Landsat Next and Emerging Applications to be Featured at AGU Annual Meeting
The upcoming Landsat Next mission and emerging applications of Landsat will take center stage at the weeklong American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Monday December 9, 2024.
In addition to these specific topics, Landsat is mentioned over 500 times in various posters and presentations during the week. Visit the AGU link at the bottom of this article to learn more!
Landsat Next will collect Earth imagery with 26-band "super spectral" sensors on a three-satellite constellation.
The mission is designed to tackle evolving scientific and environmental challenges, including monitoring freshwater quality, assessing crop development and health, analyzing the impacts of urban heat islands, and tracking dynamics of snow and ice.
The following AGU24 presentations will provide insight into the upcoming Landsat Next mission:
Landsat’s 50+ year archive is an unparalleled resource for the advancement of Earth science and land change/land use studies.
Using the Landsat archive, highly complex science products with detailed information about the Earth’s surface have been developed, enabling researchers worldwide to address critical issues such as deforestation in the Amazon; urban expansion in rapidly growing cities like Phoenix, Arizona; agricultural water use in California's Central Valley; and mitigating the effects of urban heat islands in cities like Atlanta, Georgia.
Deforestation in the Amazon
Phoenix, Arizona
Atlanta, Georgia
The following poster presentations will display some of the versatility of Landsat lends to advanced research:
- Landsat science products & the National Land Cover Database play a critical role in delivering societal benefits
- Landsat Collection 2 Improvements for Mapping the Surface Urban Heat Island Effect using Landsat Thermal Infrared Observations
- Urbanization Related Warming: Addressing Social and Economic Aspects in Land Surface Temperature
- Performances of remotely sensed surface temperature in measuring surface temperature in urban areas
This article gives a peek into the Landsat-based sessions at AGU24. Be sure to visit this EROS AGU 2024 webpage for information about other interesting USGS EROS Center projects presenting their research findings, including presentations and posters on Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD), landcover modeling, fire science, and select NASA data access from USGS EROS.
Visit the AGU24 Annual Meeting webpage to learn more about the weeklong event.
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