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The Invasive Species Forecasting System (ISFS) is a partnership between NASA and The US Geological Survey (USGS). The ISFS combines NASA Earth observations and statistical models to enhance USGS capabilities to map, monitor and predict the spread of significant invasive plant species. This video shows the habitat suitability for a Tamarisk invasion in the state of California. Tamarisk spreads quickly along riverbeds and when its leaves shed, they secrete salt on the soil, which can hinder other plant growth. Red indicates areas that are highly suitable for Tamarisk growth. Yellow indicates areas which are less suitable, and gray are areas which are not suitable. The study used field surveys of species richness, one 30m spatial resolution Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) image, and a three year time-series of 250m spatial resolution Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) imagery over three sites. Actual tamarisk presence data from the field surveys are shown in green.
Habitat Suitability for Tamarisk Invasion in the State of Colorado
Visualization Credits
Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Jeffrey Morisette (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeff Pedelty (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeffrey Morisette (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Jeff Pedelty (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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Missions:
Landsat
Terra
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Invasive Species Forecasting System
Keywords:
SVS >> NDVI
SVS >> Time Series
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Invasive Species
GCMD >> Location >> Colorado
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3300
Missions:
Landsat
Terra
Data Used:
Landsat-7/ETM+
08/2005Terra/MODIS
08/2005NOAA/AVHRR
08/2005Aqua/MODIS
08/2005This item is part of this series:
Invasive Species Forecasting System
Keywords:
SVS >> NDVI
SVS >> Time Series
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Biosphere >> Ecological Dynamics >> Invasive Species
GCMD >> Location >> Colorado
NASA Science >> Earth
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
Places you might have seen this:
Kansas City InfoZine, KSL-TV (Salt Lake City), KNXV-TV (Phoenix), KUSA-TV (Denver), Richmond Times Dispatch, Space Daily, SpaceRef.com, Topix.net, WJZ-TV (Baltimore), WTVT-TV (Tampa), and Yahoo! News.
