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Landsat Part of NASA's IPY Cutting-Edge Polar Exploration and Research
NASA has announced the selection of 33 scientific investigations which have been funded to study the polar regions of Earth as part of the objectives of the International Polar Year
USGS Pilot Project Makes High-Quality Landsat Data Available for Download
Source: USGS As of June 4, 2007, the USGS will be releasing selected Landsat 7 image data of the United States through the Web (glovis.usgs.gov or earthexplorer.usgs.gov). These data are of
Michigan State University Uses Landsat to Monitor Global Climate Change
Source: Walter Chomentowski, Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services, Michigan State University Scientists at Michigan State University’s Global Observatory for Ecosystem Services – or GOES – have a treasure trove of resources
USGS Landsat Newsletter Published
The USGS Landsat Newsletter (vol. 1, issue 1, 2007) has been published on the USGS Landsat website. Its content includes: Landsat Science Team Meeting held January 9-11, 2007 Landsat in Everyday Places
Rainforest Monitoring Improved by Data Fusion
In late April, Science magazine reported that Brazil is a world leader in tropical forest monitoring thanks to their use of data from a number of Earth-observing satellites. Brazil’s Instituto
LTWG-16 Meeting Held in Brazil
Contributor: Terry Arvidson The 16th Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG) meeting was held in Brazil May 14-18, 2007. The meeting was organized by USGS and hosted by the Instituto Nacional
NASA Awards LDCM Accommodation Study
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) awarded delivery orders to four contractors for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Spacecraft Accommodation Study on April 30. “The
"The Planet NASA Needs to Explore"
An editorial in today’s Washington Post warns that NASA’s budgetary shift away from Earth science priorities is perilous for our understanding of global warming and its impacts. The piece, authored
