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Free and unrestricted access to the Landsat archive
The US Geological Survey is providing free and unrestricted access
to image products from the entire USGS-managed national archive,
including over 2 million images back to Landsat 1 (1972). Landsat
was developed by the USGS and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). The imagery enables the reconstruction of
the history of the Earth’s surface for a variety of services
including: Evaluating climate change impacts, monitoring ecosystems,
urban planning, and responding to natural disasters.
http://landsat.usgs.gov/products_data_at_no_charge.php
Contact: Thomas Loveland
GOFC-GOLD launches Working Group on Biomass
During the 3rd GOFC-GOLD Land Cover Symposium (October 2008, Jena)
initial discussions began on the development of a Biomass working
group within GOFC-GOLD.
The Working Group will respond to the need for international
coordination to: enhance biomass monitoring and estimation,
specify suitable products, support projects and programmes
that improve the global monitoring of biomass as an Essential
Climate Variable, investigate and communicate opportunities
for the harmonization of the different methodologies for data
collection, analysis, and validation, and foster cooperation
and exchange of data and information among different communities.
http://www.gofc-gold.uni-jena.de/sites/biomass.php
Contact: Martin Herold
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