Methods to assess natural and anthropogenic thaw lake drainage on the western Arctic coastal plain of northern Alaska
Kenneth M. Hinkel, Benjamin M. Jones, Wendy R. Eisner, Chris J. Cuomo, R.A. Beck, R. Frohn
2007, Journal of Geophysical Research F: Earth Surface (112)
Thousands of lakes are found on the Arctic Coastal Plain of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada. Developed atop continuous permafrost, these thaw lakes and associated drained thaw lake basins are the dominant landscape elements and together cover 46% of the 34,570 km2western Arctic Coastal Plain (WACP). Lakes drain by a...
Revised landsat-5 thematic mapper radiometric calibration
G. Chander, B. L. Markham, J. A. Barsi
2007, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (4) 490-494
Effective April 2, 2007, the radiometric calibration of Landsat-5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) data that are processed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) will be updated. The lifetime gain model that was implemented on May 5, 2003, for the reflective...
A multi-scale segmentation approach to filling gaps in Landsat ETM+ SLC-off images
S.K. Maxwell, Gail L. Schmidt, James C. Storey
2007, International Journal of Remote Sensing (28) 5339-5356
On 31 May 2003, the Landsat Enhanced Thematic Plus (ETM+) Scan Line Corrector (SLC) failed, causing the scanning pattern to exhibit wedge-shaped scan-to-scan gaps. We developed a method that uses coincident spectral data to fill the image gaps. This method uses a multi-scale segment model, derived from a previous Landsat...
An analysis of urban development and its environmental impact on the Tampa Bay watershed
G. Xian, M. Crane, J. Su
2007, Journal of Environmental Management (85) 965-976
Urbanization has transformed natural landscapes into anthropogenic impervious surfaces. Urban land use has become a major driving force for land cover and land use change in the Tampa Bay watershed of west-central Florida. This study investigates urban land use change and its impact on the watershed. The spatial and temporal...
Monitoring and modeling ice-rock avalanches from ice-capped volcanoes: A case study of frequent large avalanches on Iliamna Volcano, Alaska
C. Huggel, J. Caplan-Auerbach, C. F. Waythomas, R.L. Wessels
2007, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (168) 114-136
Iliamna is an andesitic stratovolcano of the Aleutian arc with regular gas and steam emissions and mantled by several large glaciers. Iliamna Volcano exhibits an unusual combination of frequent and large ice-rock avalanches in the order of 1 ?? 106??m3 to 3 ?? 107??m3 with recent return periods of 2-4??years....
Cross-calibration of the Terra MODIS, Landsat 7 ETM+ and EO-1 ALI sensors using near-simultaneous surface observation over the Railroad Valley Playa, Nevada, test site
G. Chander, A. Angal, T. Choi, D. J. Meyer, X. Xiong, P. M. Teillet
2007, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
A cross-calibration methodology has been developed using coincident image pairs from the Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Landsat 7 (L7) Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) and the Earth Observing EO-1 Advanced Land Imager (ALI) to verify the absolute radiometric calibration accuracy of these sensors with respect to each...
Radiometric calibration status of Landsat-7 and Landsat-5
J. A. Barsi, B. L. Markham, D. L. Helder, G. Chander
2007, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Launched in April 1999, Landsat-7 ETM+ continues to acquire data globally. The Scan Line Corrector in failure in 2003 has affected ground coverage and the recent switch to Bumper Mode operations in April 2007 has degraded the internal geometric accuracy of the data, but the radiometry has been unaffected. The...
Regional dynamics of grassland change in the western Great Plains
M.A. Drummond
2007, Conference Paper, Great Plains Research
This paper examines the contemporary land-cover changes in two western Great Plains ecoregions between 1973 and 2000. Agriculture and other land uses can have a substantial effect on grassland cover that varies regionally depending on the primary driving forces of change. In order to better understand change, the rates, types,...
Consistency of L4 TM absolute calibration with respect to the L5 TM sensor based on near-simultaneous image acquisition
G. Chander, D. L. Helder, R. Malla, E. Micijevic, C. J. Mettler
2007, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
The Landsat archive provides more than 35 years of uninterrupted multispectral remotely sensed data of Earth observations. Since 1972, Landsat missions have carried different types of sensors, from the Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) camera to the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+). However, the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensors on Landsat 4...
Characterization of post-fire surface cover, soils, and burn severity at the Cerro Grande Fire, New Mexico, using hyperspectral and multispectral remote sensing
R.F. Kokaly, B.W. Rockwell, S.L. Haire, T. V. V. King
2007, Remote Sensing of Environment (106) 305-325
Forest fires leave behind a changed ecosystem with a patchwork of surface cover that includes ash, charred organic matter, soils and soil minerals, and dead, damaged, and living vegetation. The distributions of these materials affect post-fire processes of erosion, nutrient cycling, and vegetation regrowth. We analyzed high spatial resolution (2.4??m...
Shorebird abundance and distribution on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
S. Brown, J. Bart, Richard B. Lanctot, J. A. Johnson, S. Kendall, D. Payer, J. Johnson
2007, Condor (109) 1-14
The coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hosts seven species of migratory shorebirds listed as highly imperiled or high priority by the U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan and five species listed as Birds of Conservation Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. During the first comprehensive shorebird survey...
