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Drought is Driving Fires to Burn Overnight
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A new study tracks the shifting dynamics of wildfires in western North America.

Jul 31, 2024
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Meat of the Matter: Colorado River Over-Consumed
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More water is taken from the Colorado River than it has to give. Better water use accounting made possible by…

Apr 30, 2024
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Landsat 9’s Operational Land Imager 2: A Well-Known Instrument
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Landsat 9’s OLI-2 instrument was characterized in unprecedented detail using a new laser-based method of in-band spectral response testing. A…

Mar 30, 2024
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Landsat Helps Prioritize Conservation Areas for Australia’s Gliding Possums
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Using satellite data, including Landsat, Griffith University researchers found that less than 13 percent of the endangered greater gliders’ habitat…

Dec 21, 2023
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Researchers Caution Use of Landsat’s Land-Specific Surface Reflectance Products for Long-Term Water Quality Studies
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While floating algae, emergent aquatic vegetation, and historic surface scum can be tracked throughout the Landsat record, researchers warn data…

Oct 31, 2023
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Landsat Insights: Wetland History in Your Hand
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Practitioners managing the wellbeing of wetlands have a new tool at their disposal. The Wetland Insight Tool, developed by Geoscience…

Jun 22, 2023
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Ten Years of TIRS: Data for a Thirsty World
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Landsat 8 very nearly flew without a thermal infrared sensor. This is the backstory of how TIRS made it onto…

Jun 1, 2023
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Time is of the Essence When Monitoring Dryland Floods
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More frequent satellite observations, such as those of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) dataset, are needed to fully capture flood…

Sep 20, 2022
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Improving Crop Yield Predictions with Satellite Assist
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New Michigan State University research found that incorporating in-season water deficit information into remote sensing-based crop models significantly improves corn…

Mar 29, 2022
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