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NPS | 2012
The NPS Alaska Regional Office GIS team has been using the newest Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) 5 satellite imagery to update hydrography features in the NHD within Denali National…
NPS | 2012
In 2012, GPS and GIS remote sensing technologies were vital tools used for resource management in Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ). As part of an ongoing glacier monitoring effort, KEFJ staff used…
NPS | 2012
The NPS Alaska regional compliance team frequently uses aerial photography and satellite imagery to convey resource conditions and locations to the public in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)…
NPS | 2012
Seagrass or submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) is a valuable and abundant resource found within the Gulf Islands National Seashore of Florida and Mississippi. Seagrass provides habitat for aquatic…
USGS | 2012
The USGS Eastern Geographic Science Center (EGSC) is conducting process-based hydrologic, biologic and climate modeling to demonstrate the utility of those data in particularly challenging or…
USGS | 2012
Phenology is an important way to observe impacts of climate change on ecosystems. Long-term, landscape-scale phenology monitoring has gained substantial interest in the last 25 years, largely due to…
FWS | 2012
The golden-cheeked warbler and black-capped vireo were listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFS) as endangered in 1990 and 1987, respectively. In 1992 the 10,000 hectare Balcones…
USGS | 2012
The semiarid western United States faces increasing water demands, focusing interest on hydroclimate, the past, present and future trends in climate with respect to water. To better understand past,…
FWS | 2012
In an attempt to assess the viability of using legacy lidar data of varying collection density to characterize avian nesting habitat by species at a landscape scale, the existing lidar data from the…
FWS | 2012
Vegetation mapping of the public access side of Desert National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) began in fiscal year 2011 and will be completed at the end of fiscal year 2012. The vegetation mapping is being…
FWS | 2012
St. Matthew and Hall Islands are located within the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge led a research cruise to these islands for the first time in over 5 years. While there,…
FWS | 2012
As part of a soils survey for the Rose Atoll, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Photo Science to collect lidar data for…