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ECOSTRESS Data Reveal Surprising Water Use Patterns Across Post-Fire Arizona Landscapes

ECOSTRESS Data Reveal Surprising Water Use Patterns Across Post-Fire Arizona Landscapes

Dr. Helen Poulos spent countless childhood hours wandering the forests of coastal California. On family camping trips through the woodlands, her...

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Landsat Science Team Virtual Meeting Held

Landsat Science Team Virtual Meeting Held

NASA and the USGS briefed the Landsat Science Team about Landsat 9 at their Fall Meeting held virtually on November 24, 2021.

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VP Harris Leads National Space Council Meeting, Adds Department of Interior to Council

VP Harris Leads National Space Council Meeting, Adds Department of Interior to Council

On Dec. 1, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris convened the Biden-Harris Administration’s inaugural National Space Council meeting and laid out the...

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Collaboration’s Quest: Examine Effects of Urban Heat Actions in Chicago

Collaboration’s Quest: Examine Effects of Urban Heat Actions in Chicago

Chicago faced a tragic awakening to the dangers of extreme heat in July 1995, when more than 700 people died during a record-breaking heat wave that...

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Pecora 22 Calls for Special Session Abstracts

Pecora 22 Calls for Special Session Abstracts

The 22nd William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium (Pecora 22) will convene in Denver, Colorado, USA from October 23 – 28, 2022, and will...

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Landsat 9 Serves as Backbone of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

Landsat 9 Serves as Backbone of Efforts to Reduce Deforestation and Forest Degradation

The Landsat program has long been a powerful partner in the effort to manage and reduce carbon emissions worldwide.

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LCMAP Adds Data for 2020 with Release of Collection 1.2

LCMAP Adds Data for 2020 with Release of Collection 1.2

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (LCMAP) initiative has released the second update to its Conterminous United States (CONUS...

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Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

Underfly Positions Landsat 9 Below Landsat 8 for Simultaneous Scenes

The newly launched Landsat 9 is experiencing a once-in-a-mission lifetime event where its orbit is directly below Landsat 8 for an “underfly.” For...

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First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

First Images of Earth Taken by the Landsat 9 Satellite Released

Landsat 9, a joint mission from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA that launched Sept. 27, has collected its...

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USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

USGS EROS Processes ‘First Light’ Images from Landsat 9

The first images from the joint USGS-NASA Landsat 9 mission have been released, offering a preview of the high-quality Earth observation data that...

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ESPA now includes Landsat Collection 2 Normalized Difference Snow Index

ESPA now includes Landsat Collection 2 Normalized Difference Snow Index

A new science product easily separates snow from vegetation in processed Landsat Collection 2 scenes from 1982 to present.

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OpenET Launch Gives EROS Scientists—and Water Managers—Reason to Celebrate

OpenET Launch Gives EROS Scientists—and Water Managers—Reason to Celebrate

The Landsat 9 satellite’s launch September 27 will ensure the continuity of thermal imaging for the work of the evapotranspiration (ET) team at the...

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