NLCD: Landscape Info Supporting Our Safety and Economic Well-being
Browse examples from energy to agriculture
Browse examples from energy to agriculture
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
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
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
AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency
New techniques made reinvention of Annual NLCD possible
New techniques made reinvention of Annual NLCD possible
Landsat - A Pillar of Land Remote Sensing
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.
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
At the USGS EROS Center, we study land change and produce land change data products used by researchers, resource managers, 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 provides an overview of the work that goes into calibrating and validating Landsat data.
Image of the Week
Image of the Week
A23a, the world's largest iceberg, broke off Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986 and spent the next three decades grounded on the seafloor. In 2020, it detached and began to drift northward.
EROS Quick Links
EROS Quick Links
Find frequently visited webpages below.
News
Landsat MSS products with inaccurate brightness values to be reprocessed
Landsat MSS products with inaccurate brightness values to be reprocessed
Landsat at Work: A Path to Better Wireless Communication
Landsat at Work: A Path to Better Wireless Communication
AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency
AI Improving USGS Science and Efficiency
Publications
System characterization report on Resourcesat-2A Advanced Wide Field Sensor
Executive Summary This report documents the system characterization of the Indian Space Research Organisation Resourcesat-2A Advanced Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS) and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence. These reports describe the methodology and procedures used for...
HarvestStat Africa – Harmonized subnational crop statistics for sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces severe agricultural data scarcity amidst high food insecurity and a large agricultural yield gap, making crop production data crucial for understanding and enhancing food systems. To address this gap, HarvestStat Africa presents the largest compilation of open-access subnational crop statistics and time-series across SSA. Based on agricultural statistics...
System characterization report on Resourcesat-2A Linear Imaging Self Scanning-3 sensor
Executive Summary This report addresses system characterization of the Indian Space Research Organisation Resourcesat-2A Linear Imaging Self Scanning-3 sensor and is part of a series of system characterization reports produced and delivered by the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Cal/Val Center of Excellence since 2021. These reports present and detail the...
Science
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.
USGS EROS Archive - Landsat Legacy - Landsat 1-5 MSS C1 L1 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.