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Landsat 9 Thermal Instrument Passes Critical Design Review
The Landsat 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 team at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has successfully completed their Instrument Critical Design Review.
Landsat 9 Spacecraft Systems Review
USGS and NASA officials will participate in the Landsat 9 Spacecraft System Requirements Review February 28 and March 1 at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona.
Successful Maneuver Spells Beginning of the End for Landsat 7
Landsat 7’s Flight Operations Team has performed the last ∆I maneuver for Landsat 7.
Descartes Labs Releases 3.1 Trillion Pixel Landsat 8 Mosaic
Descartes Labs released a 3.1-trillion pixel, cloud-free Landsat 8 composite image of the world along with two others based on the European Union’s Sentinel satellites on Feb. 6, 2017.
Remembering Landsat Leader Phil Sabelhaus
Sabelhaus was pivotal to the development of the most recent Landsat satellites.
Landsat Images Provided to the Disaster Charter, Jan. 2017
The International Charter is a system that supplies free satellite imagery to emergency responders anywhere in the world. The Charter concept is this: a single phone number is made available to authorized
Landsat Science Team Happenings
The winter Landsat Science Team meeting was held earlier this month at Boston University from Jan. 10–12, 2017.
How Satellite Data Changed Chimpanzee Conservation Efforts
Approximately 345,000 or fewer chimpanzees remain in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a substantial decline from the more than two million that existed a hundred years ago.
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Springtime on an Urban Heat Island
How the urban heat island of Boston affects the growing season of vegetation in and around the city.
Mapping Cities Worldwide
We know very little about cities worldwide. In many instances we have little idea about the use and morphology of cities.
Mapping Snowmelt in the Arctic
The extensive Landsat record has been analyzed to map the climatalogical normal date of snowmelt for large areas of the Arctic.
The 2015 Surge of Kelayayilake Glacier
In May 2015, a severe glacier surge struck the eastern Pamir.
A Glacierized Volcano in Peru & El Niño
How the El Niño Southern Oscillation impacts snow cover of a glacierized volcano in Peru.
Decline of the Last Glaciers in the Eastern Tropics
The glaciers of Puncak Jaya have continued their decline.
Surveying Damage after Severe Weather Events
Imagery, like Landsat’s, offers an overhead view to NWS personnel.
A New Fire Risk Indicator
A new indicator of fire risk for peat moss environments that relys on Landsat 8’s new blue band.
45 Years of Ecosystem Carbon Storage Change Across the U.S.
The carbon implications of 45 years of land use and land cover change in the conterminous U.S.
News Archives
Springtime on an Urban Heat Island
How the urban heat island of Boston affects the growing season of vegetation in and around the city.
Mapping Cities Worldwide
We know very little about cities worldwide. In many instances we have little idea about the use and morphology of cities.
Mapping Snowmelt in the Arctic
The extensive Landsat record has been analyzed to map the climatalogical normal date of snowmelt for large areas of the Arctic.
The 2015 Surge of Kelayayilake Glacier
In May 2015, a severe glacier surge struck the eastern Pamir.
A Glacierized Volcano in Peru & El Niño
How the El Niño Southern Oscillation impacts snow cover of a glacierized volcano in Peru.
Decline of the Last Glaciers in the Eastern Tropics
The glaciers of Puncak Jaya have continued their decline.
Surveying Damage after Severe Weather Events
Imagery, like Landsat’s, offers an overhead view to NWS personnel.
A New Fire Risk Indicator
A new indicator of fire risk for peat moss environments that relys on Landsat 8’s new blue band.
45 Years of Ecosystem Carbon Storage Change Across the U.S.
The carbon implications of 45 years of land use and land cover change in the conterminous U.S.