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As USGS EROS turns 50 this month, our podcast also marks a big moment: Episode 100. To celebrate, we bring together some treasured moments from previous episodes in which people inside and outside of EROS share their thoughts on EROS and its role in the world of remote sensing, including as keeper of all Landsat satellite data.

**Guests:** Tom Loveland, Mike O’Brien, Greg Stensaas, Mike Budde, Chris Funk, Kristi Kline, Barb Ryan, Curtis Woodcock, Chris Barber, Dennis Helder, Francis Dwomoh, Roger Auch, Heather Tollerud, Todd Taylor, Volker Radeloff, Mary O’Neill, Steve Covington, Zhe Zhu, Ann Tripp, Jon Christopherson

**Host:** Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Producer:** Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date:** Monday, August 7, 2023

Download and Transcript Access

 

### **More about EROS history:**

                                - EROS 50th History, 1966-1979: How Sioux Falls Ingenuity Secured the Center
                                - EROS 50th History, 1980-1999: Through Uncertainty to a Firm Footing
                                - EROS 50th History, 2000-2023: Data and Science Surge

 

## Related Episodes

                          -  -  September 2, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 1 - Intro to EROS
A rundown of the history of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, the Landsat program, and the Center's role in the observation and study of landscape change worldwide. 
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  October 6, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 81 - Tour of the EROS Radome
The Landsat satellites have been collecting Earth imagery for more than 50 years. A key piece of equipment that moves the data from the spacecraft to the archive so researchers can use it is the antenna at the EROS Center. The antenna and its radome have a fascinating history of their own that adds to the overall Landsat story.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  May 13, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 74 – A Satellite Cross Calibration Mission
When the first Landsat satellite launched 50 years ago, it was the only game in town in terms of civilian land remote sensing. In the years that followed, a host of satellites have launched to serve similar purposes. But that data doesn't always play well together.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE)
-  October 19, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 36 – International Charter Turns 20
When a disaster like a hurricane, flood or major wildfire hits a remote part of the world, the International Charter Space and Natural Disasters springs into action.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  November 18, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 9 – Famine Early Warning
Nearly 85 million people around the world are currently considered “food insecure,” and that figure continues to grow. Remote sensing technology enables scientists to feed data into the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which in turn can issue alerts that guide the distribution of humanitarian aid.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  March 13, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 19 – 100 Million Landsat Downloads
For decades, each Landsat image had a price tag – a hefty one at times, ranging from $400 to as much as $4,000. That all changed in 2008 with the enactment of an open data policy that made the entire Landsat archive available for download at no cost to the user.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  November 16, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 38 – Time Series Analysis with Landsat
In the past, remote sensing scientists looked for change on the Earth’s surface primarily by comparing one Landsat image to another.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  December 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 40 – Landsat Collection 2
Landsat data is more useful today than at any other point in its nearly 50-year history. The USGS Collections strategy is a major reason why. Landsat Collections align and correct satellite acquisitions from 1972 through the present to make the data easier to work with through time.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  May 23, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 94 – EROS 50th: Collaborations with SDSU
South Dakota State University opened its Remote Sensing Institute even before the launch of Landsat 1 and the selection of South Dakota as the location for EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  April 6, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 21 - Forests of Ghana
In the West African nation of Ghana, tropical forests are more than landscape. They are woven into language, custom, and culture. They are also the source of timber for home heating and industry, as well as barriers to agricultural production. Those are just a few of the reasons why deforestation has come alongside the nation’s rapid population growth.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  December 30, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 13 – Land Use
Summary: Scientists at EROS use tools like Landsat to produce land cover maps, which tell us if landscapes are rural or urban, cropped or forested, wetland or shrubland. Those maps help scientists at EROS and around the U.S. study the impact of changes in land use on not just landscapes, but on ecosystems, patterns of resource use, wildlife habitat, and much more.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  April 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 22 – Meet the Mendenhall Fellow
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection
-  July 26, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 79 – Landsat Global Archive Consolidation
The Landsat archive at EROS contains an unparalleled 50 years of Earth observation data. But with earlier technologies, some Landsat scenes were collected and stored only by international ground receiving stations rather than in the central archive at EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  October 14, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 5 – Declassified Data at EROS
There’s a lot more than Landsat in the EROS Archive. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we hear from a professor who’s mined satellite data collected during once-classified military missions to peer into the history of land use in Eastern Europe during the height of the Cold War. 
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  May 23, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 94 – EROS 50th: Collaborations with SDSU
South Dakota State University opened its Remote Sensing Institute even before the launch of Landsat 1 and the selection of South Dakota as the location for EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  January 9, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 87 - Landsat 5's Significance, Part 1
Designed to last three years, Landsat 5 launched in 1984 and transmitted data until the launch of Landsat 8 in 2013.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  November 21, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 84 - Hurricane Disturbance Mapping
When disaster strikes, near-real-time images of its effects can be invaluable. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we learn about how a newly developed system using the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 dataset and artificial intelligence was put to the test when Hurricane Ian tore through Florida in late September 2022.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Hurricane Ian
-  December 16, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 86 - Tours at EROS
The USGS EROS Center is the home of the Landsat satellite archive. This data center and science center located on a former farm near Sioux Falls, SD, is one of the largest civilian archives of land imaging in the world.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  July 3, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 97 – EROS 50th: Earth As Art
Satellites capture an incredible variety of views of Earth. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk with the three engineers at USGS EROS who started the USGS Earth As Art project. The Earth As Art origin story is an example of the initiative and creativity of EROS staff.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Web Reengineering Team (WRET)
 

