Land cover mapping of Greater Mesoamerica using MODIS data
Chandra Giri, Clinton N. Jenkins
2005, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (31) 274-282
A new land cover database of Greater Mesoamerica has been prepared using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS, 500 m resolution) satellite data. Daily surface reflectance MODIS data and a suite of ancillary data were used in preparing the database by employing a decision tree classification approach. The new land cover...
Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World
Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3056
In 1978, the USGS began the preparation of the 11-chapter USGS Professional Paper 1386, 'Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World'. Between 1979 and 1981, optimum satellite images were distributed to a team of 70 scientists, representing 25 nations and 45 institutions, who agreed to author sections of the...
Remote sensing for environmental site screening and watershed evaluation in Utah Mine lands: East Tintic mountains, Oquirrh mountains, and Tushar mountains
Barnaby W. Rockwell, Robert R. McDougal, Carol A. Gent
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5241
Imaging spectroscopy-a powerful remote-sensing tool for mapping subtle variations in the composition of minerals, vegetation, and man-made materials on the Earth's surface-was applied in support of environmental assessments and watershed evaluations in several mining districts in the State of Utah. Three areas were studied through the use of Landsat 7...
Results of land cover change detection analysis in and around Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
Benjamin M. Sleeter, David L. Halsing
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2879
The first product of the Optimizing Design and Management of Protected Areas for Conservation Project is a land cover change detection analysis based on Landsat thematic mapper (TM) and enhanced thematic mapper plus (ETM+) imagery collected at intervals between 1989 and 2002. The goal of this analysis was to quantify...
Supporting users through integrated retrieval, processing, and distribution systems at the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
Thomas A. Kalvelage, Jennifer Willems
2005, Acta Astronautica (56) 681-687
The US Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC) hosts the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). The LP DAAC supports NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), which is a series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and...
A simple and effective radiometric correction method to improve landscape change detection across sensors and across time
X. Chen, Lee Vierling, D. Deering
2005, Remote Sensing of Environment (98) 63-79
Satellite data offer unrivaled utility in monitoring and quantifying large scale land cover change over time. Radiometric consistency among collocated multi-temporal imagery is difficult to maintain, however, due to variations in sensor characteristics, atmospheric conditions, solar angle, and sensor view angle that can obscure surface change detection. To detect accurate...
Improvement in absolute calibration accuracy of Landsat-5 TM with Landsat-7 ETM+ data
G. Chander, B. L. Markham, E. Micijevic, P. M. Teillet, D. L. Helder
Butler J.J., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
The ability to detect and quantify changes in the Earth's environment depends on satellites sensors that can provide calibrated, consistent measurements of Earth's surface features through time. A critical step in this process is to put image data from subsequent generations of sensors onto a common radiometric scale. To evaluate...
Assessments of urban growth in the Tampa Bay watershed using remote sensing data
G. Xian, M. Crane
2005, Remote Sensing of Environment (97) 203-215
Urban development has expanded rapidly in the Tampa Bay area of west-central Florida over the past century. A major effect associated with this population trend is transformation of the landscape from natural cover types to increasingly impervious urban land. This research utilizes an innovative approach for mapping urban extent and...
Landsat-4 and Landsat-5 thematic mapper band 6 historical performance and calibration
J. A. Barsi, G. Chander, B. L. Markham, N. Higgs
Butler J.J., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Launched in 1982 and 1984 respectively, the Landsat-4 and -5 Thematic Mappers (TM) are the backbone of an extensive archive of moderate resolution Earth imagery. However, these sensors and their data products were not subjected to the type of intensive monitoring that has been part of the Landsat-7 system since...
Outgassing models for Landsat-4 thematic mapper short wave infrared bands
E. Micijevic, D. L. Helder
Butler J.J., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Detector responses to the Internal Calibrator (IC) pulses in the Landsat-4 Thematic Mapper (TM) have been observed to follow an oscillatory behavior. This phenomenon is present only in the Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) bands and has been observed throughout the lifetime of the instrument, which was launched in July 1982...
Mapping and improving frequency, accuracy, and interpretation of land cover change: Classifying coastal Louisiana with 1990, 1993, 1996, and 1999 Landsat Thematic Mapper image data
G. Nelson, Elijah W. Ramsey III, A. Rangoonwala
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images 2005
Landsat Thematic Mapper images and collateral data sources were used to classify the land cover of the Mermentau River Basin within the chenier coastal plain and the adjacent uplands of Louisiana, USA. Landcover classes followed that of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Change Analysis Program; however, classification methods...
A neural network approach for enhancing information extraction from multispectral image data
J. Liu, G. Shao, H. Zhu, S. Liu
2005, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (31) 432-438
A back-propagation artificial neural network (ANN) was applied to classify multispectral remote sensing imagery data. The classification procedure included four steps: (i) noisy training that adds minor random variations to the sampling data to make the data more representative and to reduce the training sample size; (ii) iterative or multi-tier...
