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Global MODIS Landcover part of SERC Web Resource Collection
New NASA satellite-generated land cover maps are providing scientists with a detailed picture of the distribution of Earths ecosystems and land use Scientists can better determine how vegetation is ...
Impervious Data of the Baltimore Area. part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This short video from NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio shows an image of the Baltimore Maryland area taken with the Landsat satellite. Dates ranging from 1986, 1990, 1996, 2000. For over 26 ...
Placing Urban Schools at the Forefront of the Revolution in Earth Science Education part of SERC Web Resource Collection
Space-age technologies have revolutionized Earth science, but this revolution has yet to extend to Earth science education. This article points out that urban schools can be at the forefront of ...
Geoscience Education for Realtors, Appraisers, Home Inspectors, and Homeowners part of SERC Web Resource Collection
As urban development encroaches onto less suitable sites, knowledge of the connection between the ground beneath one's home and the home itself becomes increasingly critical to the homebuyer. This ...
Beating the Heat in the World's Big Cities part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This article describes the urban heat island phenomenon and provides an overview of a research project investigating the effect as seen in New York City. Topics include the large proportion of ...
Analyzing Land Use Change In Urban Environments part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This four-page fact sheet provides a brief summary of the analysis of land use in urban environments. Topics include the rapid growth in urban populations, some of the methods used to analyze land ...
Geology of the Fargo-Moorehead Region part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This is a website created by University of North Dakota - Fargo faculty member Dr. Donald Schwert detailing the urban geology of the region surrounding Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN. There is a good ...
ASTER's Satellite Image Gallery part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This site provides access to satellite images acquired by NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer satellite. The images are sorted into eight categories: Archeology, ...
Intute Satellite Images - City Theme part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This page from Intute shows a gallery of satellite images of cities. The images are from a number of sources and show cities around the world.
New York City - Landsat and Land Use Change part of SERC Web Resource Collection
This NASA page has LandSat data for New York City from 1990 and 2000. Tiff files are available for true-color and false color images. Images showing vegetative cover are also available.
