People believe what they can see. The Poles exist as a frozen dream to most people. The International Polar Year wants to break the ice (so to speak), open up the Poles to the general public, support current polar research, and encourage new research projects. The IPY officially begins in March, 2007. As part of this effort, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the British Antarctic Survey (BA...

To evaluate accuracy of low resolution vegetation mapping for hydrological purposes, a comparative study of NDVI images derived from MODIS and Landsat 7 ETM+ data has been done. Main goal is to understand how effective MODIS images can be for vegetation characterization on large areas, as compared to the Landsat 7 ETM+ ones. In this paper a methodology is proposed with the aim of measuring the ...

The major conclusions reached in this research effort are: 1) Landsat derived land cover classification data are, at present, a marginally accurate data source for county-level resource management requirements; and 2) the accuracy of standard product National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC) Digital Terrain Tape data appear to be questionable, again with respect to the information require...

* Corresponding author. Abstract – The semi-arid Sahel zone of Africa has suffered several periods of severe drought since about 1950. We have analyzed AVHRR Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) over the Sahel for the period 1982-2002, and found extensive areas of increasing NDVI. To verify these changes we have analyzed Landsat TM and ETM+ scenes from 1984-1986 and 1999-2001 for areas...

a r t i c l e i n f o Post-fire snags provide important resources for cavity nesting communities as well as being subject to timber removal through salvage logging practices. Tools that can characterize their distributions along with other features important as wildlife habitat, such as woody shrub cover, would be useful for research and management purposes. Three dimensional lidar data and Lan...

A hybrid algorithm of the BP-ANN/GA (Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm) is developed to optimize the initial weights and make fast convergence of the BP-ANN. This algorithm is applied to data fusion of Landsat ETM+ and ERS-2 SAR for classification of the urban terrain surfaces. An example of the Shanghai Pudong area using both the Landsat ETM+ and ERS-2 SAR image ...

First posted June 14, 2022 For additional information, contact: Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging U.S. Geological Survey 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Contact Pubs Warehouse Scenic Arkansas certainly lives up to its nickname, “The Natural State.” The Ozark Plateau and Ouachita Mountains boast stunning views, vast resources, recreation. Hardwood pine forests cover one-half ...

First posted August 3, 2021 Revised February 17, 2023 For additional information, contact: Program Coordinator, National Land Imaging U.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192Contact Pubs Warehouse The Green Mountain State of Vermont is known for its vast swaths deciduous forest, patches evergreen, and the Mountains that run through center.Valuable insight into forests l...