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Michelle Bouchard

##### Communications and Outreach

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

mbouchard@usgs.gov

605-594-6168

### Explore Search

                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Science Technology
                      - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - EROS 50th
                      - EROS History Project
                      - EROS history

View All **

Join us for a special 100th episode of Eyes on Earth as we bring back the past!

Return to Eyes on Earth Homepage

View Media Details

View

View Media Details

As USGS EROS turns 50 this month, our podcast also marks a big moment: Episode 100. To celebrate, we bring together some treasured moments from previous episodes in which people inside and outside of EROS share their thoughts on EROS and its role in the world of remote sensing, including as keeper of all Landsat satellite data.

**Guests:** Tom Loveland, Mike O’Brien, Greg Stensaas, Mike Budde, Chris Funk, Kristi Kline, Barb Ryan, Curtis Woodcock, Chris Barber, Dennis Helder, Francis Dwomoh, Roger Auch, Heather Tollerud, Todd Taylor, Volker Radeloff, Mary O’Neill, Steve Covington, Zhe Zhu, Ann Tripp, Jon Christopherson

**Host:** Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Producer:** Tom Adamson (contractor for USGS EROS)

**Release date:** Monday, August 7, 2023

Download and Transcript Access

 

### **More about EROS history:**

                                - EROS 50th History, 1966-1979: How Sioux Falls Ingenuity Secured the Center
                                - EROS 50th History, 1980-1999: Through Uncertainty to a Firm Footing
                                - EROS 50th History, 2000-2023: Data and Science Surge

 

