LACSE Satellite Tracks Crops Across Eau Claire Polk
In a federal project, ASCS offices in Eau Claire and Polk counties join NASA NOAA and USDA to monitor corn and soybean fields via the Landsat 2 satellite. The five by six mile test segments cover ten fields per county, with ground truth visits from June to harvest and yield reports after harvest.
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Eau Claire
Polk
ASCS
Wisconsin
Crawford
Dane
Bobby E. Spiers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Texas
Eau Claire County
Sealy
Polk County
Bob Vilstrup
Wanda Warner
Ceds
Polk and
Eau Claire Ascs
Warner
Wilstrup
Landsat
Weather outlook showers then clearing with mild temps
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Minneapolis warn of a chance of showers or thunderstorms early Thursday and again Saturday. Skies should clear late Thursday with a Friday turning partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s, lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
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National Weather Service
Minneapolis
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
LBJ Space Center
Landsat 2
Massachusetts
National Geographic
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ERTS
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Brackett
Foster
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Amery
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Turtle Lake
Clayton
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Kindermar
Lake Wissota
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