Links
Funding Agencies
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Affiliated Agencies
NASA Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) Experiment in Amazonia - The NASA-1 and NASA-2 projects are part of the NASA LBA-ECO program. As part of this program, they contribute to the study of land use & land cover dynamics in the Amazon rainforest.
Centro de Estudios de Población y Desarollo Social (CEPAR) - CEPAR is our collaborating institution in Ecuador. The premier demographic and socio-economic survey institution in Ecuador, they are an NGO that has been responsible for all the national demographic and health surveys since 1985.
Project-Related Links
Project Pages on NASA LBA-ECO Site - NASA LBA-ECO project LC-01 investigation profile. This site contains links to additional details of our NASA-funded projects, including links to downloadable data sets.
GIS & Remote Sensing Data Sources
GIS Data Depot - Provider of free geospatial data for the entire world.
NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Data Gateway - Search NASA’s and USGS’s databases for Landsat and other remote sensing imagery.
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
USGS EROS Data Center - USGS’s Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center. Provides a wide variety of spatial data products.
EOS-WEBSTER: Earth Science Data from the University of New Hampshire - A digital library of free, customized Earth Science data.
Centro de Levantamientos Integrados de Recursos Naturales por Sensores Remotos (CLIRSEN) - Ecuador’s organization charged with the collection, processing and distribution of remotely sensed satellite imagery.
Space Imaging - Colorado-based corporation that operates the IKONOS satellite, and also distributes other remotely sensed imagery.
SPOT Image Corporation - French-owned company that operates the SPOT medium-resolution satellite. Provides slightly higher spatial resolution than Landsat.
Ecuador Links
Lonely Planet’s Online Guide to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
Newspaper – Diario El Universo
Other Links
UNC Department of Anthropology