## Related Episodes

                          -  -  September 2, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 1 - Intro to EROS
A rundown of the history of the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, the Landsat program, and the Center's role in the observation and study of landscape change worldwide. 
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  October 6, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 81 - Tour of the EROS Radome
The Landsat satellites have been collecting Earth imagery for more than 50 years. A key piece of equipment that moves the data from the spacecraft to the archive so researchers can use it is the antenna at the EROS Center. The antenna and its radome have a fascinating history of their own that adds to the overall Landsat story.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  May 13, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 74 – A Satellite Cross Calibration Mission
When the first Landsat satellite launched 50 years ago, it was the only game in town in terms of civilian land remote sensing. In the years that followed, a host of satellites have launched to serve similar purposes. But that data doesn't always play well together.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE)
-  October 19, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 36 – International Charter Turns 20
When a disaster like a hurricane, flood or major wildfire hits a remote part of the world, the International Charter Space and Natural Disasters springs into action.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  November 18, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 9 – Famine Early Warning
Nearly 85 million people around the world are currently considered “food insecure,” and that figure continues to grow. Remote sensing technology enables scientists to feed data into the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which in turn can issue alerts that guide the distribution of humanitarian aid.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  March 13, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 19 – 100 Million Landsat Downloads
For decades, each Landsat image had a price tag – a hefty one at times, ranging from $400 to as much as $4,000. That all changed in 2008 with the enactment of an open data policy that made the entire Landsat archive available for download at no cost to the user.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  November 16, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 38 – Time Series Analysis with Landsat
In the past, remote sensing scientists looked for change on the Earth’s surface primarily by comparing one Landsat image to another.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  December 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 40 – Landsat Collection 2
Landsat data is more useful today than at any other point in its nearly 50-year history. The USGS Collections strategy is a major reason why. Landsat Collections align and correct satellite acquisitions from 1972 through the present to make the data easier to work with through time.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, National Land Imaging Program, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  May 23, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 94 – EROS 50th: Collaborations with SDSU
South Dakota State University opened its Remote Sensing Institute even before the launch of Landsat 1 and the selection of South Dakota as the location for EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  April 6, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 21 - Forests of Ghana
In the West African nation of Ghana, tropical forests are more than landscape. They are woven into language, custom, and culture. They are also the source of timber for home heating and industry, as well as barriers to agricultural production. Those are just a few of the reasons why deforestation has come alongside the nation’s rapid population growth.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  December 30, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 13 – Land Use
Summary: Scientists at EROS use tools like Landsat to produce land cover maps, which tell us if landscapes are rural or urban, cropped or forested, wetland or shrubland. Those maps help scientists at EROS and around the U.S. study the impact of changes in land use on not just landscapes, but on ecosystems, patterns of resource use, wildlife habitat, and much more.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Landsat Missions
-  April 14, 2020  Eyes on Earth Episode 22 – Meet the Mendenhall Fellow
The Mendenhall Program offers a range of two-year post-doctoral research fellowships within the U.S. Geological Survey. Heather Tollerud took advantage of the program in 2015 to study drought and land cover at the USGS EROS Center, and has since become a key player in the Center’s innovative Land Change Monitoring, Assessment and Projection (LCMAP) initiative.
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection
-  July 26, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 79 – Landsat Global Archive Consolidation
The Landsat archive at EROS contains an unparalleled 50 years of Earth observation data. But with earlier technologies, some Landsat scenes were collected and stored only by international ground receiving stations rather than in the central archive at EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  October 14, 2019  Eyes on Earth Episode 5 – Declassified Data at EROS
There’s a lot more than Landsat in the EROS Archive. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we hear from a professor who’s mined satellite data collected during once-classified military missions to peer into the history of land use in Eastern Europe during the height of the Cold War. 
ByEarth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  May 23, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 94 – EROS 50th: Collaborations with SDSU
South Dakota State University opened its Remote Sensing Institute even before the launch of Landsat 1 and the selection of South Dakota as the location for EROS.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  January 9, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 87 - Landsat 5's Significance, Part 1
Designed to last three years, Landsat 5 launched in 1984 and transmitted data until the launch of Landsat 8 in 2013.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  November 21, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 84 - Hurricane Disturbance Mapping
When disaster strikes, near-real-time images of its effects can be invaluable. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we learn about how a newly developed system using the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 dataset and artificial intelligence was put to the test when Hurricane Ian tore through Florida in late September 2022.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Hurricane Ian
-  December 16, 2022  Eyes on Earth Episode 86 - Tours at EROS
The USGS EROS Center is the home of the Landsat satellite archive. This data center and science center located on a former farm near Sioux Falls, SD, is one of the largest civilian archives of land imaging in the world.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 
-  July 3, 2023  Eyes on Earth Episode 97 – EROS 50th: Earth As Art
Satellites capture an incredible variety of views of Earth. In this episode of Eyes on Earth, we talk with the three engineers at USGS EROS who started the USGS Earth As Art project. The Earth As Art origin story is an example of the initiative and creativity of EROS staff.
ByCore Science Systems Mission Area, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center , Web Reengineering Team (WRET)
 

### Study Area

### Contacts

#### Michelle Bouchard

##### Communications and Outreach

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 

mbouchard@usgs.gov

605-594-6168

### Explore Search

                      - Information Systems
                      - Maps and Mapping
                      - Science Technology
                      - Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
                      - Eyes on Earth
                      - EROS 50th
                      - EROS History Project
                      - EROS history

View All **