Wait! What is in That Landsat Pixel You Just Measured?
Data collected by citizen scientists like you helps land cover scientists evaluate the quality of the maps produced from satellites like Landsat.
50 Years, 50 Stories: Inbal Becker-Reshef
I use Landsat data alongside other satellite and field data to map where and when crops like wheat are growing, to analyze different management practices including when crops are planted and harvested, to assess crop health and to forecast end of season yields.
50 Years, 50 Stories: Chris Neigh
We’ve processed more than 224,000 Landsat images of the boreal forest, from 1984 through 2020, all to understand changes in tree-cover extent.
50 Years, 50 Stories: Morgan A. Crowley
In my Ph.D. research at McGill University in Canada, I used Landsat data to map fire progressions for Canadian wildfires.
Virginia Norwood & the Little Scanner that Could
Virginia T. Norwood, known as the person who could solve impossible problems, played a crucial role in the development of the first space-based multispectral scanner instrument that flew on Landsat 1 and made the mission a success.
50 Years, 50 Stories: Kate Fickas
I use Landsat to explore wetland and aquatic ecosystem dynamics over time, studying how they may vary in a changing climate. Biotic and abiotic, everything on Earth has its own connection.