Mapping the invasive species, Chinese tallow, with EO1 satellite Hyperion hyperspectral image data and relating tallow occurrences to a classified Landsat Thematic Mapper land cover map
Elijah W. Ramsey III, A. Rangoonwala, G. Nelson, R. Ehrlich
2005, International Journal of Remote Sensing (26) 1637-1657
Our objective was to provide a realistic and accurate representation of the spatial distribution of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) in the Earth Observing 1 (EO1) Hyperion hyperspectral image coverage by using methods designed and tested in previous studies. We transformed, corrected, and normalized Hyperion reflectance image data into composition images...
DEM, tide and velocity over sulzberger ice shelf, West Antarctica
S. Baek, C. K. Shum, H. Lee, Y. Yi, Oh-Ig Kwoun, Z. Lu, Andreas Braun
2005, Conference Paper, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) proceedings
Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets preserve more than 77% of the global fresh water and could raise global sea level by several meters if completely melted. Ocean tides near and under ice shelves shifts the grounding line position significantly and are one of current limitations to study glacier dynamics and...
SLC-off Landsat-7 ETM+ reflective band radiometric calibration
B. L. Markham, J. A. Barsi, K. J. Thome, J. L. Barker, P. L. Scaramuzza, D. L. Helder
Butler J.J., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Since May 31, 2003, when the scan line corrector (SLC) on the Landsat-7 ETM+ failed, the primary foci of Landsat-7 ETM+ analyses have been on understanding and attempting to fix the problem and later on developing composited products to mitigate the problem. In the meantime, the Image Assessment System personnel...
Mapping impervious surface type and sub-pixel abundance using Hyperion hyperspectral imagery
James A. Falcone, R. Gomez
2005, Geocarto International (20) 3-10
Impervious surfaces have been identified as an important and quantifiable indicator of environmental degradation in urban settings. A number of research efforts have been directed at mapping impervious surface type using multispectral imagery. To date, however, no studies have compared equivalent techniques using multispectral and hyperspectral imagery to that end....
Coastal-change and glaciological maps of Antarctica
Richard S. Williams Jr.,(compiler)
2004, IMAP 2600
Changes in the area and volume of polar ice sheets are intricately linked to changes in global climate, and the resulting changes in sea level may severely impact the densely populated coastal regions on Earth. Melting of the West Antarctic part alone of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause a...
Coastal-change and glaciological map of the Eights Coast area, Antarctica, 1972-2001
Charles Swithinbank, Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno, Kevin M. Foley, Christine E. Rosanova, Lina M. Dailide
2004, IMAP 2600-E
Changes in the area and volume of polar ice sheets are intricately linked to changes in global climate, and the resulting changes in sea level may severely impact the densely populated coastal regions on Earth. Melting of the West Antarctic part alone of the Antarctic ice sheet could cause a...
Landsat sensor performance: history and current status
B. L. Markham, James C. Storey, Darrel L. Williams, J. R. Irons
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2691-2694
The current Thematic Mapper (TM) class of Landsat sensors began with Landsat-4, which was launched in 1982. This series continued with the nearly identical sensor on Landsat-5, launched in 1984. The final sensor in the series was the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), which was carried into orbit in...
Landsat-5 bumper-mode geometric correction
James C. Storey, Michael J. Choate
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2695-2703
The Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) scan mirror was switched from its primary operating mode to a backup mode in early 2002 in order to overcome internal synchronization problems arising from long-term wear of the scan mirror mechanism. The backup bumper mode of operation removes the constraints on scan start and...
Landsat-7 ETM+ on-orbit reflective-band radiometric stability and absolute calibration
B. L. Markham, K. J. Thome, J. A. Barsi, E. Kaita, Dennis L. Helder, J. L. Barker, Pat Scaramuzza
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2810-2820
Launched in April 1999, the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) instrument is in its sixth year of operation. The ETM+ instrument has been the most stable of any of the Landsat instruments. To date, the best onboard calibration source for the reflective bands has been the Full Aperture Solar...
Foreword to the special issue on Landsat sensor performance characterization
B. L. Markham, M. M. Crawford, D.G. Goodenough, J. R. Irons
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2687-2689
No abstract available....
Estimates of natural ground-water discharge and characterization of water quality in Dry Valley, Washoe County, West-Central Nevada, 2002-2003
David L. Berger, Douglas K. Maurer, Thomas J. Lopes, Keith J. Halford
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5155
The Dry Valley Hydrographic Area is being considered as a potential source area for additional water supplies for the Reno-Sparks area, which is about 25 miles south of Dry Valley. Current estimates of annual ground-water recharge to Dry Valley have a considerable range. In undeveloped valleys, such as Dry Valley,...
Earthquakes and faults in the San Francisco Bay area (1970-2003)
Benjamin M. Sleeter, James P. Calzia, Stephen R. Walter, Florence L. Wong, George J. Saucedo
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2848
The map depicts both active and inactive faults and earthquakes magnitude 1.5 to 7.0 in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Twenty-two earthquakes magnitude 5.0 and greater are indicated on the map and listed chronologically in an accompanying table. The data are compiled from records from 1970-2003. The bathymetry was...
Filling Landsat ETM+ SLC-off gaps using a segmentation model approach
Susan Maxwell
2004, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (70) 1109-1111
The purpose of this article is to present a methodology for filling Landsat Scan Line Corrector (SLC)-off gaps with same-scene spectral data guided by a segmentation model. Failure of the SLC on the Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) instrument resulted in a loss of approximately 25 percent of...