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Subject: USGS and NASA Select Landsat Science Team
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:42:20 -0400
From: Karen Renee Wood <[log in to unmask]>
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U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
For release: October 13, 2006
Contact: Thomas R. Loveland, 605-594-6066, [log in to unmask]
John L. Dwyer, 605-594-6060, [log in to unmask]
*USGS and NASA Select Landsat Science Team*
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), announces the selection of
the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Science Team. These
scientists and engineers will advise the USGS and NASA on issues
critical to the success of the LDCM. Expected to launch soon after 2010,
the LDCM is designed to supply Landsat-like data from the next
generation of Earth observing satellites.
The LDCM Science Team will recommend strategies for the effective use of
archived data from Landsat sensors and investigate the requirements for
future sensors to meet the needs of Landsat users, including the needs
of policy makers at all levels of government. The team will cooperate
with other Earth observing missions, both nationally and internationally.
The LDCM Science Team combines USGS leadership, USGS and NASA
scientists, and a group of external scientists and satellite data
applications specialists. The first meeting of the team will be held in
November, 2006. The members will serve in their advisory capacity
through the development and launch of the [next Landsat -type] satellite
and through the first year of data collection.
The LDCM Science Team members, and their study areas are:
Dr. Richard Allen, University of Idaho
Operational Evapotranspiration Algorithms for the Landsat Data
Continuity Mission
Martha Anderson, USDA Agricultural Research Service
Mapping Drought and Evapotranspiration at High Spatial Resolution Using
Landsat Thermal and Surface Reflectance Band Imagery
Alan Belward, European Commission Joint Research Center
Natural Resources Management - Meeting Millennium Development Goals
Robert Bindshadler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Advancing Ice Sheet Research with the Next Generation Landsat Sensor
Warren Cohen, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
Landsat and Vegetation Change: Towards 50 Years of Observation and
Characterization
Feng Gao â Earth Resources Technology
Developing a Consistent Landsat Data Set from MSS, TM/ETM+ and
International Sources for Land Cover Change Detection
Sam Goward, University of Maryland
The LDCM Long Term Acquisition Plan: Extending and Enhancing the Landsat
7 LTAP Approach
Dennis Helder, South Dakota State University
A Systematic Radiometric Calibration Approach for LDCM and the Landsat
Archive
Eileen Helmer, USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical
Forestry
Cloud-Free Landsat Image Mosaics for Monitoring Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Rama Nemani , NASA Ames Science Center
Developing Biophysical Products for Landsat
Lazaros Oraiopoulos, University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Cloud Detection and Avoidance for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission
John Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology
The Impact of Land Processes on Fresh and Coastal Waters
Prasad Thenkabail, International Water Management Institute
Global Irrigated Area Mapping using Landsat 30-m for the Years 2000 and
1975
Eric Vermote, University of Maryland
A Surface Reflectance Standard Product for LDCM and Supporting Activities
James Vogelmann, SAIC, USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and
Science
Monitoring Forest and Rangeland Change using Landsat Continuity and
Alternative Sources of Satellite Data
Curtis Woodcock, Boston University
Toward Operational Global Monitoring of Landcover Change
Michael Wulder, Canadian Forest Service
Large-Area Land Cover Mapping and Dynamics: Landsat Imagery to Information
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