Ground-water pumpage in the Willamette lowland regional aquifer system, Oregon and Washington, 1990
Charles A. Collins, Tyson M. Broad
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4111
Ground-water pumpage for 1990 was estimated for an area of about 5,700 square miles in northwestern Oregon and southwestern Washington as part of the Puget-Willamette Lowland Regional Aquifer System Analysis study. The estimated total ground-water pumpage in 1990 was about 340,000 acre-feet. Ground water in the study area is pumped...
Great Basin geoscience data base
Gary L. Raines, Don L. Sawatzky, Katherine A. Connors
1996, Data Series 41
This CD-ROM serves as the archive for 73 digital GIS data set for the Great Basin. The data sets cover Nevada, eastern California, southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and western Utah. Some of the data sets are incomplete for the total area. On the CD-ROM, the data are provided in three...
Resource assessment of the Bureau of Land Management's Winnemucca District and Surprise Resource Area, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California; geology and its relation to resource genesis
J. L. Doebrich
1996, Open-File Report 96-30
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a party to joint interagency Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) to coordinate resource assessments and evaluations of BLM administered lands. Resource assessments of BLM Resource Areas, that are conducted by the...
Origins and philosophy of building a temporal database to examine human transformation processes
William Acevedo, Timothy W. Foresman, Janis T. Buchanan
1996, Conference Paper, Annual Convention and Exhibition, Baltimore, Md., 22–25 April 1996, Proceedings
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with the University of Maryland Baltimore County, is using historical maps and satellite images to map human-induced land transformations for the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. This work builds on an earlier effort that documented the historical urban development for the San Francisco Bay area....
Regional land cover characterization using multiple sources of intermediate-scale data
James Vogelmann, S. M. Howard, Terry L. Sohl
R.E. MacIntosh, S.J. Frasier, C.T. Swift, editor(s)
1996, Conference Paper, IGARSS '96. 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Many United States federal agencies need accurate, intermediate scaled, land cover information. While many techniques and approaches have been successfully used to classify land cover in relatively small regions, there are substantial problems in applying these techniques to large multi-scene regions. An evaluation was conducted of the multiple layer land...
Satellite imagery of the onset of streaming flow of ice streams C and D, West Antarctica
S. M. Hodge, S.K. Doppelhammer
1996, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (101) 6669-6677
Five overlapping Landsat multispectral scanner satellite images of the interior of the West Antarctic ice sheet were enhanced with principal component analysis, high-pass filtering, and linear contrast stretching and merged into a mosaic by aligning surface features in the overlap areas. The mosaic was registered to geodetic coordinates, to an...
Artifact correction and absolute radiometric calibration techniques employed in the Landsat 7 image assessment system
Wayne C. Boncyk, Brian L. Markham, John L. Barker, Dennis Helder
1996, Conference Paper, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
The Landsat-7 Image Assessment System (IAS), part of the Landsat-7 Ground System, will calibrate and evaluate the radiometric and geometric performance of the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM +) instrument. The IAS incorporates new instrument radiometric artifact correction and absolute radiometric calibration techniques which overcome some limitations to calibration accuracy...
Calibration of GOES-VISSR, visible-band satellite data and its application to the analysis of a dust storm at Owens Lake, California
D. J. MacKinnon, P.S. Chavez Jr., R. S. Fraser, T.C. Niemeyer, Dale A. Gillette
1996, Geomorphology (17) 229-248
As part of a joint Russian/American dust-storm experiment, GOES-VISSR (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, Visible-Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer), data from a visible-band satellite image of a large dust storm emanating from Owens Lake, California were acquired on March 10 and 11, 1993. The satellite...
Remote sensing of forest fire severity and vegetation recovery
J.D. White, K.C. Ryan, C.H. Key, S. W. Running
1996, International Journal of Wildland Fire (6) 125-136
Burned forested areas have patterns of varying burn severity as a consequence of various topographic, vegetation, and meteorological factors. These patterns are detected and mapped using satellite data. Other ecological information can be abstracted from satellite data regarding rates of recovery of vegetation foliage and variation of burn severity on...
Establishing the moon as a spectral radiance standard
H. H. Kieffer, R.L. Wildey
1996, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (13) 360-375
A new automated observatory dedicated to the radiometry of the moon has been constructed to provide new radiance information for calibration of earth-orbiting imaging instruments, particularly Earth Observing System instruments. Instrumentation includes an imaging photometer with 4.5-in. resolution on a fully digital mount and a full-aperture radiance calibration source. Interference...
City of Flagstaff Project: Ground Water Resource Evaluation, Remote Sensing Component
Pat S. Chavez Jr., Miguel G. Velasco, Jo-Ann Bowell, Stuart C. Sides, Rosendo R. Gonzalez, Deborah L. Soltesz
1996, Open-File Report 96-739
Many regions, cities, and towns in the Western United States need new or expanded water resources because of both population growth and increased development. Any tools or data that can help in the evaluation of an area's potential water resources must be considered for this increasingly critical need. Remotely sensed...
Accuracy of migrant landbird habitat maps produced from LANDSAT TM data: Two case studies in southern Belize
J.P. Spruce, S. Sader, C.S. Robbins, B.A. Dowell
Marcia H. Wilson, Steven A. Sader, editor(s)
1995, Book chapter, Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds in Mexico: Symposium-Workshop
The study investigated the utility of Landsat TM data applied to produce geo-referenced habitat maps for two study areas (Toledo and Stann Creek). Locational and non-site-specific map accuracy was evaluated by stratified random sampling and statistical analysis of satellite classification (SCR) versus air photo interpretation results (PIR) for the overall...
