Projects and photographic products and is the home of the US National Archive The Landsat Pathfinder data product would provide the baseline data on forest distribution http://www.geog.umd.edu/LGRSS/Projects/project19.html
Extractions: The University of Maryland Cooperation with CARPE Project Title: "The University of Maryland Cooperation with CARPE" PI(s): Chistopher Justice , Michel Massart, Nadine Laporte, Mark Heinicke Description: Introduction to The University of Maryland Cooperation with CARPE The University of Maryland component would be a regional initiative focused around improved monitoring of the forest resources of the region, undertaken by NASA/ GSFC in close cooperation with the Geography Department at the University of Maryland, the national forest services and NGO communities, leading towards a better understanding of the state of the forests, the extent and location of forest degradation and the development of a regional forest management plan. Active collaboration is also being sought with the NGO community. In the first three years of the project the objective will be to develop strong and active African partnerships with the Pathfinder program and establish the CARPE needs for satellite data and coordinate the various forest monitoring components of the CARPE projects. Emphasis would be given to involving African nationals in the data interpretation and verification of satellite derived maps and would include a strong training component on the use of remote sensing data and GIS (Activity 4). The activity would involve a strong . data and information sharing component and would be undertaken in the context of the CARPE information working group. This activity would provide the African collaborators with the available high resolution satellite data, the tools for satellite monitoring, an improved understanding of the state of the forests and the basis for developing improved regional forest management plans.
Invited Speakers Mr. Michel MASSART Landsat Pathfinder Program / Central Africa Department of Geography Room 1161 Mr. David OLSON Biologist WWFUS 1250 24th St, NW Washington DC http://www.geog.umd.edu/carpe/p21.invspk.html
Bookmarks Eng TF Home Page US Army Corps of Engineers Home Page US Army Cold images Landsat 7 Browse Image Gallery L 7 ImagesApps NASA Landsat Pathfinder Images TRFIC http://www.ezl.com/~ilh2o/dgldata.html
Remote Sensing Data Center s Landsat Archive Landsat Pathfinder; Landsat TM of MSS sensor and data; Landsat from CEPS Page commercial branch of the US Landsat remote sensing http://www.geocities.com/rsgisforum/rs/remotes_data.html
WEB-LAB Module 14 According to the International Programs Center, US Bureau of the CensUS, the total population NASA Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Inventory Project. http://www.umkc.edu/sites/env-sci/module14/weblab14.htm
Extractions: Changes in Land Use Objectives: Activities: Outline Ecosystem dynamics An ecosystem is a complex, self-regulating association of living plants and animals and their nonliving physical environment. Source of image: Forest Ecosystem Dynamics (FED) Project Changes in the patterns of land use and the monitoring of ecosystem has largely been accomplished on a global scale by analyzing data from the LANDSAT satellites. With the launch of the Landsat 1 in 1972, the Landsat program is the longest-running program of remote-sensing from space. It images the entire earth once in 16 days. The Landsat satellite carries a multispectral scanner (MSS) and starting with Landsat-4 in 1982, also a Thematic Mapper (TM). MSS and TM are instruments that measure electromagnetic radiation from the sun reflecting off the Earth. MSS data has a spatial resolution of about 80 m x 80 m, and measures the intensity of reflected light in four bands: green light, red light and two different wavelength bands of infrared. TM has more bands and a 30 m x 30 m resolution.
