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Fire Product Development UMD and Russian scientists are partnering to improve the quality and spatio-temporal coverage of biomass burning data in Northern Eurasia. |
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Land Cover Change Using MODIS, investigators at UMD have developed a new suite of land cover characterization and change products. |
Townshend DeFries | Liang |
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High-Resolution PAR MODIS and other remotely sensed data are used to estimate incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation for carbon studies |
Liang | Justice |
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Program for Environment
CARPE develops forest cover products, data and information tools, including predictive modeling and monitoring of changes in the Congo Basin. |
Justice | Liang | Townshend | Prince Goetz Varlyguin |
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MODIS Rapid Response The Web Fire Mapper displays interactive maps incorporating fire detection points data. Users can identify attributes over time spans and query information for individual points. |
Justice | Kleidon | Kleidon | Brodsky | Sohlberg | Justice Sun |
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Amazon Deforestation
Coarse resolution MODIS satellite data is used to efficiently monitor deforestation. This research aims to improve operational monitoring in the Amazon basin. |
DeFries | Goward Townshend |
Goetz | Goetz | Goetz |
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Fire Mapping Team The GOFC/GOLD-Fire Program makes use of fire products from satellites for fire management, policy decision-making, and global change research. |
Justice Csiszar Roy | Csiszar | Csiszar | Kasischke |
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