Monitoring the World’s Forest Resources
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Satellite Image Gallery
AVHRR: http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/avhrr.html
MODIS: http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Landsat: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/
DMC: http://www.sstl.co.uk/divisions/earth-observation-science/eo-constellations
SPOT: http://www.spot.com/web/SICORP/403-sicorp-spot-images.php
IKONOS: http://www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/products-and-services/imagery-sources/
Default.aspx
QuickBird: http://www.digitalglobe.com/
Fire Detection
NOAA AVHRR Hot Spot maps:
NOAA Archive: http://www.nsof.class.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?
datatype_family=AVHRR
NOAA NESDIS (North America only): http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/FIRE/Layers/
FIMMA/fimma.html
MODIS Fire maps:
MODIS Active Fire Maps (US only): http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/
NASA Land Atmosphere Near Real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE): http://
lance.nasa.gov/imagery/rapid-response/
University of Wisconsin: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/terra/
USGS Earth Explorer: http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
FAO Global Fire Info Management System (GFIMS): http://www.fao.org/nr/gfims/en/
Geostationary Sensor Fire Data:
For MTSAT: ftp://140.90.213.161/FIRE/forPo/
For GOES-11 and –12: ftp://140.90.213.161/FIRE/ABBA/
For MSG-SEVIRI: http://navigator.eumetsat.int/discovery/Start/DirectSearch/
Extended.do?freeTextValue(resourceidentifier)=EO:EUM:DAT:MSG:FIRC
Geospatial Tools: Remote Sensing
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: http://www.aspers.org
Geospatial Tools: Global Positioning Systems
Manufacturers:
Trimble (commercial-grade): http://www.trimble.com/
Topcon (commercial-grade): http://www.topconpositioning.com/products/gps
Garmin (personal): http://www.garmin.com/
Magellan (personal): http://www.magellangps.com/
Magellan (GIS): http://www.magellangps.com/Products/GIS
Informational:
Overview on how GPS works: http://www.kowoma.de/en/gps/orbits.htm
GPS timing and data information: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/gps_datafiles.html
Cost and Resource Requirements
Higher Resolution Satellites:
Digital Globe: http://www.digitalglobe.com/
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing, and Processing: http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/
Space Imaging: http://www.spaceimaging.com/
Astrium GEO (formerly SPOT Image): http://www.spot.com/
Moderate Resolution Satellites:
Earth Explorer: http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center: http://www.trfic.msu.edu/
Canadian Space Agency: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat2/
data_ordering.asp
China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite: http://www.dgi.inpe.br/CDSR/
Lower Resolution Satellites:
Earth Explorer: http://edcsns17.cr.usgs.gov/EarthExplorer/
MODIS: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/datacenter/terra/
NOAA’s Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System: http://
www.class.noaa.gov/
Other RS Informational Web Sites:
Remotely Sensed Data Directories and Inventories: http://members.home.nl/
wim.h.bakker/rs.html
CEOS International Directory Network: http://idn.ceos.org/
GEOS Forest Carbon Tracking Portal: http://www.geo-fct.org/
GIS Data:
GeoCommunity: http://data.geocomm.com/
ESRI GIS Data Download: http://www.esri.com/data/download/index.html.
GIS Data Directories and Inventories: http://members.home.nl/wim.h.bakker/gis.html
National Geographic’s Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/
mapmachine/
ArcGIS Online: http://www.arcgis.com/home/
DIVA_GIS: http://www.diva-gis.org/Data
Image Viewing/Editing Software:
GNU Image Manipulating Program (GIMP): http://www.gimp.org/
Microsoft PowerPoint: http://www.microsoft.com/office
ACDSee: http://www.acdsystems.com/
Corel Paintshop: http://www.jasc.com/
Adobe Photoshop Elements: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopel/index.html
Adobe Photoshop: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html
GIS Software:
GRASS: http://grass.fbk.eu/
Quantum GIS:http://www.qgis.org/
DIVA-GIS: http://www.diva-gis.org/
ESRI ArcGIS Suite: http://www.esri.com/arcgis/
ESRI ArcGIS Online: http://www.arcgis.com/home/
Intergraph SG&I: http://www.intergraph.com/sgi/default.aspx
IDRISI: http://www.clarklabs.org/products/idrisi-taiga.cfm
MapInfo: http://www.mapinfo.com/
Image Processing Software:
ERDAS Imagine: http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASIMAGINE/ERDASIMAGINE/
Details.aspx
ITT ENVI: http://www.rsinc.com/envi/
PCI Geomatics: http://www.pcigeomatics.com/
IDRISI: http://www.clarklabs.org/
Trimble eCognition: http://www.ecognition.com/
ER Mapper: http://www.erdas.com/products/ERDASERMapper/ERDASERMapper/
Details.aspx
GPS Manufacturers:
Trimble:http://www.trimble.com/
Topcon: http://www.topconpositioning.com/products
Garmin: http://www.garmin.com/
Magellen: http://www.magellangps.com/
Other Resources:
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: http://www.isprs.org/
Default.aspx
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: http://www.asprs.org/
IEEE—Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society: http://www.grss-ieee.org/
USDA Forest Service International Programs: http://www.fs.fed.us/global/
REDD+
Resources:
UN-REDD programme: http://www.un-redd.org
Food and Agriculture Organization Global Forest Resource Assessment: http://
www.fao.org/forestry/fra/remotesensingsurvey/en/
Food and Agriculture Organization GOFC-GOLD: http://www.fao.org/gtos/gofc-gold/
NASA Land Use/Land Use Change Program: http://lcluc.umd.edu/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Program: http://unfccc.int/
methods_science/redd/methodologies/ipcc_guidance/items/4539.php
IPCC Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Good Practice Guide for Land Use
Land Use Change and Forestry: http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/gpglulucf/
gpglulucf.html
UNFCCC REDD Platform: http://unfccc.int/methods_science/redd/items/4531.php
Forest Inventory
Climate Change Resource Center: http://www.fs.fed.us/ccrc/
US Forest Inventory and Analysis: http://fia.fs.fed.us/
Carbon Tools: http://nrs.fs.fed.us/carbon/tools/
Case Studies
CLASlite: http://claslite.ciw.edu/en/index.html
CLASlite + lidar: http://claslite.ciw.edu/en/action/lidar.html
DETER: http://www.inpe.br/ingles/
Tropicarms: http://www.cathalac.org/Programs/tropicarms/Tropicarms
Our Planetary Skin: http://ourplanetaryskin.org/ps/is/land-change/
Ecological Function Prediction (TOPS): http://ecocast.arc.nasa.gov/
Videography: http://www.winrock.org/fnrm/
Nepal Forest Inventory: http://franepal.org/
Biomass Estimation: http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/carbon/
Combining Spatial/Spectral Information: http://www.imazon.org.br/about-us/team/
pesquisadores/carlos-souza-jr