaining to these documents to Patricia Dombrowski or Faye Johnson by July
Tracking socioeconomic impacts on land use
Location: California-Mexico Border Source: USGS Earthshots These images show the different land use patterns of El Centro, California, and the urban area of Mexicali/Calexico on the California-Mexico border. From 1970
Characterizing forest range vegetation
A mosaic of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images with overlays of aerial photography flightlines (N-S lines) and boundaries of physiographic strata was created to help inventory the forests of Minnesota.
News Archives
Participate in ASPRS Survey on the Future of Land Imaging
In support of the Future of Land Imaging workshop, the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has been asked by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Public Workshop to Be Held: Future Land Imaging for the United States
You are invited to attend and participate in a public workshop on the future of U.S. moderate-resolution, Landsat-type multispectral land imaging. See draft agenda below. At the workshop, you will hear presentations
Revised Draft for LDCM Thermal Imaging Option Released
The Revised Draft Imagery Requirements supplement for the thermal imaging option is now available for review and comment. The Imagery Requirements supplement is a subset of the Space Segment Requirements Document. It
Classroom Activities
Title Description Keywords DLESE (external link)Description For Grades K-12 Mission Geography (external link) These curriculum support materials link the content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life: The National Geography
Landsat 5 Flight Operations Anomaly Team Wins Award
The Landsat 5 Flight Operations Anomaly Team has won the International SpaceOps 2006 Award for Outstanding Achievement in honor of their “dedicated efforts in recovering Landsat 5 from two potentially
Draft LDCM Operations Concept and WRS-2 Definition Documents Available
Draft versions of two LDCM reference documents, the Operations Concept document and the WRS-2 Definition document, are now available for review and comment. Please provide comments pertaining to these documents
Two Draft LDCM Reference Documents Released
Draft versions of two LDCM requirements documents, the Space to Ground Segments Interface Requirements and the Mission Operations Element Requirements are now available. Please provide comments pertaining to these documents to Patricia Dombrowski or Faye Johnson by July
Tracking socioeconomic impacts on land use
Location: California-Mexico Border Source: USGS Earthshots These images show the different land use patterns of El Centro, California, and the urban area of Mexicali/Calexico on the California-Mexico border. From 1970
Characterizing forest range vegetation
A mosaic of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images with overlays of aerial photography flightlines (N-S lines) and boundaries of physiographic strata was created to help inventory the forests of Minnesota.
