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Category : Artificial satellites in remote sensing
Languages : en
Pages : 2

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Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 2

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309290015
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 77

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In 1972 NASA launched the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ETRS), now known as Landsat 1, and on February 11, 2013 launched Landsat 8. Currently the United States has collected 40 continuous years of satellite records of land remote sensing data from satellites similar to these. Even though this data is valuable to improving many different aspects of the country such as agriculture, homeland security, and disaster mitigation; the availability of this data for planning our nation\'s future is at risk. Thus, the Department of the Interior\'s (DOI\'s) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) requested that the National Research Council\'s (NRC\'s) Committee on Implementation of a Sustained Land Imaging Program review the needs and opportunities necessary for the development of a national space-based operational land imaging capability. The committee was specifically tasked with several objectives including identifying stakeholders and their data needs and providing recommendations to facilitate the transition from NASA\'s research-based series of satellites to a sustained USGS land imaging program. Landsat and Beyond: Sustaining and Enhancing the Nation's Land Imaging Program is the result of the committee\'s investigation. This investigation included meetings with stakeholders such as the DOI, NASA, NOAA, and commercial data providers. The report includes the committee\'s recommendations, information about different aspects of the program, and a section dedicated to future opportunities.

Author: Earth Resources Program
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Author: Kenneth Watson
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Category : Earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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A workshop report on the rationale for airborne remote sensing in earth science in the next decade.

Author: Geological Survey (U.S.).
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Category : Landsat satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 612

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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309103576
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nation's drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nation's electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of rivers often lead to policy and management conflicts that require the integration of science-based information. This report advises the U.S. Geological Survey on how it can best address river science challenges by effectively using its resources and coordinating its activities with other agencies. The report identifies the highest priority river science issues for the USGS, including environmental flows and river restoration, sediment transport and geomorphology, and groundwater surface-water interactions. It also recommends two cross-cutting science activities including surveying and mapping the nation's river systems according to key physical and landscape features, and expanding work on predictive models, especially those that simulate interactions between physical-biological processes. The report identifies key variables to be monitored and data-managed. It proposes enhancements in streamflow, biological, and sediment monitoring; these include establishing multidisciplinary, integrated reach-scale monitoring sites and developing a comprehensive national sediment monitoring program. Finally, it encourages the USGS to be at the forefront of new technology application, including airborne lidar and embedded, networked, wireless sensors.

Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Geological mapping
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Category : Cartography
Languages : en
Pages : 2

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