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USGS | 2021
The goal of the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) is to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar (IfSAR in Alaska) to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution elevation data—…
USGS | 2021
Ecologists and natural resource managers have used historical aerial photography to analyze long-term vegetation changes in a wide range of ecosystems. In national park units like Lassen Volcanic…
USGS | 2021
The USGS National Geospatial Program, National Land Imaging Program, and other elements of USGS, have a compelling national interest in operationalizing technologies that increase the accuracy and…
USGS | 2021
Landsat Collection 2 (C2) U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) became available in fiscal year 2021 and are the most recent publicly released Landsat science products. Landsat C2 U.S. ARD are pre-packaged…
USGS | 2021
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) is produced by the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium (MRLC). This consortium includes the Bureau of Land Management, National Agricultural…
USGS | 2021
The USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center and the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center have led the development, validation, and production of the Landsat Burned…
USGS | 2021
The recent release of LANDFIRE (LF) 2016 Remap for Alaska concludes a multi-year effort to map vegetation, fuel, and fire regime for the entire United States (CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and Insular Areas…
USGS | 2021
Vegetation structure is a key attribute of forested ecosystems, influencing habitat suitability, water quality and runoff, microclimate, and wildfire behavior. The Fire-Science Team at the USGS EROS…
USGS | 2021
Validation is a critical component of product development that helps evaluate a product’s utility and limitations for users. In the development of global products, reference data must represent the…
USGS | 2021
Large-scale investigations into land-use/land-cover change (LULCC) often rely on repeatable image classification processes. The process of labeling images as one of several classes can range from…
USGS | 2021
USGS has acquired an updated statewide satellite imagery mosaic for Alaska. The 4-band (red, green, blue, and near-infrared) 0.5-meter ground resolution mosaic was orthorectified using recently…
USGS | 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Upper Mississippi River Restoration (UMRR) program, through its Long Term Resource Monitoring (UMRR-LTRM) element, collected systematic imagery of the entire…