Obtaining Landsat Images The US Government does distribute certain high resolution Landsat MSS satellite images as part of the Landsat Pathfinder Program. http://members.aol.com/landsatcd/MOREHTML/landsat.html
Extractions: Obtaining Landsat Images INTRODUCTION One of the best known series of earth observation satellites is Landsat. First launched as the Earth Resource Technology Satellite in July 1972, it was later renamed Landsat 1. This satellite was followed by Landsat 2 through 5. Landsat 6 never reached orbit after launch in 1993. Landsat-7 began operations in 1999 and is now producing great imagery of our planet.. Landsat 7 is expected to have a 5 year mission life. The satellite orbits at an altitude of approximately 438 miles. It repeats its coverage of the earth every 16 days. The on-board sensors capture an image area of about 115 miles x 115 miles. Most of the Landast imagery from the past ten years were from satellites 4 and 5. Two types of image data from these satellites are available: MultiSpectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM). Landsat 7 uses a new Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+). One of its new features is a panchromatic band (Band 8) with 15 meter resolution. Low cost sample datasets from Landsat 7 are available from the U.S.G.S. EROS Data Center
Metadata For IMG3937 Table Of Contents Identification_Information and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Pathfinder Program. Pathfinder projects are focUSed on the investigation effort between the US Environmental Protection http://www.mojavedata.gov/master/imagery/sat/mss/msswrs393786.txt
Galaxy Directory : Education < Geology And Geophysics < Geosciences < Science New Hampshire Landsat Pathfinder Project The Landsat Pathfinder Project is the USe of large amounts of Landsat data for in Antarctica and by the US Coast Guard http://www.galaxy.com/galaxy/Science/Geosciences/Geology-and-Geophysics/Educatio
Extractions: The beautiful thing about the earth and mineral sciences is that you're educated to work in an area for which you'll never have all the answers. There's always an aura of mystery, and as a result you have to take your education and logical thinking and temper it with some judgment - not only to find oil, but also to predict the weather, to look for new composite materials, or to discover new ways to explore for minerals.
NASA JPL Support US Manned Spaceflight Historical Archive Kennedy; Vehicle Analysis Branch Langley; Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Inventory Project UNH; Measurement of http://www.csgnetwork.com/nasa3.html
International Space School Educational Trust ISSET Photo by Jack Lockwood, US Geological Survey, October 11, 1982. 3,332 m). Landsat image of central Java. Image courtesy of the Landsat Pathfinder Project. http://www.isset.org/doc.php?pagelocation=42&doc=809
International Space School Educational Trust ISSET Register an account. Lost your password? About US. Eruptions have been moderate in size (VEI=2). Image courtesy of the Landsat Pathfinder Project. http://www.isset.org/doc.php?pagelocation=42&doc=817
UNEP Line, Digital Topographic Data, EDC s Landsat Archive and Landsat Pathfinder, Gap Analysis and Spatial Analysis, a joint research facility with US Army case http://www.gischina.com/maindoc/simchin/gisforum/gislinx/U.htm
Extractions: UNEP/GRID-Sioux Falls Global Population Data Sets, Environmental Data-Sets Available On-Line, Digital Topographic Data, EDC's Landsat Archive and Landsat Pathfinder, Gap Analysis, Desertification, Land Cover Characterization. The University of Arizona ARC/INFO User Group The University of Arizona ARC/INFO User Group (UAAIUG) was established in 1994 to develop a forum for faculty, staff and students at the University of Arizona to share knowledge and ideas pertaining to Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) software applications. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Resource Information Database (GRID) at Arendal, Norway . Provide access to a number of environmental GIS databases and also links to other GRID centres around the world.
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Extractions: Companies(¹«Ë¾) Satellite sensors/systems(Ò£¸Ð) AVHRR ADEOS Home Page (see Press Release for Death of Adeos, July 1997) AVHRR Pathfinder Home Page AVNIR first image (on board Japanese ADEOS spacecraft) ... Canada Centre for Remote Sensing: Spaceborne Imaging Spectrometer Sensor details GIS(µØÀíÐÅϢϵͳ) Environmental GIS guide for the neophyte RSCC UNEP/GRID: Use of GIS in Agricultural Research International Cartographic Association- Commission on Visualisation ... Infomine: University of California Scholarly Internet Resource Collections: Maps and GIS Earth and Environmental Science (µØÇò»·¾³¿Æѧ) GEOWEB: GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing Australian Environmental Resources Information Network Hyperspectral Imaging Resources Desertification Information Network Project ... opics Data and Metadata Services (Êý¾ÝÓëÔªÊý¾Ý) Australian (ACRES) Digital Catalogue NEONET (Netherlands Earth Observation Network) CEOS International Directory Network AVHRR Global 10-day composites (ftp access) ... CILS, CEOS Information Locator System
Links UN s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) US Geological Survey US Global Change image of Tucson, AZ from EOSAT Landsat 7 Landsat Pathfinder Program Landsat http://www.ipi.uni-hannover.de/html/links/links.htm
Extractions: How extensive are land cover changes? How fast are such changes taking place? What are the trends? What are the implications of current and projected land cover changes with regard to climate change, ecosystem health, biodiversity, and economic and human well being? INTRODUCTION: Dr. Anthony C. Janetos, Chief, Earth System Modeling and Ecological Processing Branch, Mission to Planet Earth, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC SPEAKERS: Dr. David Skole, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Dr. Thomas Loveland, US Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD OVERVIEW Over the next few decades the global effects of land use and cover change may be as significant, or more so, than those associated with climate change. In addition to playing a role in climate, changes in land use and land cover are direclty linked to many facets of human health and welfare, including biodiversity, food production, and the origin and spread of disease. Yet, we know very little about this important human-caused agent of global change. It is a testament to this paucity of information that there does not now exist an accurate global map of agriculture, nor do we have good global measurements on the rate of forest loss.
