Daily Overview creator Ben Grant, using images from DigitalGlobe, hopes to foster a sense of stewardship for the planet.åÊ Even the most casual Instagram viewer scrolling throughåÊimages is likely to stop when a Daily Overview appears on the screen. Daily Overview images beg examination, a second look to determine what exactly is happening in the photo. That second look is … Read More
A Changing Landscape: Monitoring Cheatgrass with Satellite Imagery
This is a part of the 2015 Fall VPS. For more VPS articles, click here Category:åÊMonitoring Change for Resource Management Project Team: Wyoming Ecological Forecasting Team Location: USGS at Colorado State University ÛÒ Fort Collins, Colorado Authors: Darin Schulte Chandra Fowler Stephanie Krail Oliver Miltenberger Mentors/Advisors: Dr. Paul Evangelista (Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Lab) Dr. Amanda West (Colorado … Read More
Mapping and modelling urban growth and its impact on the hydrology of urban watersheds with satellite imagery
A recently concluded research project called MAMUD investigated how high and moderate resolution satellite imagery can be used for mapping and modeling urban growth and its impact on the hydrology of the urban and suburban environment. The paper focuses on research methods, major findings, and work carried out on the Greater Dublin Area in Ireland.
Pan-European Forest Maps Derived from Optical Satellite Imagery
There is an increasing need for timely, accurate information on the spatial distribution and composition of forest resources. The use of eForest platform as a reference dataset is a new and unique development in the assessment of large-scale, continental forest maps, representing the first attempt to harmonize the data from Member States National Forest Inventories.
Monitoring Agricultural Tillage Practices with NASA Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery
How can NASA Earth observations help monitor the way farmers till their fields? In the wake of climate change and greenhouse gas levels increasing in the atmosphere, monitoring tilling practices has become increasingly important. Conventional tillage creates a carbon source, while conservation tillage creates a carbon sink. The need for an efficient and effective means of delineating fields prepared by conservation tillage calls for methodologies using remote sensing.
Snow from Space: Satellite Imagery of Snow-Bound UK
– Using MERIS and AATSR instruments, Leicester scientists have captured amazing images of a snow-bound UK.
Agriculture and Food Availability – Cultivating the City: Mapping and Characterizing Urban Agriculture with Satellite Imagery
Urban agriculture is as old a pursuit as city living. It encompasses gardens scaled in size from windowsill and greenhouse cultivation to miniature farms with livestock, fish, bees, vineyards, orchards, produce, herb and flower gardens. Now remote sensing satellites are acquiring data to measure and help municipalities integrate this activity into city planning.