Improved outgassing models for the Landsat-5 thematic mapper
E. Micijevic, G. Chander, R. W. Hayes
2007, Conference Paper, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
The Landsat-5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) detectors of the short wave infrared (SWIR) bands 5 and 7 are maintained on cryogenic temperatures to minimize thermal noise and allow adequate detection of scene energy. Over the instrument's lifetime, gain oscillations are observed in these bands that are caused by an ice-like...
Hurricane Katrina flooding and oil slicks mapped with satellite imagery
Russell P. Rykhus, Zhong Lu
2007, Circular 1306-3F
A multiple-database approach that combined remotely sensed data from Radarsat-1 and Landsat Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) imagery was used to map Hurricane Katrinainduced flooding and to identify offshore oil slicks. Maps depicting the areal extent of flooding, oil slicks, and floating debris provide vital information to emergency managers for directing...
Land area changes in coastal Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
John A. Barras
2007, Circular 1306-5B
Comparison of classified Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite imagery acquired before and after the landfalls of Hurricanes Katrina (August 29, 2005) and Rita (September 24, 2005) demonstrated that water area increased by 217 mi2 (562 km2) in coastal Louisiana. Approximately 82 mi2 (212 km2) of new water areas were in...
A project for monitoring trends in burn severity
Jeffery C. Eidenshink, Brian Schwind, Ken Brewer, Zhu-Liang Zhu, Brad Quayle, Stephen M. Howard
2007, Fire Ecology (3) 3-21
Jeff Eidenshink, Brian Schwind, Ken Brewer, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Brad Quayle, and Elected officials and leaders of environmental agencies need information about the effects of large wildfires in order to set policy and make management decisions. Recently, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), which implements and coordinates the National Fire Plan...
Maps of Quadrangles 3060 and 2960, Qala-I-Fath (608), Malek-Sayh-Koh (613), and Gozar-E-Sah (614) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1121
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Maps of Quadrangles 3062 and 2962, Charburjak (609), Khanneshin (610), Gawdezereh (615), and Galachah (616) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1122
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Land Cover Trends Project
William Acevedo
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3020
The Land Cover Trends Project is designed to document the types, rates, causes, and consequences of land cover change from 1973 to 2000 within each of the 84 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Level III ecoregions that span the conterminous United States. The project's objectives are to: * Develop a comprehensive...
Land-Cover and Imperviousness Data for Regional Areas near Denver, Colorado; Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; and Milwaukee-Green Bay, Wisconsin - 2001
James A. Falcone, Daniel K. Pearson
2006, Data Series 221
This report describes the processing and results of land-cover and impervious surface derivation for parts of three metropolitan areas being studied as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems (EUSE). The data were derived primarily from Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic...
Calibrated Landsat ETM+ nonthermal-band image mosaics of Afghanistan
Philip A. Davis
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1345
In 2005, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency contracted with the U.S. Geological Survey to perform assessments of the natural resources within Afghanistan. The assessments concentrate on the resources that are related to the economic development of that country. Therefore, assessments were initiated...
Land-Cover Trends of the Central Basin and Range Ecoregion
Christopher E. Soulard
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5288
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Cover Trends research project is focused on understanding the amounts, rates, trends, causes, and implications of contemporary land-use and land-cover (LU/LC) change in the United States. This project is supported by the USGS Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental...
Interferograms showing land subsidence and uplift in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, 1992-99
Michael T. Pavelko, Jörn Hoffmann, Nancy A. Damar
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5218
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources-Division of Water Resources and the Las Vegas Valley Water District, compiled 44 individual interferograms and 1 stacked interferogram comprising 29 satellite synthetic aperture radar acquisitions of Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, from 1992 to 1999. The...
Historical record of Landsat global coverage
Samuel Goward, Terry Arvidson, Darrel Williams, John Faundeen, James Irons, Shannon Franks
2006, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (72) 1155-1169
The long-term, 34+ year record of global Landsat remote sensing data is a critical resource to study the Earth system and human impacts on this system. The National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) is charged by public law to: “maintain a permanent, comprehensive Government archive of global Landsat...
Landsat-7 long-term acquisition plan radiometry - evolution over time
Brian L. Markham, Samuel Goward, Terry Arvidson, Julia A. Barsi, Pat Scaramuzza
2006, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (72) 1129-1135
The Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus instrument has two selectable gains for each spectral band. In the acquisition plan, the gains were initially set to maximize the entropy in each scene. One unintended consequence of this strategy was that, at times, dense vegetation saturated band 4 and deserts saturated all...
Land-cover trends in the Mojave basin and range ecoregion
Benjamin M. Sleeter, Christian G. Raumann
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5098
The U.S. Geological Survey's Land-Cover Trends Project aims to estimate the rates of contemporary land-cover change within the conterminous United States between 1972 and 2000. A random sampling approach was used to select a representative sample of 10-km by 10-km sample blocks and to estimate change within +/- 1 percent...