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.
News Archives
New Satellite View of Gypsy Moth Damage in New England
Valerie Pasquarella, a postdoctoral fellow with the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Northeast Climate Science Center, recently released a series of new maps showing the magnitude and extent of damage from the current gypsy moth outbreak in southern New England.
3 Landsat Images Provided to the Disaster Charter, Sept. 2016
This month, three Landsat scenes were ingested by the USGS Hazard Data Distribution System to provide data for Charter activations.
Landsat, Art, and a Glacier's Perspective
Glaciologist and prolific AGU blogger, Mauri Pelto, regularly publishes posts about changing glaciers around the globe on his “From a Glacier’s Perspective” blog. In many cases, Landsat data informs his posts.
#Landsaturated
Government agencies, research universities, independent hackers, coding bootcamp grads, do-good dev shops, swarms of startups, and multi-billion dollar defense contractors are all furiously building Landsat Viewers.
USGS-NASA Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation
A longtime innovator in space-based Earth observation at Boston University and a team that has paved the way for the next generation of satellite precipitation observations have both been honored with the 2016 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing.
A Vision to Observe Earth
Fifty years ago, on September 21, 1966, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall announced his vision to create “a program aimed at gathering facts about the natural resources of the earth from earth-orbiting satellites.”
Tracking Surface Water Changes Over the Past 30 Years
The world has gained 115,000 km2 of water and 173,000 km2 of land over the past 30 years.
Landsat 9 Passes Mission Milestone
Landsat 9 passed one of its important reviews: “Key Decision Point B (KDP-B)” on August 17.
Why Science Team Member Leo Lymburner Uses Landsat
Australia turned to Landsat. At Geoscience Australia, Landsat 8 Science Team member Leo Lymburner works with the flood mapping team headed by Norman Mueller that conceived of the Water Observations from Space project, or WOfS.
News Archives
New Satellite View of Gypsy Moth Damage in New England
Valerie Pasquarella, a postdoctoral fellow with the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Northeast Climate Science Center, recently released a series of new maps showing the magnitude and extent of damage from the current gypsy moth outbreak in southern New England.
3 Landsat Images Provided to the Disaster Charter, Sept. 2016
This month, three Landsat scenes were ingested by the USGS Hazard Data Distribution System to provide data for Charter activations.
Landsat, Art, and a Glacier's Perspective
Glaciologist and prolific AGU blogger, Mauri Pelto, regularly publishes posts about changing glaciers around the globe on his “From a Glacier’s Perspective” blog. In many cases, Landsat data informs his posts.
#Landsaturated
Government agencies, research universities, independent hackers, coding bootcamp grads, do-good dev shops, swarms of startups, and multi-billion dollar defense contractors are all furiously building Landsat Viewers.
USGS-NASA Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation
A longtime innovator in space-based Earth observation at Boston University and a team that has paved the way for the next generation of satellite precipitation observations have both been honored with the 2016 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing.
A Vision to Observe Earth
Fifty years ago, on September 21, 1966, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall announced his vision to create “a program aimed at gathering facts about the natural resources of the earth from earth-orbiting satellites.”
Tracking Surface Water Changes Over the Past 30 Years
The world has gained 115,000 km2 of water and 173,000 km2 of land over the past 30 years.
Landsat 9 Passes Mission Milestone
Landsat 9 passed one of its important reviews: “Key Decision Point B (KDP-B)” on August 17.
Why Science Team Member Leo Lymburner Uses Landsat
Australia turned to Landsat. At Geoscience Australia, Landsat 8 Science Team member Leo Lymburner works with the flood mapping team headed by Norman Mueller that conceived of the Water Observations from Space project, or WOfS.
