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USGS | 2012
A $3.5 million dollar, 5-year grant from NASA’s Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Program was recently awarded to a USGS-led multi-agency team of scientists…
USGS | 2012
The overarching goal of this research was to develop and demonstrate an Automated Cropland Classification Algorithm (ACCA) that accurately classifies agricultural croplands extent, identifies…
USGS | 2012
A new book “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation” (Publisher: Taylor and Francis), edited by USGS Research Geographer Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, summarizes the advances made over 40+ years in…
USGS | 2012
Using remote sensing and non-remote sensing approaches, this research presents an exhaustive overview of global croplands and their water use. Global cropland area estimates from different studies…
USGS | 2012
The 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) initiative is managed by the USGS National Geospatial Program to serve government and public needs for enhanced elevation data to address a wide range of uses…
USGS | 2012
Erosion of riverbanks along the Missouri River is a concern to many Tribes within South Dakota. Changing reservoir levels combined with precipitation, wind, and ice lead to conditions where…
USGS | 2012
The USGS UMESC is working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to create and distribute Light Detection and Ranging (lidar) data for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) floodplain; the…
USGS | 2012
A terrestrial gravity-monitoring study to estimate aquifer storage change is using GPS to precisely locate relative-gravity monuments and permanently installed gravimeters. Because relative-gravity…
USGS | 2012
Scientists from the USGS and the University of Arizona developed a method of estimating basin-scale groundwater discharge by vegetation using remote sensing data from satellites and GIS land cover…
USGS | 2012
Agricultural irrigation is a primary use of fresh water in the United States. It is difficult to accurately quantify the amount of water used for irrigation at large spatial scales. Remote sensing…
USGS | 2012
To meet the demands of food security early warning, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has prioritized the development and implementation of alternate capabilities to monitor growing…
USGS | 2012
Hydrothermally altered bedrock in the Silverton mining area in southwestern Colorado contains sulfide minerals that weather to produce acidic and metal-rich leachate that is toxic to aquatic life.…