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As recognized national and international leaders in land remote sensing, 2012-2017 Landsat Science Team members were tasked with evaluating issues of importance to all Landsat users. They played a key role in ensuring that data from future missions are successfully integrated with already archived remotely sensed data for the purpose of observing national and global environmental systems
The 2012-2017 Landsat Science Team agency co-chairs were Dr. Tom Loveland (USGS EROS Center) and Dr. Jim Irons (NASA GSFC). The co-leaders were Dr. Curtis Woodcock (Boston University) and Dr. David Roy (South Dakota State University).
Meeting agendas and presentations are available on the Meetings page.
The team members, affiliations, and research and applications emphases are:
Developing and enhancing Landsat derived evapotranspiration and surface energy products
Dr. Richard Allen, University of Idaho
Dr. Ayse Kilic, University of Nebraska
Dr. Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute
Mapping vegetation phenology, water use, and drought at high spatiotemporal resolution fusing multi-band and multi-platform satellite imagery
Dr. Martha Anderson, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Feng Gao, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Understanding the global land-use marketplace
Dr. Alan Belward, European Commission Joint Research Centre
Ecological Applications of Landsat Data in the Context of US Forest Service Science and Operational Needs
Dr. Warren Cohen, USDA Forest Service
Landsat data continuity: advanced radiometric characterization and product development
Dr. Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University
Integrating Field-Level Biophysical Metrics Derived from Landsat Science Products into a National Agricultural Data Warehouse
Dr. Jim Hipple, USDA Risk Management Agency
Synergies between future Landsat and European satellite missions for better understanding coupled human-environment systems
Dr. Patrick Hostert, Humboldt University of Berlin
Operational monitoring of US croplands with Landsat 8
Mr. David Johnson, USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service
Using time-series approaches to improve Landsat's characterization of land surface dynamics
Dr. Robert Kennedy, Boston University
Multi-temporal Analysis of biophysical parameters derived from the Landsat Series of satellites
Dr. Leo Lymburner, Geoscience Australia
Absolute radiometric and climate variable intercalibration of Earth observing sensors
Dr. Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Continuity of the Web Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) Product Record in the LDCM Era
Dr. David Roy, South Dakota State University
North American Land Surface Albedo and Nearshore Shallow Bottom Properties from Landsat and MODIS/VIIR
Dr. Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Cryospheric Applications of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (Landsat 8)
Dr. Ted Scambos, University of Colorado
The Use of LDCM for the Monitoring of Fresh and Coastal Water
Dr. John Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology
Developing Decadal High Resolution Global Lake Products from LDCM and Landsat
Dr. Yongwei Sheng, University of California, Los Angeles
Development of Landsat surface reflectance Climate Data Records
Drs. Eric Vermote and Christopher Justice, University of Maryland
Ecological Disturbance Monitoring using Landsat Time Series Data
Dr. Jim Vogelmann, U.S. Geological Survey
Better Use of the Landsat Temporal Domain: Monitoring Land Cover Type, Condition, and Change
Dr. Curtis Woodcock, Boston University
Integrating the past, present, and future of Landsat