Landsat Missions
The Landsat Science Team is co-chaired by Dr. Tom Loveland (USGS EROS Center) and Dr. Jim Irons (NASA GSFC). The team members, affiliations, and research and applications emphases are:
Developing and enhancing Landsat derived evapotranspiration and surface energy products
Mapping vegetation phenology, water use and drought at high spatiotemporal resolution fusing multi-band and multi-platform satellite imagery
Understanding the global land-use marketplace
Ecological Applications of Landsat Data in the Context of US Forest Service Science and Operational Needs
Landsat data continuity: advanced radiometric characterization and product development
Integrating Field-Level Biophysical Metrics Derived from Landsat Science Products into a National Agricultural Data Warehouse
Synergies between future Landsat and European satellite missions for better understanding coupled human-environment systems
Operational monitoring of US croplands with Landsat 8
Using time-series approaches to improve Landsat's characterization of land surface dynamics
Multi-temporal Analysis of biophysical parameters derived from the Landsat Series of satellites
Absolute radiometric and climate variable intercalibration of Earth observing sensors
Continuity of the Web Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) Product Record in the LDCM Era
North American Land Surface Albedo and Nearshore Shallow Bottom Properties from Landsat and MODIS/VIIR
Cryospheric Applications of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (Landsat 8)
The Use of LDCM for the Monitoring of Fresh and Coastal Water
Developing Decadal High Resolution Global Lake Products from LDCM and Landsat
Development of Landsat surface reflectance Climate Data Records
Ecological Disturbance Monitoring using Landsat Time Series Data
Better Use of the Landsat Temporal Domain: Monitoring Land Cover Type, Condition and Change
Integrating the past, present, and future of Landsat
Making Multitemporal Work