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USGS | 2020
Satellite monitoring of evergreen pinyon-juniper ecosystems in Arizona revealed an unexpected winter-peaking signal in a time series of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values. The…
USGS | 2020
Landsat Collection 1 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration and Provisional Aquatic Reflectance datasets became available in fiscal year 2020 and are the most recent publicly released Landsat science…
USGS | 2020
Monitoring temporal dynamics of rangelands to detect and understand change in vegetation cover and composition provides a wealth of information to improve management and sustainability. Remote…
USGS | 2020
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provides nationwide data on land cover and land cover change at 30-meter resolution. The latest available version of NLCD (NLCD 2016) quantified the United…
USGS | 2020
Landsat Collection 2 marks the second major reprocessing event of the USGS Landsat archive since 2016, resulting in several data product improvements that harness recent advancements in data…
USGS | 2020
The USGS Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center in Denver, Colorado, and the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, have led the development…
USGS | 2020
The USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) effort to acquire new statewide Alaska elevation data is complete. The overall goal of 3DEP is to complete acquisition of the first-ever national baseline of…
USGS | 2020
Lithium is a critical element for making the high-efficiency batteries used in electric cars, cell phones, computers, and solar grid electric storage. The largest lithium production in the world…
USGS | 2020
The riparian reaches in the delta of the Colorado River in Mexico have undergone reductions in green vegetation from confounding pressures related to drought, precipitation declines, ground-water…
USGS | 2020
The San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona wants to learn more about the historical characteristics of their woodlands, savannas, and grasslands so they have a target for restoration efforts. Restoring…
USGS | 2020
Across the southwestern United States, ponderosa pine forests that experience high-severity fires are increasingly recovering as grassland or shrubland ecosystems. The uncertainty of the outcomes and…
USGS | 2020
Alterations to river flow can impact natural and cultural resources within river valleys and riparian zones. The USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center and the River Ecosystems Science…