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USGS Landsat Update – Volume 6 Issue 3, 2012 now available
Aug. 29, 2012 • The USGS Landsat Update is now available. Articles include: Landsat 40th Anniversary The LandsatLook Viewer Now Available Landsat Stories – The Uses and Benefits of Landsat Data Upcoming Meetings
Landsat Data Bit by Bit: What Goes into Getting it Right
The great strength of Landsat data is its long record, the ability to look at our planet over the past 40 years and see what changes man and nature have
Mapping Water Use from Space
[Source: Library of Congress] Dr. Martha Anderson, research scientist, USDA, talks about using images from the Landsat satellite program to monitor water use and drought on U.S. farms with pinpoint
Landsat Metadata Release Moves Forward
Source: USGS Landsat Mission Aug. 24, 2012 • A large metadata and file name update will be released on August 29, 2012. All access to Landsat data will be down for the
New Study Maps Himalayan Glacier Behavior
Source: European Space Agency Aug. 23, 2012 • Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of
Thermal Detector Technology Used on TIRS
Source: NASA GSFC @ YouTube • All objects emit infrared radiation and the characteristics of the infrared radiation are primarily dependent on the temperature of the object. One of the unique
Landsat Data Continuity Mission Environmental Testing is Underway
Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Observatory Electromagnetic Interference/Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI/EMC) testing is underway at Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Gilbert, Ariz., location.
LDCM in Environmental Testing
• The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is currently undergoing Environmental Testing. For the next two weeks, the LDCM observatory will be in ElectroMagnetic Interference /ElectroMagnetic Compatibility testing. EMI/EMC testing
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Contingency Plans for Landsat 5 & 7
Source: Randy Showstack, Eos Transactions AGU With the Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite failing due to a rapidly degrading electronic component, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is exploring ways to alleviate
Gavin Schmidt EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
EarthSky, a radio program that brings current science ideas, strategies, and research results to people worldwide, has announced the selection of Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt as the 2011 EarthSky Science
USGS EROS Welcomes New Director
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., announces the selection of Dr. Frank P. Kelly to serve as the
Upcoming Public Lecture: Landsat's Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Dr. Tom Loveland will give a public lecture titled “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes” at the U.S.
Preliminary Spectral Response of the Operational Land Imager
The Landsat Data Continuity Missions’s (LDCM’s) fully assembled Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument was tested under thermal vacuum conditions by the instrument vendor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. During testing
Explaining Beached Kelp
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent, giant kelp is regularly washed
Ecological Society of America Mourns Landsat 5
The Ecological Society of America bids farewell to Landsat 5 in its online blog Ecotone. Blogger Liza Lester shares some ways in which Landsat 5 data have helped ecological research. All
LandsatLook Images
USGS has just released a Fact Sheet providing information about their LandsatLook images. LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and
Jobs, Innovations Follow Open-Access to Data
The European Commission (the body that proposes European Union legislation) is planning to provide open access to all public data—geographical, statistical, meteorological, publicly-funded research data, etc. Their goal is to
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Contingency Plans for Landsat 5 & 7
Source: Randy Showstack, Eos Transactions AGU With the Landsat 5 Earth observation satellite failing due to a rapidly degrading electronic component, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is exploring ways to alleviate
Gavin Schmidt EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year
EarthSky, a radio program that brings current science ideas, strategies, and research results to people worldwide, has announced the selection of Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt as the 2011 EarthSky Science
USGS EROS Welcomes New Director
Source: Jan Nelson, USGS The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., announces the selection of Dr. Frank P. Kelly to serve as the
Upcoming Public Lecture: Landsat's Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Dr. Tom Loveland will give a public lecture titled “The View from Space: Landsat’s Role in Tracking Forty Years of Global Changes” at the U.S.
Preliminary Spectral Response of the Operational Land Imager
The Landsat Data Continuity Missions’s (LDCM’s) fully assembled Operational Land Imager (OLI) instrument was tested under thermal vacuum conditions by the instrument vendor, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. During testing
Explaining Beached Kelp
Have you ever walked along a California coast and wondered about all of the kelp washed-up on shore? In winter when storms are more frequent, giant kelp is regularly washed
Ecological Society of America Mourns Landsat 5
The Ecological Society of America bids farewell to Landsat 5 in its online blog Ecotone. Blogger Liza Lester shares some ways in which Landsat 5 data have helped ecological research. All
LandsatLook Images
USGS has just released a Fact Sheet providing information about their LandsatLook images. LandsatLook images are full resolution JPEG files derived from Landsat Level 1 data products. The images are compressed and
Jobs, Innovations Follow Open-Access to Data
The European Commission (the body that proposes European Union legislation) is planning to provide open access to all public data—geographical, statistical, meteorological, publicly-funded research data, etc. Their goal is to
