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USGS | 2016
As part of its mission to provide timely and relevant remotely sensed imagery and related datasets for disaster support, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Emergency…
USGS | 2016
Scientists at the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center are partnering with the USGS Western Geographic Science Center, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, and the University…
USGS | 2016
The substantial damage that Hurricane Sandy inflicted on coastal communities and surrounding wetlands resulted primarily from an associated storm surge of record extent and impact. In the…
USGS | 2016
Since 2003, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) have jointly provided satellite-derived burn…
USGS | 2016
LANDFIRE, the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Program, is a vegetation, fire, and fuel characteristic mapping program managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest…
USGS | 2016
This project addresses several wildfire research questions using a unique remote sensing opportunity to analyze prefire and postfire lidar data. The Pole Creek Fire burned 27,000 acres through…
USGS | 2016
Prolonged drought and climate change continue to increase the prevalence and severity of wildland fire, while the growing number of houses set within natural areas around urban developments (i.e.,…
USGS | 2016
The Landsat series of satellites provide remotely sensed data suitable for mapping wildfire disturbance. However, the sensors on board the current and historical Landsat satellites vary in…
USGS | 2016
Feedback from end users of LANDFIRE fuels data suggests that static fuel model layers, which represent average fire conditions, have limited utility in areas where seasonal conditions have profound…
USGS | 2016
Shortly before noon on April 25, 2015, a massive earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter scale struck central Nepal. Just 3 hours later—around 4 a.m. Central Time—the USGS Earth Resources…
USGS | 2016
How often does the Fairweather Fault break in large earthquakes along the outer coast of Glacier Bay National Park in southeastern Alaska? Researchers at the USGS Alaska Science Center are mapping…
USGS | 2016
The USGS Earthquake Science Center uses a 3D laser scanner to study surface deformation associated with active faults, to map fault zones, and to perform detailed analyses of landscape change…