Traveling through Time and Space at 17,000 Miles per Hour - Landsat 8

Thursday, October 29, 2015: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
National Harbor 10 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)
Chair:
Zhuoting Wu, PhD, Research Ecologist, U. S. Geological Survey

Description: USGS application of 40 yrs. of images and data from the USGS (partner w/NASA) Landsat land remote sensing satellite.  Landsat data and imagery benefits user communities addressing climate change, natural disaster relief response, water quality and availability, ecosystem trends, human health, and agricultural monitoring.



10:15 AM
The Landsat Orbit: What Is Sun-Synchronous
Steven Covington, BS , Principle System Engineer, USGS Land Remote Sensing Program & System Director, The Aerospace Corporation , U. S. Geological Survey
10:35 AM
Landsat Data and the Development of Climate Variables
John Dwyer, MS , Project Manager , U. S. Geological Survey
10:55 AM
Capabilities and Analysis for Earth Observations - Landsat Application
Zhuoting Wu, PhD , Research Ecologist , U. S. Geological Survey