AAS 2008 Annual Conference And 55 th Annual Meeting Timothy Stryker Land Remote Sensing Program U.S. Geological Survey The Next Decade in Land Remote Sensing U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Pasadena, California November 17-19, 2008

Urban Growth: Las Vegas This Landsat image shows Las Vegas in 1973 (population 358,400). Purple areas represent roads and other urban infrastructure. By 2000, Las Vegas (population 1,563,280) had sprawled in almost all directions, especially in the northeast and southeast.

Marshall, C.H. Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., and L.T. Steyaert, 2003. Crop freezes and land-use change in Florida. Nature, 426, 29-30. 1900-era Land Cover 1993 Land Cover Model difference in minimum temperature Model difference in duration of freeze temperatures Areas where wetlands were converted to cropland had colder minimum temperatures and longer freezing periods. Wetlands once held heat from the day, often keeping area temperatures above freezing throughout the night. Goal: Understand past, present, and future environmental consequences of land change to support better management of their effect on people, environment, economy, and resources

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