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Landsat 9 Reprocessing Campaign Update

Landsat 9 Reprocessing Campaign Update

The effort to reprocess all Landsat 9 Collection 2 data held in the USGS archives began in early March 2023 to take advantage of calibration updates...

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Landsat Spectral Characteristics Viewer Updated

Landsat Spectral Characteristics Viewer Updated

Originally released in 2006, the Landsat Spectral Characteristics Viewer provides a visual method for users of Landsat and other Earth Observation...

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New ECCOE Tool Helps Compare Satellite Data and Products

New ECCOE Tool Helps Compare Satellite Data and Products

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) aims to help the world produce and access the best...

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USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian

USGS Satellite Sensor Finds Home with Smithsonian

The 50-year Landsat Program lies at the heart of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, so naturally there are a few Landsat...

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Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-3 Products Now Available

Landsat 9 Collection 2 Level-3 Products Now Available

The production of Landsat 9 Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWE) and Fractional Snow Cover Area (fSCA) science products has begun in...

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JACIE Online Compendium Adds Improvements

JACIE Online Compendium Adds Improvements

The comprehensive source for information on Earth-observing satellites around the world—past, present and future—has improved even more.

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Requesting Nominations for 2023 Pecora Award

Requesting Nominations for 2023 Pecora Award

Nominations have opened for the 2023 William T. Pecora Award, the 50th annual presentation, sponsored by the Department of the Interior and the...

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Celebrating a Decade of Landsat 8

Celebrating a Decade of Landsat 8

Landsat 8 celebrates its tenth anniversary this week on Saturday, February 11, 2023. The technology of the satellite and its instruments...

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New RCMAP Fact Sheet Offers User-Friendly Overview

New RCMAP Fact Sheet Offers User-Friendly Overview

The mission of the Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment and Projection (RCMAP) project housed at the Earth Resources Observation and Science...

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