OpportunityTitle: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Chesapeake Watershed CESU
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.  CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education.  Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Description: The US Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research in the following areas: 1. Research in preparing a proto-type continuous field data (i.e. percent tree, percent barren, percent water, and percent other vegetation layers) of South America for the year 2000 and 2011 using Landsat satellite data; 2. Research in preparing continuous field data of the world for the year 2000 and 2011 using Landsat satellite data 3. Annual update of continuous field data of the world beyond 2011 4. Annual land cover and land cover change characterization of the world from 2011 to 2016 5. Results validation using very high resolution (1-4 m) satellite data 6. Synthesis of land cover and land cover change products 7. Methodologies for operational land cover monitoring using Landsat type satellite data
GrantorContactEmailDescription: fgraves@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Faith Graves, 703-648-7356&lt;br/&gt;fgraves@usgs.gov&lt;br/&gt;