The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Imaging Program Coordinator will be providing a summary of the latest status of the USGS Landsat program. For over five decades, the Landsat series of Earth observation satellites have been delivering invaluable multispectral imagery that continues to shape domestic and international agricultural, forestry and land use practices as well as operational applications ranging from wildland fire management to consumptive water use monitoring. Freely accessible Landsat data empowers scientists, resource managers and private sector companies to examine land use changes, mitigate disasters, evaluate ecological impacts, and develop strategies for effective resource management.
Presenter: Tim Newman, Program Coordinator
Tim serves as the Program Coordinator for the $116 million per year USGS National Land Imaging (NLI) Program, which develops and operates the Landsat satellites and provides the Nation’s portal to one of the largest civil archives of remotely sensed land data in the world. Under Tim’s leadership, NLI delivers remote sensing observational capacity, data, and research to inform land and resource managers and advance understanding of how landscapes and associated natural resources are changing at local, regional, and global scales. His program provides data and interpretive products to Federal agencies, and commercial, academic, and international communities; directs researchers developing science products based on remotely sensed data; provides Federal civil agencies with access to classified remote sensing assets; and interacts extensively with the aerospace and remote sensing industries. Before coming to USGS, Tim served in the U.S. Air Force in a variety of space-related activities, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2005.