Large Area Land Cover Mapping : References An automated classification of Landsat Thematic Mapper database for the conterminoUS US, Photogrammetric Engineering in press, The NASA Pathfinder Global Land http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/eosd/cover/references_e.html
Extractions: Climate Change ... Large Area Remote Sensing references noted in the source hypertext documents should be sought at the source. Ahern, F., et al., 1998; A Strategy for Global Observation of Forest Cover: Executive Summary, Project Report, 10p Cihlar, J., 1999; Land cover mapping of large areas from satellites: Status and research priorities, International Journal of Remote Sensing, in press. Cihlar, J., D. Manak, N. Voisin, 1994; AVHRR bidirectional reflectance effects and compositing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 48, pp. 77-88. Cihlar, J., J. Beaubien, Q. Xiao, and Z. Li, 1997; Land cover of the BOREAS region from AVHRR and Landsat data, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 163-175. Evans, Gayla, Feistner, Kelly, and Larson, Charles, in press, Landsat Pathfinder processing support at the EROS Data Center [abs.], in Pecora Thirteen, Human Interactions with the EnvironmentPerspectives from Space, 13th, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, August 20-22, 1996, Proceedings: Bethesda, Maryland, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Space Links 2 US Geological Survey (USGS). Space Links Institutions and Associations. Hubble Space Telescope. Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Inventory Project. http://www.humblepie.com/linkspac2.html
Extractions: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station AstroWeb Earth From Space: An Astronaut's Views of the Home Planet German Astronomical Directory ... A Wormhole in the Cosmos WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics Yahoo! Science: Astronomy The Astrolabe Astronomy Cafe ... Views of the Solar System Astro-Mart ATM Page Cookbook Camera Home Page Mel Bartel's Home Page ... Stellafame European Space Agency NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth Observing System (EOS) Distribution Active Archive Center (DAAC) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: Earth Sciences National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ... U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Berkeley Illinois Maryland Association (BIMA) Challenger Center for Space Science Education European Cosmology Network (ECN) ... SPACE, Natl. Space Society Abrams Planetarium (East Lansing, Mich.)
Environmental Resources Tropenwaldbericht der Bundesregierung. UNH Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Inventory Project. GCRIO The US Global Change Research Information http://www.stormloader.com/geocoop/environment.htm
Samples Of Remotely Sensed Images Landsat gallery USGS - MSS and TM Landsat Pathfinder Page (Some Atlanta CEOS CD Samples of Landsat MSS/TM from NASA Our Changing Planet - US Global Change http://www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk/~mather/useful/sample_images.html
Optical Sensors Finder program to convert lat/long to path and row Landsat Pathfinder Page (Some USGS Landsat Quicklook Image Viewer. MTI page from US Department of Energy. http://www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk/~mather/useful/optical-sensors.html
ARM Research Web Sites The Landsat Pathfinder Project provides access to an excellent database of satellite The US Global Change Research Information Office (GCRIO) provides access http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~arm/researchSites.html
Extractions: These are some sites that are related to the scientific interests of the Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Ecological Sciences Laboratory The Santa Fe Institute is a center of complexity research. Complex Systems Index Complex-Adaptive Systems Page , the Non-linearity and Complexity Page and the Complex Systems Page all provide collections of pointers to complexity sites on the web. As might be expected they overlap a fair bit.
Remote Sensing Data (RDMS/UD) available via ftp at no charge (this is the US GeoData series Pathfinder programs available through this site AVHRR; TOVS; GOES; SSM/I; Landsat; Polar Regions. http://www.rdms.udel.edu/rdms/main/rsdata.html
Extractions: Canadian Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS) The Canadian Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS) maintains a long history of involvement in all aspects of remote sensing operations. The CCRS site has nice descriptions of popular satellite programs, an image browser, and a searchable data catalog. They also provide access to several databases specific to the Canadian region. EROS Data Center at USGS The USGS EROS Data Center provides a huge number of data products, including millions of aerial photographs of the United States as well as images from several satellite programs. Much of this data is available in USGS DOQ and GeoTIFF format. Though most products carry along a price tag, a number of data products are available via ftp at no charge (this is the US GeoData series). Check out the USGS EROS Data Products List Eurimage Data Products The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) A comprehensive directory of information about Earth science data, including broad coverage of the oceans, atmosphere, hydrosphere, solid earth, biosphere and human dimensions of global change. You can quickly search for data or add your own dataset to the archive. GVI - Global Monthly Vegetation Cover from NOAA/AVHRR (1985 - 1997) This is a sample (1985 data available online only) of the full 13-year dataset available on CD-ROM. A reprint of the insuing article and other documentation can be downloaded. Good information on NDVI imagery from AVHRR.
