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Automated Cropland Classification Algorithm (ACCA) for California using multi-sensor remote sensing
Increasing pressure to feed the growing population with scarce water resources requires accurate and routine cropland mapping. This paper develops and implements a rule-based automated cropland classification algorithm (ACCA) using multi-sensor remote sensing data. Pixel-by-pixel accuracy assessments showed that ACCA produced an overall accuracy of 96 percent (Khat = 0.8) when tested using indepen
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Zhuoting Wu, Prasad S. Thenkabail, James Verdin
Integrating disparate lidar data at the national scale to assess the relationships between height above ground, land cover and ecoregions
With the acquisition of lidar data for over 30 percent of the US, it is now possible to assess the three-dimensional distribution of features at the national scale. This paper integrates over 350 billion lidar points from 28 disparate datasets into a national-scale database and evaluates if height above ground is an important variable in the context of other nationalscale layers, such as the US Ge
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Jason M. Stoker, Mark A. Cochrane, David P. Roy
Using constructed analogs to improve the skill of National Multi-Model Ensemble March–April–May precipitation forecasts in equatorial East Africa
In this study we implement and evaluate a simple 'hybrid' forecast approach that uses constructed analogs (CA) to improve the National Multi-Model Ensemble's (NMME) March–April–May (MAM) precipitation forecasts over equatorial eastern Africa (hereafter referred to as EA, 2°S to 8°N and 36°E to 46°E). Due to recent declines in MAM rainfall, increases in population, land degradation, and limited tec
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Shraddhanand Shukla, Christopher C. Funk, Andrew Hoell
Distribution of soil organic carbon in the conterminous United States
The U.S. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database provides detailed soil mapping for most of the conterminous United States (CONUS). These data have been used to formulate estimates of soil carbon stocks, and have been useful for environmental models, including plant productivity models, hydrologic models, and ecological models for studies of greenhouse gas exchange. The data were compiled by the
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Norman B. Bliss, Sharon Waltman, Larry T. West, Anne Neale, Megan Mehaffey
Utilizing multi-sensor fire detections to map fires in the United States
In 2006, the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project began a cooperative effort between the US Forest Service (USFS) and the U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) to map and assess burn severity all large fires that have occurred in the United States since 1984. Using Landsat imagery, MTBS is mandated to map wildfire and prescribed fire that meet specific size criteria: greater than 1000 acres in
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Stephen M. Howard, Joshua J. Picotte, Michael Coan
Evaluating the SSEBop approach for evapotranspiration mapping with landsat data using lysimetric observations in the semi-arid Texas High Plains
The operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) approach was applied on 14 Landsat 5 thermal infrared images for mapping daily actual evapotranspiration (ETa) fluxes during the spring and summer seasons (March–October) in 2006 and 2007. Data from four large lysimeters, managed by the USDA-ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory were used for evaluating the SSEBop estimated E
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Gabriel Senay, Prasanna H. Gowda, Stefanie Bohms, T.A. Howell, Mackenzie Friedrichs, T.H. Marek, James Verdin
Centralized mission planning and scheduling system for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission
Satellites in Low Earth Orbit provide missions with closer range for studying aspects such as geography and topography, but often require efficient utilization of space and ground assets. Optimizing schedules for these satellites amounts to a complex planning puzzle since it requires operators to face issues such as discontinuous ground contacts, limited onboard memory storage, constrained downlin
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Alicia Kavelaars, Assaf M. Barnoy, Shawna Gregory, Gonzalo Garcia, Cesar Talon, Gregory Greer, Jason Williams, Vicki Dulski
Landsat Science Team meeting — First Landsat 8 evaluations
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-NASA Landsat Science Team (LST) met at the USGS’ Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Sioux Falls, SD, from October 29-31, 2013. All meeting presentations can be downloaded from landsat.usgs.gov/science_LST_October_29_31_2013.php.
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Thomas R. Loveland, Michael A. Wulder, James R. Irons
Detecting the influence of best management practices on vegetation near ephemeral streams with Landsat data
Various best management practices (BMPs) have been implemented on rangelands with the goals of controlling nonpoint source pollution, reducing the impact of livestock in ecologically important riparian areas, and improving grazing distribution. Providing off-stream water sources to livestock in pastures, cross-fencing, and rotational grazing are common rangeland BMPs that have demonstrated success
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Matthew B. Rigge, Alexander Smart, Bruce K. Wylie, Kendall de Van Kamp
Land cover characterization and mapping of South America for the year 2010 using Landsat 30 m satellite data
Detailed and accurate land cover and land cover change information is needed for South America because the continent is in constant flux, experiencing some of the highest rates of land cover change and forest loss in the world. The land cover data available for the entire continent are too coarse (250 m to 1 km) for resource managers, government and non-government organizations, and Earth scientis
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Chandra Giri, Jordan Long
Earth observation based assessment of the water production and water consumption of Nile Basin agro-ecosystems
The increasing competition for water resources requires a better understanding of flows, fluxes, stocks, and the services and benefits related to water consumption. This paper explains how public domain Earth Observation data based on Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Second Generation Meteosat (MSG), Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) and various altimeter measureme
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Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen, Poolad Karimi, Lisa-Maria Rebelo, Zheng Duan, Gabriel Senay, Lal Muthuwatte, Vladimir Smakhtin