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Assessment of spectral, misregistration, and spatial uncertainties inherent in the cross-calibration study
Cross-calibration of satellite sensors permits the quantitative comparison of measurements obtained from different Earth Observing (EO) systems. Cross-calibration studies usually use simultaneous or near-simultaneous observations from several spaceborne sensors to develop band-by-band relationships through regression analysis. The investigation described in this paper focuses on evaluation of the
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G. Chander, D. L. Helder, David Aaron, N. Mishra, A.K. Shrestha
Applications of spectral band adjustment factors (SBAF) for cross-calibration
To monitor land surface processes over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, it is critical to have coordinated observations of the Earth's surface acquired from multiple spaceborne imaging sensors. However, an integrated global observation framework requires an understanding of how land surface processes are seen differently by various sensors. This is particularly true for sensors acquiri
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Gyanesh Chander
Overview of intercalibration of satellite instruments
Inter-calibration of satellite instruments is critical for detection and quantification of changes in the Earth’s environment, weather forecasting, understanding climate processes, and monitoring climate and land cover change. These applications use data from many satellites; for the data to be inter-operable, the instruments must be cross-calibrated. To meet the stringent needs of such applicatio
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G. Chander, T.J. Hewison, N. Fox, X. Wu, X. Xiong, W.J. Blackwell
A comprehensive change detection method for updating the National Land Cover Database to circa 2011
The importance of characterizing, quantifying, and monitoring land cover, land use, and their changes has been widely recognized by global and environmental change studies. Since the early 1990s, three U.S. National Land Cover Database (NLCD) products (circa 1992, 2001, and 2006) have been released as free downloads for users. The NLCD 2006 also provides land cover change products between 2001 and
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Suming Jin, Limin Yang, Patrick Danielson, Collin G. Homer, Joyce Fry, George Xian
A conceptual prototype for the next-generation national elevation dataset
In 2012 the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program (NGP) funded a study to develop a conceptual prototype for a new National Elevation Dataset (NED) design with expanded capabilities to generate and deliver a suite of bare earth and above ground feature information over the United States. This report details the research on identifying operational requirements based on prior r
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Jason M. Stoker, Hans Karl Heidemann, Gayla A. Evans, Susan K. Greenlee
Effect of heterogeneous atmospheric CO2 on simulated global carbon budget
The effects of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) on terrestrial carbon (C) sequestration have been a key focus in global change studies. As anthropological CO2 emissions substantially increase, the spatial variability of atmospheric CO2 should be considered to reduce the potential bias on C source and sink estimations. In this study, the global spatial–temporal patterns of near surface CO2 c
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Zhen Zhang, Hong Jiang, Jinxun Liu, Weimin Ju, Xiuying Zhang
Vegetation impoverishment despite greening: a case study from central Senegal
Recent remote sensing studies have documented a greening trend in the semi-arid Sahel and Sudan zones of West Africa since the early 1980s, which challenges the mainstream paradigm of irreversible land degradation in this region. What the greening trend means on the ground, however, has not yet been explored. This research focuses on a region in central Senegal to examine changes in woody vegetati
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Stefanie M. Herrmann, G. Gray Tappan
Hydrography change detection: the usefulness of surface channels derived From LiDAR DEMs for updating mapped hydrography
The 1:24,000-scale high-resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) mapped hydrography flow lines require regular updating because land surface conditions that affect surface channel drainage change over time. Historically, NHD flow lines were created by digitizing surface water information from aerial photography and paper maps. Using these same methods to update nationwide NHD flow lines is co
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Sandra K. Poppenga, Dean B. Gesch, Bruce B. Worstell
Monitoring the status of forests and rangelands in the Western United States using ecosystem performance anomalies
The effects of land management and disturbance on ecosystem performance (i.e. biomass production) are often confounded by those of weather and site potential. The current study overcomes this issue by calculating the difference between actual and expected ecosystem performance (EEP) to generate ecosystem performance anomalies (EPA). This study aims to delineate and quantify average EPA from 2000–2
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Matthew B. Rigge, Bruce Wylie, Yingxin Gu, Jayne Belnap, Khem P. Phuyal, Larry Tieszen
Are we moving past the pixel? The growth of the third dimension in national landscape mapping
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Authors
Jason M. Stoker
Towards integration of GLAS data into a national fuels mapping program
Comprehensive canopy structure and fuel data are critical for understanding and modeling wildland fire. The LANDFIRE project produces such data nationwide based on a collection of field observations, Landsat imagery, and other geospatial data. Where field data are not available, alternate strategies are being investigated. In this study, vegetation structure data available from GLAS were used to f
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Birgit E. Peterson, Kurtis Nelson, Bruce Wylie
Mapping grassland productivity with 250-m eMODIS NDVI and SSURGO database over the Greater Platte River Basin, USA
This study assessed and described a relationship between satellite-derived growing season averaged Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and annual productivity for grasslands within the Greater Platte River Basin (GPRB) of the United States. We compared growing season averaged NDVI (GSN) with Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) database rangeland productivity and flux tower Gross Primary Prod
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Yingxin Gu, Bruce K. Wylie, Norman B. Bliss