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USGS | 2013
Developed from the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (CWPPRA), the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) will monitor coastal wetlands from a coastwide or basinwide…
USGS | 2013
Detailed information on the extent and distribution of marsh vegetation zones throughout the Texas coast has been historically unavailable. To address this data gap, the USGS NWRC in…
USGS | 2013
During summer 2013, the USGS, Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Coastal and Nongame Resources Division jointly…
USGS | 2013
The USFWS and USGS will enter a Memorandum of Agreement sharing a USFWS Quest/Kodiak K-100 aircraft for remote sensing. USFWS and USGS are sharing mission information between agencies and…
USGS | 2013
In order to build a long-term monitoring programme of marine macrophytes in the back-barrier island lagoons along the seaside of Virginia's Eastern Shore, an accurate rendition of Ulva thalli…
USGS | 2013
The successful use of remote sensing for mapping marine macrophytes is based on maximizing their spectral contrast within their surroundings. To maximize the contrast, remote sensing mapping…
USGS | 2013
Storm-surge flooding and marsh dieback resulting from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike were mapped throughout coastal Louisiana by fusing radar and optical satellite image data. Subcanopy surge flooding was…
USGS | 2013
Hyperion sensor satellite data acquired by the NASA Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite were combined with reconnaissance surveys to map the occurrences of the invasive Chinese tallow tree (Triadica…
USGS | 2013
Since 2007, the USGS has been supporting the U.S. Department of State (DoS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Kimberley Process (KP) to stem the flow of conflict…
USGS | 2013
The USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC) located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is using remote sensing analyses to assess the impact of Hurricane Sandy on wetland areas by using before and after…
USGS | 2013
The study goal is to document the damage and response of coastal ecosystems, including wetland and maritime forests, marshes, and submerged aquatic vegetation, to Hurricane Sandy. In reaching that…
USGS | 2013
Land managers often lack vegetation data of the proper spatial and temporal resolution and extent needed to assess range conditions and monitor trends in the arid and semiarid western United States.…