The Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) was created in response to a request from the Office of Management and Budget that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) document the societal benefits anticipated to accrue from a major increase in conservation funding authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill. A comprehensive evaluation of the efficacy o...

* 1Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, 2Extension Associate and, 3Assistant Professor and Extension Economist; 4Field Engineer (USDA-NRCS, Colorado) Farmers can increase yields and net returns by installing artificial drainage systems on soils that have poor natural drainage. Artificial drainage systems can also increase land value, improve crop insurance coverage, and reclaim saline ...

In an airborne photogrammetry, a geometrical modeling and object classification can be automated using color images. Stereo matching is an essential technique to reconstruct 3D model from images. Although, object classification methods are automated using height data estimated with the stereo matching, it is difficult to recognize construction materials, such as woods and concrete. The construc...

V Girijashankar1*, KK Sharma2, P Balakrishna and N Seetharama 1. Centre for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 072, Andhra Pradesh, India 2. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, India 3. National Research Centre for Sorghum (NRCS), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030, ...

Staphylococcus capitis pulsotype NRCS-A was previously reported as a frequent cause of late-onset sepsis in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide. Here, we report the whole-genome shotgun sequences of four S. capitis pulsotype NCRS-A strains, CR03, CR04, CR05, and CR09, isolated from Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom, and France, respectively.

In this study, we proposed an empirical algorithm for significant wave height (SWH) retrieval from TerraSAR-X/TanDEM (TS-X/TD-X) X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) co-polarization (vertical-vertical (VV) and horizontal-horizontal (HH)) images. As the existing empirical algorithm at X-band, i.e., XWAVE, is applied for wave retrieval from HH-polarization TS-X/TD-X image, polarization ratio (PR...

[1] The relationship between microwave imaging radar measurements of fluid velocities in the surf zone and shoaling, breaking, and broken waves is studied with field observations. Normalized radar cross section (NRCS) and Doppler velocity are estimated from microwave measurements at near-grazing angles, and in situ fluid velocities are measured with acoustic Doppler velocimeters (ADVs). Joint h...

High-resolution remote-sensing images can be used in human activity analysis and criminal monitoring, especially sparsely populated zones. In this paper, we explore the applicability of China’s Gaofen satellite land cover classification Xinjiang, China. First all, features spectral reflectance a normalized radar cross section (NRCS) for different types covers were analyzed. Moreover, seasonal v...