OU/EOMF
The mission of the Earth Observation and Modeling Data Visualization (EOMF) at the University of Oklahoma is to monitor and forecast the dynamics of the terrestrial biosphere. Our approaches are primarily (1) to integrate in-situ, airborne and space-borne observations and advanced models; and (2) engage citizen scientists for community remote sensing. The EOMF actively pursues and promotes community remote sensing through establishing cyberinfrastructure that enables science communities and citizens to participate in geo-referenced field photo data collection, archive, data exploration, visualization and analysis. We have used global satellite image data (e.g., MODIS, Landsat, and PALSAR) to map and track agriculture (e.g., cropping intensity, crop calendar, and irrigation), forests (e.g., forest area, deforestation, and degradation), and gross and net primary production. The EOMF currently has a data center of 500 terabytes and we are in the process to expand it into a Peta-scale data center for Earth observation and Modeling at the University of Oklahoma.
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