NLCD: Landscape Info Supporting Our Safety and Economic Well-being
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Browse examples from energy to agriculture
Landsat's Economic Value Increases to $25.6 Billion in 2023
A new report details additional billions of indirect benefits
A new report details additional billions of indirect benefits
AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency
New techniques made reinvention of Annual NLCD possible
New techniques made reinvention of Annual NLCD possible
Eyes on Earth
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center.
Landsat's Exciting Future
Upcoming Landsat Next's trio of satellites will provide more frequent imagery in more detail
Upcoming Landsat Next's trio of satellites will provide more frequent imagery in more detail
Landsat satellites - A Pillar of Land Remote Sensing
Helping the World Through Science
Billions of people live unaware of a far-off USGS facility working every day to improve their lives
Billions of people live unaware of a far-off USGS facility working every day to improve their lives
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change and produce land change data products used by land managers, researchers, and policy makers across the nation and around the world. We also operate the Landsat satellite program with NASA, and maintain the largest civilian collection of images of the Earth’s land surface in existence, including tens of millions of satellite images.
Eyes on Earth
Eyes on Earth
This episode of our remote sensing podcast covers how targeted sheep grazing can help manage sagebrush areas invaded by cheatgrass.
Image of the Week
Image of the Week
Our latest video features the opening of shipping season on St. Marys River between Michigan and Ontario, with Landsat scenes of the frozen and then flowing river.
EROS Quick Links
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Resiliency of land change monitoring efforts to input data resampling Resiliency of land change monitoring efforts to input data resampling
The geometric transformation of remotely sensed imagery from one map projection to another necessitates a data resampling operation which alters the recorded values. The global Landsat archive is made available in the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection system which preserves geographic shape across small area but introduces small errors in distance and area. As remote sensing...
Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019 Validation of the geometric accuracy of airborne light detection and ranging data for eastern Iowa, 2019
A geometric accuracy assessment of lidar data collected in eastern Iowa in 2019 as part of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) was conducted. The assessment involved evaluating interswath accuracy, same surface precision, point density, absolute accuracy, and consistency with adjacent 3DEP datasets. The results demonstrate that the data meet or exceed the quality level 2 specifications...
Assessing gap-filled Landsat land surface temperature time-series data using different observational datasets Assessing gap-filled Landsat land surface temperature time-series data using different observational datasets
Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD)-based time-series present challenges in monitoring surface urban heat islands (SUHI) due to rapid changes in land surface temperature (LST) compared to cloud-free satellite observations. This research investigates the use of a spatiotemporal gap-filling model as a feasible and cost-effective solution to produce Landsat time-series LST products with both...
Science
Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing
Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
Eyes on Earth Episode 134 – Data Accuracy: The Calibration and Validation of Landsat
Researchers and other satellite programs rely on the scientifically correct data from Landsat—every pixel and every spectral band that is measured.
USGS EROS Archive - Landsat Legacy - Landsat 4-8 C1 U.S. ARD Sample
Landsat Collection 1 Legacy Samples preserve a selection of data from the first Landsat Collection. These samples provide essential benchmarks for researchers, ensuring historical data remains available for comparison and can be used to evaluate quality improvements across collections.