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USGS | 2020
In 2020, the USGS released new image data products for monitoring land surface change from 1985 to 2017 across the conterminous United States. The Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection (…
USGS | 2020
The presence of water in streams can serve as an indicator for potential droughts. The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is the most comprehensive dataset of surface waters in the United States and…
USGS | 2020
Wetlands and surface waters are critically important for both natural and anthropogenic processes including climate regulation, the maintenance of biodiversity, and the provision of ecosystem…
USGS | 2020
Scientists from eight USGS Science Centers completed a multidisciplinary data collection effort during the week of October 21–25, 2019, using new technologies to map and validate bathymetry over a…
USGS | 2020
To support the modeling of the Colorado River water storage area capacity tables by the USGS Utah Water Science Center, the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center created a three-…
USGS | 2020
The USGS Patterns in the Landscape–Analyses of Cause and Effect (PLACE) project has developed a new suite of surface water maps derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)…
USGS | 2020
The western United States is increasingly threatened by landscape-level changes such as alterations in precipitation patterns, heightened wildfire incidence and intensity, and increased use of ground…
USGS | 2020
In preparation for the anticipated removal of four large dams from the Klamath River on the California coast, the USGS has begun a multi-year, intensive monitoring program to document the effects…
USGS | 2020
The National Map Corps (TNMCorps), a crowdsourced mapping project, relies on volunteers to assist the USGS National Geospatial Program by collecting and editing man-made structures data for The…
USGS | 2020
With many years of multi-scale optical system geospatial and radiometric calibration and characterization experience, the EROS Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) is a global leader in performing…
USGS | 2020
Landsat satellites have been operating since 1972, providing a continuous global record of the Earth’s land surface. The imagery is currently available at no cost through the USGS. A previous USGS…
USGS | 2020
While the growing abundance of remote sensing platforms has dramatically improved the ability to measure the Earth’s surface, research into the subsurface remains hindered by data scarcity. Borehole…