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Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave, and thermal infrared. Landsat 8 extends the remarkable 40 year Landsat record and has enhanced capabilities including new spectral bands in the blue and cirrus cloud-detection portion of the spectrum, two thermal bands, improved sensor signal-to-noise performance and associated improvements in radiometric resolution, and an improved duty cycle that allows collection of a significantly greater number of images per day. This paper introduces the current (2012–2017) Landsat Science Team's efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat...
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Western Canada is currently experiencing an epidemic infestation of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins). In British Columbia, the infestation extends over more than 13 million ha and has resulted in a wide-range of social, economic, and ecological impacts. In this study, we compile the known environmental drivers of the infestation and assess these drivers against the actual outcomes of the infestation to date. To support our investigation, we defined the population at risk to mountain pine beetle attack as the spatial extent of pine in British Columbia (approximately 525,329 km2) and used a range of driver variables known to influence the location and success of beetle infestations (i.e., proportion...
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Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave, and thermal infrared. Landsat 8 extends the remarkable 40 year Landsat record and has enhanced capabilities including new spectral bands in the blue and cirrus cloud-detection portion of the spectrum, two thermal bands, improved sensor signal-to-noise performance and associated improvements in radiometric resolution, and an improved duty cycle that allows collection of a significantly greater number of images per day. This paper introduces the current (2012–2017) Landsat Science Team's efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat...
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Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave, and thermal infrared. Landsat 8 extends the remarkable 40 year Landsat record and has enhanced capabilities including new spectral bands in the blue and cirrus cloud-detection portion of the spectrum, two thermal bands, improved sensor signal-to-noise performance and associated improvements in radiometric resolution, and an improved duty cycle that allows collection of a significantly greater number of images per day. This paper introduces the current (2012–2017) Landsat Science Team's efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat...
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Western Canada is currently experiencing an epidemic infestation of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins). In British Columbia, the infestation extends over more than 13 million ha and has resulted in a wide-range of social, economic, and ecological impacts. In this study, we compile the known environmental drivers of the infestation and assess these drivers against the actual outcomes of the infestation to date. To support our investigation, we defined the population at risk to mountain pine beetle attack as the spatial extent of pine in British Columbia (approximately 525,329 km2) and used a range of driver variables known to influence the location and success of beetle infestations (i.e., proportion...
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