Arid lands of the Southwest
M. Saiki, G.G. Scoppettone, D. Gadomski, D. Becker
2005, Fact Sheet 2006-3068
When thinking about plants and animals that inhabit hot arid lands of the southwestern U.S., fish are easily overlooked by most people. However, these desert lands often contain isolated springs or cienegas (a Spanish term referring to permanently saturated 'seep wetlands') and streams supporting native fishes that occur no where...
Commerical Remote Sensing Data Contract
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3010
The U. S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Commercial Remote Sensing Data Contracts (CRSDCs) provide government agencies with access to a broad range of commercially available remotely sensed airborne and satellite data. These contracts were established to support The National Map partners, other Federal Civilian agency programs, and Department of Defense programs...
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Composites
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3114
The Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) is a broad-band scanner with four to six bands, depending on the model. The AVHRR senses in the visible, near-, middle-, and thermal- infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. This sensor is carried on a series of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...
USGS Releases Landsat Orthorectified State Mosaics
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3075
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Remote Sensing Data Archive, located at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, maintains the Landsat orthorectified data archive. Within the archive are Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data that have been pansharpened and orthorectified...
Elevation derivatives for national applications
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3049
The Elevation Derivatives for National Applications (EDNA) project is a multi-agency effort to develop standard topographically derived layers for use in hydrologic and environmental modeling. The EDNA takes advantage of the seamless and filtered characteristics for the National Elevation Dataset (NED) to create a hydrologically conditioned Digital Elevation Model (DEM)...
Global Visualization (GloVis) Viewer
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3118
GloVis (http://glovis.usgs.gov) is a browse image-based search and order tool that can be used to quickly review the land remote sensing data inventories held at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). GloVis was funded by the AmericaView project to reduce the difficulty of...
The AmericaView Project - Putting the Earth into Your Hands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3105
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a leader in collecting, archiving, and distributing geospatial data and information about the Earth. Providing quick, reliable access to remotely sensed images and geospatial data is the driving principle behind the AmericaView Project. A national not-for-profit organization, AmericaView, Inc. was established and is supported by...
Science to sustain terminal lakes: The Walker River Basin Study
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3124
Section 2507 of Public Law 107-171 (2002 Farm Bill) provided $200,000,000 to be used by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes. This bill was later amended under Public Law 108-7, Section 207 to include language 'Restoration...
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - 2005
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3108
Host Fish Identification and Early Life Thermal Requirements for the Federal Endangered Winged Mapleleaf Mussel
Mark Steingraeber, Teresa J. Newton
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3103
The winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa, WML) is a Federal endangered species historically inhabiting at least 34 river systems in 12 Midwestern states. Only four populations are currently known to exist, including one confirmed reproducing population in the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (NSR) bordering Minnesota and Wisconsin. Recovery efforts...
U.S. Geological Survey Aids Federal Agencies in ObtainingCommercial Satellite and Aerial Imagery
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3117
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is a leading U.S. Federal civil agency in the implementation of the civil aspects of the Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy (CRSSP). The USGS is responsible for collecting inter-agency near-term requirements, establishing an operational infrastructure, and supporting the policy and other Federal agencies....
Mount St. Helens erupts again: Activity from September 2004 through March 2005
Jon J. Major, William E. Scott, Carolyn Driedger, Dan Dzurisin
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3036
Eruptive activity at Mount St. Helens captured the world’s attention in 1980 when the largest historical landslide on Earth and a powerful explosion reshaped the volcano, created its distinctive crater, and dramatically modified the surrounding landscape. Over the next 6 years, episodic extrusions of lava built a large dome in...
Biocomplexity of introduced avian diseases in Hawai`i: threats to biodiversity of native forest ecosystems
Bethany L. Woodworth, Carter T. Atkinson, Michael D. Samuel, Dennis A. LaPointe, Paul C. Banko, Jorge A. Ahumada
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3139
Landsat: A global land-observing program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3130
Landsat represents the world’s longest continuously acquired collection of space-based land remote sensing data. The Landsat Project is a joint initiative of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designed to gather Earth resource data from space. NASA developed and launched the spacecrafts, while...
Translocation of Endangered Laysan Ducks to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (2004-5)
Michelle Reynolds
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3128
BACKGROUND Island ecosystems throughout the Pacific have undergone catastrophic species loss, largely due to the effects of alien or non-native species. Rats, in particular, pose significant threats to native species. In Hawai`i, the appearance of rats (which are not native to Hawai`i) in the subfossil record coincides with the disappearance of...
Depicting coastal Louisiana land loss
Gregory J. Smith
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3101
The Coastal Louisiana Land Loss map depicts historical (1932-2000) changes of land to water and water to land, as well as projected changes (2000-2050). Projections are based on the assumption of no future restoration....
Sustainability of ground-water resources in the upper Arkansas River basin between Buena Vista and Salida, Colorado, 2000-2003
Kenneth R. Watts
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3143
Explosive compounds detected in tissue of freshwater mussels from selected streams near or on the Fort Polk Military Reservation, Louisiana, May and June 2002
Roland W. Tollett, Grant Kolb
2005, Fact Sheet 2004-3136
USGS Releases New Digital Aerial Products
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3074
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) has initiated distribution of digital aerial photographic products produced by scanning or digitizing film from its historical aerial photography film archive. This archive, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, contains thousands of rolls of film that contain...
Earth Observing-1 Extended Mission
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3060
Since November 2000, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) mission has demonstrated the capabilities of a dozen spacecraft sensor and communication innovations. Onboard the EO-1 spacecraft are two land remote sensing instruments. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) acquires data in spectral bands and at resolutions similar...
2005 assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Hanna, Laramie, Shirley basins province, Wyoming
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3125
A voluntary program to curtail boat disturbance to migrating waterfowl on the Upper Mississippi River
Kevin Kenow, James Nissen
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3127
The avian influenza H5N1 threat
Hon S. Ip
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3146
Strategic Directions for Invasive Species Research at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Jeffrey Rach
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3153
Ecology and diagnosis of introduced avian malaria in Hawaiian forest birds
Carter T. Atkinson
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3151
Avian malaria is a disease caused by species of protozoan parasites (Plasmodium) that infect birds. Related species commonly infect reptiles, birds and mammals in tropical and temperate regions of the world. Transmitted by mosquitoes, the parasites spend part of their lives in the red blood cells of birds (Figure 1)....