Glaciological observations of Brúarjökull, Iceland, using synthetic aperture radar and thematic mapper satellite data
Dorothy K. Hall, Richard S. Williams Jr., Oddur Sigurðsson
1995, Annals of Glaciology (21) 271-276
The first European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images offer opportunities for studying glacier surface properties and near-surface features. Analysis of back-scatter values from digital SAR data from 18 January, 7 June, 1 September and 25 October 1993 of Brúarjökull, an outlet glacier on the northeastern margin...
Integrating multisource land use and land cover data
Bruce E. Wright, Mike Tait, K.F. Lins, J.S. Crawford, S.P. Benjamin, Jesslyn F. Brown
1995, Open-File Report 95-652
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) land use and land cover (LULC) program, the USGS in cooperation with the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) is collecting and integrating LULC data for a standard USGS 1:100,000-scale product. The LULC data collection techniques include interpreting spectrally clustered Landsat Thematic Mapper...
Historical Landsat data comparisons: illustrations of the Earth's changing surface
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1995, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) EROS Data Center (EDC) has managed the Landsat data archive for more than two decades. This archive provides a rich collection of information about the Earth's land surface. Major changes to the surface of the planet can be detected, measured, and analyzed using Landsat data....
Dynamic mapping of urban regions: Growth of the San Francisco/Sacramento region
Cindy Bell, William Acevedo, Janis Taylor
1995, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
A methodology has been developed to document the tremendous growth large metropolitan regions have experienced over time. A GIS was used to compile a database of urbanization for the San Francisco/ Sacramento urban region spanning 140 years. Historical records, USGS topographic maps, aerial photographs, and Landsat imagery were used to...
Glaciers of Greenland
Richard S. Williams Jr., Jane G. Ferrigno
1995, Professional Paper 1386-C
Landsat imagery, combined with aerial photography, sketch maps, and diagrams, is used as the basis for a description of the geography, climatology, and glaciology, including mass balance, variation, and hazards, of the Greenland ice sheet and local ice caps and glaciers. The Greenland ice sheet, with an estimated area of...
Geologic map of Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska
Frederic H. Wilson, Robert L. Detterman, John W. Miller, James E. Case
1995, IMAP 2272
Geologic mapping of Port Moller, Stevopak Bay, and Simeonof Island 1° by 2° quadrangles on the Alaska Peninsula was conducted as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP). Geologic observations was obtained by using helicopter overflights, vertical aerial photography, and enhanced and extensively processed Landsat imagery (York and...
Velocities and mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, derived from ERS-1 SAR images
Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Christina E. Rosanova, K.F. Mullins
1995, Annals of Glaciology (21) 277-283
Pine Island Glacier is one of the major ice streams draining West Antarctica. We calculated average velocities for both its grounded and floating parts by tracking crevasses and other patterns moving with the ice on two sequential images acquired in February and December 1992 by ERS-1 SAR (European Remote-Sensing Satellite,...
Assessment of forest fragmentation in southern New England using remote sensing and geographic information systems technology
James E. Vogelmann
1995, Conservation Biology (9) 439-449
Spatial patterns and rates of forest fragmentation were assessed using digital remote sensing data for a region in southern New England that included 157 townships in southern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. The study area has undergone marked population increases over the last several decades. Following classification of 1973 and...
Rift flank segmentation, basin initiation and propagation: a neotectonic example from Lake Baikal
Susan M. Agar, Kim D. Klitgord
1995, Journal of the Geological Society 849-860
New surficial data (field, Landsat TM and topography) define morpho-tectonic domains and rift flank segmentation in the Ol'khon region of the Central Baikal rift. Deformation, drainage and depositional patterns indicate a change in the locus of active extension that may relate to a recent (<l Ma) change in the kinematics...
Mapping tide-water glacier dynamics in east Greenland using landsat data
John L. Dwyer
1995, Journal of Glaciology (41) 584-595
Landsat multispectral scanner and thematic mapper images were co-registered For the Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord region in East Greenland and were used to map glacier drainage-basin areas, changes in the positions of tide-water glacier termini and to estimate surface velocities of the larger tide-water glaciers. Statistics were compiled to document distance and...
Global energy and water cycle experiment (GEWEX) continental-scale international project (GCIP); reference data sets CD-ROM
Alan Rea, Joel R. Cederstrand
1994, Open-File Report 94-388
The data sets on this compact disc are a compilation of several geographic reference data sets of interest to the global-change research community. The data sets were chosen with input from the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-Scale International Project (GCIP) Data Committee and the GCIP Hydrometeorology and...
Development of a digital land cover data base for the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
Carl J. Markon, William Kirk
1994, Open-File Report 94-627
Digital land cover and terrain data of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge were produced by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Earth Resources Observation Systems Alaska Field Office for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These and other environmental data were incorporated into a Fish and Wildlife Service geographic information system...
Use of landsat thematic mapper data to identify crop types and estimate irrigated acreage, Uvalde and Medina counties, Texas, 1991
L.H. Raymond, S.I. McFarlane
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4233
Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data were used to estimate that about 51,000 acres of crops were irrigated with water pumped from the Edwards aquifer in Uvalde and Medina Counties, Texas in 1991. Bands 2, 3,4, and 5 from a TM image for August 10,1991, were classified using the maximum-likelihood, unsupervised-classification...