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2023 in Review: EROS Celebrated its 50th, Named a Director

2023 in Review: EROS Celebrated its 50th, Named a Director

The past year has been exciting and momentous at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center for many reasons. Certainly the...

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EROS Gives Snapshot of Heat Trends in 50 Cities Across the U.S.

EROS Gives Snapshot of Heat Trends in 50 Cities Across the U.S.

What happens on a hot day when the sun bakes buildings and asphalt parking lots in areas that contain little, if any, grass or trees? The heat...

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Bringing EROS Work to AGU

Bringing EROS Work to AGU

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) annual meeting brings together at least 25,000 people from around the world to share their research with...

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USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

USGS and the Navajo Nation: Building stronger relationships by supporting Earth observation science, while respecting Navajo culture

Just as storytelling is integral to the preservation of traditions of Indigenous culture, so is the importance of sharing of Earth observation data to...

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New Landsat 9 Cloud Cover Assessment Validation Dataset Published

New Landsat 9 Cloud Cover Assessment Validation Dataset Published

Clouds are unavoidable in space-borne optical imagery. Accurate, well-documented, and automated cloud detection algorithms are necessary to...

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Landsat Supporting Greater International Water Security

Landsat Supporting Greater International Water Security

Looking to the past to protect the future: Landsat products and tools informing water security initiatives around the world. This is the second in a...

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Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

Landsat Level-1 Product Processing Resumes

The issues that affected the Landsat processing system earlier today have been resolved and Level-1 product processing has resumed.

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Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

Recently Processed Landsat 8 Products Removed from USGS Inventory

In October 2023, a Landsat 8 satellite anomaly forced Level-1 product processing to pause while the data acquired were assessed. After the satellite...

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Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Landsat 8, Landsat 9 Level-1 Product Processing Encountering Issues

Level-1 product processing of Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 scenes from November 15, 2023, to the present is suspended while engineers investigate an issue...

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Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

Landsat 7 Resumes Imaging after Brief Interruption

The Landsat 7 satellite resumed imaging on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 (DOY 312) at 21:19:44Z (3:19 CST), after a recently-discovered scheduling...

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Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

Landsat 7 Imaging Temporarily Suspended

The USGS/NASA Flight Operations Team (FOT) is investigating a scheduling discrepancy that developed from the orbital drift of the Landsat 7 satellite...

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