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BOEM | 2019
The Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (AMAPPS) II is the continuation of a study to assess the abundance, distribution, ecology, and behavior of marine mammals, sea turtles,…
BOEM | 2019
BOEM is required to evaluate the air quality impacts from Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas activities to the States as mandated by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Through the…
BOEM | 2019
BOEM is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory at Goddard Space Flight Center to measure and monitor offshore sea level…
OSM | 2017
Underground coal mine fires are widespread and pose a threat to both human and environmental health that can result in large economic loss, but they are generally underreported. Traditional mapping…
OSM | 2017
OSMRE has been piloting the use of drone vehicles since 2011 to document and monitor reclamation activities. Applied remote sensing is a priority for the OSMRE Appalachian Region and the use of…
OSM | 2017
OSMRE is using a RIEGL terrestrial lidar scanner to collect highly detailed elevation data for documenting restoration activities on the landscape. The RIEGL unit is mounted onto a tripod and emits…
BOEM | 2011
Flaring is the burning of natural gas when the product cannot otherwise be captured and produced. The European Space Agency provides thermal fire and hotspot geospatial surveillance data.…
OSM | 2011
Satellite imagery provides a relatively inexpensive tool to monitor and assess vegetation regrowth over time, and thus, was identified as an added benefit to the VIP method. Imagery can…
OSM | 2011
With supporting field work, satellite imagery is ideal for mapping vegetation community types for large areas. As in vegetation cover mapping, image classification techniques can be used to…
OSM | 2011
Satellite imagery has long been used to derive vegetation cover. With supporting field sampling, vegetation density (VIP 15) can be classified using the supervised image classification…
OSM | 2011
Vegetation establishment (VIP 14) can be determined using multispectral satellite imagery and image processing software to compute the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). NDVI is a…