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USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
Entry ID: USGS_EARTHSHOTS

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Summary
Abstract: Earthshots is an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present),
showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing. Earthshots
comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Center, Sioux Falls, SD, the
world's largest archive of earth science data.

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Purpose: The images displayed in Earthshots are examples of Landsat data that help scientists worldwide understand more about how both people and nature are changing the landscape.
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Description: Examples of environmental change from around the world
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -90.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: USGS EROS Center
Dataset Title: USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
Dataset Release Place: Sioux Falls, SD
Dataset Publisher: USGS EROS Data Center
Data Presentation Form: imagery
Online Resource: http://earthshots.usgs.gov/earthshots/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1972-01-01
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE Parameter Definition
BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS Parameter Definition
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Project
Quality Reference collection of organisms available at different research institutions in Brazil. Taxonomy checked in ITIS, CoL and WoRMS.
Access Constraints None.
Use Constraints Acknowledge the use of specific records from contributing databases in the form appearing in the 'Citation' field thereof (if any); and acknowledge the use of the OBIS facility.

For information purposes, email to obissupport@marine.rutgers.edu the full citation of any publication made (printed or electronic) that cites OBIS or any constituent part.

Recognize the limitations of data in OBIS.
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Data Set Progress
IN WORK
Data Center
International Ocean Biogeographic Information System Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.iobis.org/

Data Center Personnel
Name: EDWARD VANDEN BERGHE
Phone: (732) 932-6555 x 565
Fax: (732) 932-8578
Email: evberghe at marine.rutgers.edu, evberghe at iobis.org
Contact Address:
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
71 Dudley Road
City: New Brunswick
Province or State: NJ
Postal Code: 08901-8521
Country: USA
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Distribution
Distribution Media: HTTP
Distribution Format: OBIS Schema
Fees: None
Personnel
FABIO LANG DA SILVEIRA
Role: DIF AUTHOR
Phone: 55 (11) 3091-7619
Fax: 55 (11) 3091-7802
Email: fldsilve at usp.br
Contact Address:
Departamento de Zoologia, IB USP - Caixa Postal 11461
City: Sao Paulo
Province or State: Sao Paulo
Postal Code: 05422-970
Country: BRAZIL
Publications/References
- Azevedo, A. C.G. & M.V.J. Cutrim. 1997. Diatomaceas (Bacillariophyta) epifitas em Bostrychia Montagne (Rhodophyta) do manguezal da Ilha de Sao Luis, Estado do Maranhao, Brasil: excluindo Naviculales e Bacillariales. Boletim do Laboratorio de Hidrobiologia, 13: 1-17. ISSN 0102-4337.

- Amorim, S M C. 2000. Estudo ecofisiologico em especies de manguezais da região da Baia de Todos os Santos-BA ... View entire text
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2010-01-27
Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-11-15

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