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BIA | 2012
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has about 80 permanent Remote Sensing Weather Stations (RAWS), and about 19 portable RAWS, for helping assess Wildland Fire Danger across Indian country. The Bureau…
USGS | 2012
Sagebrush ecosystems are among the most abundant and threatened habitats in North America. Exotic plant invasions, oil and gas drilling, housing developments, altered fire patterns, over-grazing,…
USGS | 2012
Astrogeology maintains the highest quality data on the brightness of the Moon via the Lunar Calibration Program. These data are used to calibrate many spaceborne Earth observing instruments,…
USGS | 2012
Astrogeology is currently supporting three missions that have visited asteroids: Dawn, Rosetta, and Hayabusa. The Dawn mission is the current NASA spacecraft in the asteroid belt, and is currently…
USGS | 2012
Information on the potential, locations, and mechanisms of carbon sequestration is essential in order to formulate carbon management and sequestration policies and strategies. This project fulfills…
USGS | 2012
A preliminary height-above-ground (HAG) model utilizing over 350 billion light detection and ranging (lidar) points and Web-enabled Landsat Data (WELD) was created to predict heights based on an…
USGS | 2012
This effort characterized the different types of landscapes across southwest Wyoming. Land cover and land use features from multiple sources were integrated to provide a contemporary representation…
USGS | 2012
The project prepares geologic maps and topical reports on the geology of the Rio Grande Rift from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to central Colorado. A major focus is on the volcanic and tectonic history…