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USGS | 2017
High-resolution hydrographic mapping, which provides essential data for flood mitigation and planning, is being completed on thirteen, 12-digit hydrologic units near Sioux Falls, SD. A lidar-…
USGS | 2017
The USGS is leading a 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) effort to coordinate with other Federal agency partners and the State of Alaska to acquire new Alaska elevation data statewide using remote sensing…
USGS | 2017
Northern tamarisk beetles (Diorhabda carinulata) were released in the Upper Colorado River Basin in 2004–2007 to defoliate introduced tamarisk shrubs (Tamarix spp.) in the region’s riparian zones.…
USGS | 2017
Bogoslof Island sits north of the Aleutian volcanic arc, a speck of rock about 60 miles from Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, and is home to a rich variety of marine wildlife. The island is the tip of a mostly…
USGS | 2017
Bogoslof is the emergent summit of a large submarine stratovolcano that rises ~1,800 m above the Bering Sea floor, but is only ~90 m above sea level (a.s.l.) at its highest point. Bogoslof volcano is…
USGS | 2017
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory continues to rely heavily on satellite and airborne remote sensing data for monitoring and research of Kilauea Volcano’s ongoing summit and East Rift Zone eruptions.…
USGS | 2017
Nearly a quarter of California’s freshwater supply flows through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an area that comprises marshland and reclaimed land in the form of islands surrounded by levees. The…
USGS | 2017
Multiple agencies in the San Diego area have the responsibility to effectively manage the water supply in this arid, urban, densely populated, coastal basin in southern California. Recently, five…
USGS | 2017
Susceptibility of slopes to landslides at high latitudes have increased due to degradation of permafrost in rock and soil, debuttressing of slopes resulting from glacial retreat, and changes in ocean…
USGS | 2017
Since 2003, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) have jointly provided satellite-derived burn…
USGS | 2017
The Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools (LANDFIRE) program team at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center released new provisional products for the Great Basin and…
USGS | 2017
The Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project is a joint effort between the U.S. Forest Service Geospatial Technology and Application Center and the USGS Earth Resources Observation and…