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Integration of a numerical model and remotely sensed data to study urban/rural land surface climate processes
Simulation of urban/rural land surface climate processes using boundary layer climate models requires accurate input data with regard to surface thermal and radiative properties. The research reported here resulted in development of a procedure to integrate the satellite-derived surface biophysical parameters with a boundary layer climate model for simulating spatial surface energy exchange.The pr
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Limin Yang
Follow-ons to the KidSAT/EarthKAM student remote sensing program
The KidSAT/EarthKAM program is a NASA educational initiative that allows students to develop and operate a remote sensing space program. The first phase of the program consisted of a student developed camera that is flown on Space Shuttle missions in the nadir window. A network of students develop a series of image acquisition requests, based on approved science proposals, that are combined into a
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Grant R. Mah
A weighted least-squares approach to temporal NDVI smoothing
Satellite imagery provides a unique vantage point for observing seasonal dynamics of the landscape that have implications for global change issues. An objective evaluation of surface conditions may be performed using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) derived from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration advanced very high resolution radiometer data. NDVI data are typically v
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D. Swets, Bradley C. Reed, James Rowland, S.E. Marko
The way forward
This paper focuses on the lessons hearned in the conduct of the lnternational Geosphere Biosphere Program's Data and Information System (rcnr-nts), global 1-km Land-Cover Mapping Project (n$cover). There is stiLL considerable fundamental research to be conducted dealing with the development and validation of thematic geospatial products derived from a combination of remotely sensed and ancillary d
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John Estes, Alan Belward, Thomas Loveland, Joseph Scepan, Alan H. Strahler, John B. Townshend, Chris Justice
New land surface digital elevation model covers the Earth
Land surface elevation around the world is reaching new heights—as far as its description and measurement goes. A new global digital elevation model (DEM) is being cited as a significant improvement in the quality of topographic data available for Earth science studies.Land surface elevation is one of the Earth's most fundamental geophysical properties, but the accuracy and detail with which it ha
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Dean B. Gesch, Kristine L. Verdin, Susan K. Greenlee
Creation of a 30-meter land cover database for the conterminous United States—Accomplishments and future goals
No abstract available.
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Terry L. Sohl, James Vogelmann, B.K. Wylie, Charles R. Larson, J. Nicholas Van Driel
Characteristics of the Alaskan 1-Km Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data sets used for analysis of vegetation biophysical properties
In this study, data characteristics for composited, multitemporal Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer data sets for Alaska were assessed for a 7- year period from 1991 to 1997. This involved consideration of the satellite sensors used, data processing performed, and data set compilation, along with an analysis of acquisition date, solar zenith angle, satellite viewing angle, presence of cloud
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Carl J. Markon
Analysis of land use change in urban environments
Metropolitan areas in the United States are growing at unprecedented rates, creating extensive urban landscapes. Many of the farmlands, wetlands, forests, and deserts that formed the America of 1900 have been transformed during the past 100 years into human settlements. Almost everyone has seen these changes to their local environment but without a clear understanding of their impacts. It is not u
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Proceedings of the Third International Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping Workshop : a compilation of abstracts and short papers presented at the U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Alaska Field Office, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., June 3-7, 1998
No abstract available.
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Carl J. Markon, Donald A. Walker
Exploring the correlation between Southern Africa NDVI and Pacific sea surface temperatures: Results for the 1998 maize growing season
Several studies have identified statistically significant correlations between Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies and NDVI anomalies in Southern Africa. The potential predictive value of the relationship was explored for the 1998 maize growing season. Cross-validation techniques suggested a more useful relationship for regions of wet anomaly than for regions of dry anomaly. Observed 1998 ND
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James P. Verdin, Chris Funk, Robert W. Klaver, D. Roberts
Design and production of an atlas for diplomacy in Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development Community
An atlas of Zimbabwe and the Southern African Development Community was designed and produced for use by American diplomats in Zimbabwe. Two copies of the bound atlas are used by the Embassy of the United States of America (U.S. Embassy) and the Mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Harare, Zimbabwe, to orient visitors and discuss matters of diplomacy and development
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T.W. Crawford, Charles R. Larson, Brian J. Granneman, Gayla A. Evans, Carolyn Gacke, D.R. Pearson