| Abstract: | Landsat satellites have continuously acquired space-based images of the Earth‘s land surface, coastal shallows, and coral reefs across four decades. The Landsat Program, a joint effort of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was established to routinely gather land imagery from space. In practice, NASA develops remote-sensing instruments and spacecraft, launches satellites, and validates their performance. The USGS then assumes ownership and operation of the satellites, in addition to managing all ground-data reception, archiving, product generation, and distribution. The result of this program is a visible, long-term record of natural and human-induced changes on the global landscape. |
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| ProdID: | 70038274 |
| Citation Author: | Byrnes, Raymond A. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2012-3057 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Landsat: a global land imaging program; 2012; FS; 2012-3057; Byrnes, Raymond A. |
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| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Landsat: a global land imaging program; 2012; FS; 2012-3057; Byrnes, Raymond A. |
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| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3057/ |
| Date Other: | Thu, 3 May 2012 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
