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In 1972, a satellite was launched which will help to manage world agriculture:

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Landsat, the Earth Resources Satellite.

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Narrator:  Today, over seven billion people and their use of technology

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create drastic changes to the land surface and how resources are applied.

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In four decades, Landsat satellites have revolutionized

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remote sensing by collecting the longest historical archive

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of land change images worldwide.

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Launching LDCM and continuing the Landsat mission is critical

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for the large number of government and private data users worldwide.

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For the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley, California,

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Landsat plays a major role in monitoring 400 acres of land.

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The raw satellite data gets processed extermally as a weekly report.

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The Landsat imagery and data in the report show color coded comparisons

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of water usage, leaf growth, stress levels,

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and other measurements from the current and past years

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as well as detailed graphs with the condition of each vineyard block.

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Based on this information, managers can plan care

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for the vines now and also in the years ahead.

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Daniel Bosch: The Landsat image allows us to understand

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and quantify how many leaves there are in a vineyard.

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Once we know that, then the people we are working with,

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they can make calculations of how much water that is.

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We can compare it to other vineyards; are we using too much or too little,

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are we applying it at the right time.

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Narrator: One of the major advantages for the winery

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is the use of continuous data to help make long-term decisions in planning.

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Among many other uses, Landsat data is applied in managing millions of acres of timberland.

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Using a specially designed tool, workers at American Forest Management

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are able to analyze satellite data and estimate the Leaf Area Index.

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This index shows the  concentration of needles on pine trees.

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Ben Graham: Once we've processed the raw product, we are able to create maps for clients,

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which allow them to analyze the data

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look at stands that have high or low Leaf Area Index.

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Based off that number they are able to make management decisions

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whether it's beneficial to fertilize or possibly do some hardwood control

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on a stand to make it grow stronger, faster, healthier.

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Narrator: Landsat provides a quicker solution to pinpointing problematic areas,

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so they can be further analyzed on the ground.

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In contrast, collecting data on the ground or by airplane

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involves more manpower, it is slower, and comes at a much higher cost

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which makes this series of satellites irreplaceable for many years to come.

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