Kathmandu Metropolitan City ... L. Website Links, Comments. Landsat Pathfinder, Landsat TM Data for Minnesota, M. Website Links, Comments. UNIGIS, US Bureau of the CensUS, US CensUS Tiger Files, http://www.kathmandu.gov.np/usefullinks/links_env_mgt.html
Extractions: Feel free to get your links in alphabetical order A B C D ... Z A Website Links Comments AM Production Source for GIS related video products B Website Links Comments Brown in Green Resource Conservation Program C Website Links Comments Catalogue of Data Sources Data Sources Catalogue for Environment Information Center for Earth Observation Information generated by Earth Observation Satellite CIESIN Demographic Data Viewer Demographic Data Viewer in Java Edition CHEMTOX CIESIN Remote Sensing Thematic Guide Common Gateway Interface Cygnus Group - Integration of Environmental and Business Concepts D Website Links Comments DAIN - Internet Resources on Environmental Protection Data-Star Dialog Dobris Assessment Environmental Information Broucher E Website Links Comments European Commission Host Organization European Environment Agency European Science Foundation - GISDATA EUROPEAN SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Research on Space and Earth Observation
Environmental Geology At Oswego Deforestation and Soil Loss, from Miami University; UNH Landsat Pathfinder Project Physical and Human Survey (USGS); Geologic Radon Potential of the US a map http://www.oswego.edu/~gabel/geo300.html
Extractions: Dr. Gabel's Syllabus Course Notes Take a Quiz Projects ... Geology Web Sites GEO 300 NEWS FLASH The notes on Waste Management are available on the notes page. We'll cover this topic in class during the week of April 26. On Wednesday, April 28, there will be a group presentation on environmental impacts of landfills.
Our Topic Is Deforestation these effects and come to class prepared to give US some examples. sensing data from existing NASA programs, in particular the Landsat Pathfinder project, with http://www.consbio.umn.edu/CBclass2003/Week 2 deforestation.htm
Extractions: Questions from Dale Trexel: I would like you to think about the following topics and questions: 1) This seminar is focusing on TROPICAL deforestation and conservation. In what ways are the conservation issues facing tropical forests different from forests (or other terrestrial ecosystems) in other areas? Are the conservation challenges of these forests inherently different from those of other forests, or are they simply the result of the position of tropical forests at the upper end of the biological diversity continuum for terrestrial ecosystems? 2) Politics, power and tropical deforestation: Laurance (1999) discusses four causes of tropical deforestation (population pressure, weak institutions and poor policies, trade liberalization, and tropical logging). The second and third of these both focus on the question of who has the power to control human activities in tropical forests. If many countries are too week and/or poor to control the activities of powerful individuals and international companies in their own forests, how can conservation be achieved? (And a related question: Is ecological colonialism a necessary evil to combat economic colonialism pressures from international corporations?) 3) The value of biodiversity: Laurance et al. (2002) discuss the fact that biodiversity can increase or decrease as a result of deforestation / tropical forest fragmentation, and while they discuss the nature of these changes, they do not evaluate them as positive/negative. Lugo (1995) tends to discuss biodiversity as inherently good and proposes that human intervention, including the use of technology, can result in increased/improved biodiversity. Is more biodiversity inherently better? Should we always seek to increase biodiversity?
Subject Specific Resources: GIS - UNL Libraries NASA Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Deforestation Project Baseline forest cover maps and data for download such as Central Africa GIS data, US coastal marsh http://www.unl.edu/libr/gis/subj.html
