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NPS | 2019
Alaska’s boreal forest burns every summer somewhere. To predict which areas are most susceptible to wildfire, managers assess fuel dryness and burnability using weather data collected at Remote…
NPS | 2019
The Everglades National Park (EVER) and Big Cypress National Preserve (BICY) vegetation mapping project is part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). The CERP is a cooperative…
NPS | 2019
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve and Cape Krusenstern National Monument encompass approximately 1,600 km of predominantly soft-sediment Arctic coastlines rich in biological resources. These…
OSM | 2012
Mining Coal Basin Mine deposits in Pitkin County, Colorado, began in 1895 and continued until 1908 when production ceased for many years. Mid-continent Resources began producing coking coal at the…
OSM | 2012
The State of New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land Program is exploring remote sensing techniques to monitor land cover change over time. High-resolution satellite images and aerial photography in…
OSM | 2012
The State of New Mexico Abandoned Mine Lands Program used terrestrial light detection and ranging (lidar) data to support an engineering project in Silver City. The project involved evaluating…
OSM | 2012
A digital surface model (DSM) derived from WorldView-1 satellite imagery was used as supporting information in a court case dealing with an approximate original contour (AOC) dispute between OSM and…
OSM | 2012
OSM’s Technical Innovation and Professional Services (TIPS) Program provides off-the-shelf scientific and engineering software, customized software training, and technical assistance to its…
OSM | 2012
OSM partnered with the USGS to investigate the use of Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAV) to assist States with a more efficient and effective means of conducting oversight investigations of both…
NPS | 2012
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is collecting light detection and ranging (lidar) data in partnership with the State of North Carolina and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop high-…
NPS | 2012
The topography of many Alaskan national parks has changed greatly over the last 50 years primarily because of glacier retreat and downwasting (thinning). Glaciers have downwasted as much as 640 m and…
NPS | 2012
Snow cover plays a major role in the energy and freshwater balances of Alaska, and variability in snow cover extent and duration are climatologically important. The Southwest Alaska Network Inventory…