title: Landsat still contributing to environmental research.
abstract: Landsat data have enabled continuous global monitoring of both human-caused and other land cover disturbances since 1972. Recently degraded performance and intermittent service of the Landsat 7 and Landsat 5 sensors, respectively, have raised concerns about the condition of global Earth observation programs. However, Landsat imagery is still useful for landscape change detection and this capability should continue into the foreseeable future.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Loveland
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cochrane
authors.forename: Geoffrey M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Henebry
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018531:Spacecraft