Www.hackwriters.com - Futures The people involved are the World Forest watch (INPE) Brazil), Landsat Pathfinder (NASA, US) TREES (Joint Research Centre, Europe), IGBP 1km land cover (NASA http://www.hackwriters.com/Disappearingtrees.htm
Extractions: This news comes on the day I happened to meet a local carpenter who was complaining about the lack of good timber these days. No good pointing out that eighty percent of our woodlands have also disappeared since 1900. In fact, since 1700 (preindustrial revolution) when most the country was covered in trees - including Cornwall, there is less than ten percent of the original tree cover left.
Web Sites For Ditigal GIS Data Landsat US DOC/NOAA/NESDIS Pathfinder Program Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) AVHRR Image Browser Remote Sensing Field Experiments. http://harbert.geology.pitt.edu/images/web.html
8) Geophysical And Mapping Data URLhttp//sun1.cr.USgs.gov/eroshome.html US Geological Survey s including satellite- and aircraft-acquired data 1km AVHRR, Landsat Pathfinder data, Digital http://www.faqs.org/faqs/meteorology/research-data/section-8.html
Tropical Forests It focUSes on tropical forest regions and the Atlantic coast of Canada, the US, and the eastern NASA Landsat Pathfinder humid tropical deforestation project. http://agrifor.ac.uk/browse/cabi/b990e4c4838f5a0bc21d38e3d4980ccc.html
Extractions: low graphics broader: forests other: tropical timbers tropics narrower: tropical rain forests Tropical Forest Resource Group (TFRG) The TFRG is a voluntary association of organisations, based in South England, with a demonstrated capacity in tropical forestry research, project consultancy and management. The aim of the Group is to "foster collaboration and to mobilise the resources of the 9 member organisations." Details are provided here of courses, services, consultancies, projects, publications and news of the group. tropical forests organizations consultants UK ... CEH Edinburgh Initially established in 1972 as the Institute of Tree Biology, the Edinburgh Research Station became part of the Institute for Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) in 1974 and is now part of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). The research work of the Station is focused in 4 main areas, air pollution, ecosystem process modelling, tropical forests, and freshwater. Information on the current research projects within these areas is provided. tropical forests sustainability research institutes pollution ... Tropical Resources Institute, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Coastal Management Sectors Links to all US Regional Climate Centers. EOSDIS DAAC (EROS Data Center, NASA) Global AVHRR, Landsat Pathfinder, DCW Derived DEM, SIRC, Global Land Cover http://www.coastalmanagement.com/sectors/section11.html
Extractions: Oceanographic Data Meteorological Data Satellite Data Social Science Data ... Miscellaneous Data 11.1 Oceanographic Data National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD) Central Library National Data Buoy Center (NDBC, NWS, NOAA) Interactive Marine Observations: National Weather Service (NOAA, Tallahassee, FL) ... CBOS: Chesapeake Bay Observing System (Cambridge, MD) Introduction to the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem report online. Back to Online Data Sources 11.2 Meteorological/Weather Data The Daily Planet (U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) The much-referenced web site from the U. of Illinois. Extensive Online Guide to Meteorology Deutches Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ, Hamburg, Germany)
Remote Sensing Resources Spot Image (US subsidiary) (French Headquarters) Source for SPOT satellite Landsat Landsat Pathfinder Program A NASAUSGS program that maintains low-cost http://sscl.berkeley.edu/arf/geo/remotesensing.html
Extractions: A vast array of information and data is available on-line. This page is an attempt to bring together and oraganize those resources. Because many of these sites cover many subjects, it is hard to pigeonhole them all; thus a number of them are listed more than once. Also note that data/imagery from some sensors/satellites (e.g., Landsat) is available from multiple locations, so check around before actually ordering anything. = information on satellites, sensors, data types, applications, and/or links to other sites. = data/image distribution source. General Sites EROS (Earth Resources Observation Systems) The USGS metasite providing background info and links to the subsidiary and related distribution sites (EDC DAAC, GLIS, and NSLRSDA). Global Land Information System (GLIS) The USGS on-line Gateway for a wide range of imagery, data, maps, etc. Available imagery includes AVHRR, Landsat, SLAR, and aerial images. Searchable via map or coordinates. A prime resource for finding what is available in a given project area.
Links Landsat Pathfinder Humid Tropical Forest Inventory Project PanAmazon/Africa (MSU). Landsat-7 Gateway. US Global Change Research Information Office (USGCR). http://lcluc.gsfc.nasa.gov/resources/links/index.asp
CEO Links Landsat Org A good source for Landsat images, many Landsat 7 images page; CIESIN Home Page; Interactive Topographic Maps for the Entire US; Goddard Pathfinder. http://www.yale.edu/ceo/Documentation/ceo_links.html
Extractions: Applications Data Search Sites Elevation Data GIS ... Software Vendors The NASA Homepage TERRA: The EOS Flagship Destination Earth: NASA Earth Science Enterprise Earth Observatory - Images and animations of the Earth NASA Landsat Mosaic Scenes - Much of the world by UTM Zones NASA's Visible Earth - Browse and download images and animations of the earth Earth as Art Earth Science Mission Profiles - Landsat 7, Terra, TRMM, etc
PROJECT GUTENBERG - Catalog By Title - L AUTHOR United States ADD. AUTHOR Landsat Pathfinder, US LANGUAGE SUBJECT Reference PG ENTRY 758 POSTING DATE Dec 1996 ZIP. http://www.informika.ru/text/books/gutenb/gutind/TEMP/i-_l3.html
NALC DATA SET ABSTRACT is a component of the Landsat Pathfinder Program, which is part of a larger Pathfinder Program initiated effort between NASA, the US Environmental Protection http://eosims.cr.usgs.gov:5725/dataset_documents/nalc_dataset_abs.html
Extractions: The North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) project is a component of the Landsat Pathfinder Program, which is part of a larger Pathfinder Program initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1989. The NALC project is a cooperative effort between NASA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey to make Landsat data available to the widest possible user community for scientific research and for the general public interest. The objectives of the NALC project are to develop standardized remotely sensed data sets and analysis methods in support of investigations of changes in land cover, to develop inventories of terrestrial carbon stocks, to assess carbon cycling dynamics, and to map terrestrial sources of greenhouse gas (CO, CO2, CH4, and N2) emissions. The NALC data set is comprised of hundreds of triplicates (i.e., multispectral scanner (MSS) data acquired in the years 1973, 1986, and 1991 plus or minus 1 year, thus, the name triplicate). The NALC triplicates also include digital elevation model data. The specific temporal windows vary for geographical regions based on the seasonal characteristics of the vegetation cover. In accordance with the Landsat Pathfinder Program concept, the Pathfinder basic data sets are to be comprised of data which have had systematic radiometric and systematic geometric corrections applied to them. The NALC triplicates, however, are precision corrected for geocoding purposes.
PROJECT/CAMPAIGN NALC and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Pathfinder Program. Pathfinder projects focUS on the investigation of effort between the US Environmental Protection http://eosims.cr.usgs.gov:5725/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/nalc_proj_camp.html
Extractions: The North American Landscape Characterization (NALC) project is a component of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Pathfinder Program. Pathfinder projects focus on the investigation of global change while utilizing remote sensing technologies. The NALC project is a cooperative effort between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and NASA to make Landsat data available to the widest possible user community for scientific research and general public interest. Project/Campaign Overview Data Availability Data Access Principal Investigator Information ... Document Information North American Landscape Characterization, NALC The NALC data set is comprised of hundreds of triplicates (i.e., multispectral scanner (MSS) data acquired in the years 1973, 1986, and 1991 plus or minus one year, thus, the name triplicate). The NALC triplicates also include digital elevation model (DEM) data. The specific temporal windows vary for geographical regions based on the seasonal characteristics of the vegetation cover. For a more general overview of Landsat data, see the following document:
LAS VEGAS RJ:NEWS: WANING WETLANDS The project an effort of NASA s Landsat Pathfinder Program, the EPA and the US Geological Survey was launched in 1993 to investigate changes in land http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1998/Oct-19-Mon-1998/news/8423340.html
NERC Research Funding - Earth Observation , Landsat Pathfinder Pathfinder. , NSCAT http//podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/nscat/. , US Department of Agriculture USDA. Other International Bodies. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/earthobs/eoexternal.shtml
Extractions: Ice ... Other International Bodies International Experiments and Programmes Atmosphere AERONET Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE) Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment (ASHOE) Airborne Arctic Ozone Expedition (AAOE) ... Third Precipitation Intercomparison Project (PIP-3) Earth Sciences (Useful locations) Mineralogy: USGS Mineral Mapping Mineral Spectral Library ASD: Field Instrumentation PIMA: Mineral Spectrometer PIMA: PIMA and Spectral Libraries Ice VECTRA: SAR Interferometry for ice motion in the polar regions Land FIFE Forest Ecosystem Dynamics International LTER LBA - The Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment ... U.S. LTERssss
