NASS SPATIAL ANALYSIS RESEARCH REFERENCES
(Current References - Still in Print or Available from UDSA/NASS)
December 2005

    Allen, J.D., Hanuschak, G.A. (1988)  "The Remote Sensing Applications Program of the National Agricultural Statistics Service: 1980-1987," U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS/R&AD SRB Staff Report No. SRB-88-08, Washington, DC.

    Allen, J.D. (1990)  "A Look at the Remote Sensing Applications Program of the National Agricultural   Statistics Service," Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1990, pp 393-409, Statistics Sweden.

    Allen, J.D. (1990)  "Remote Sensor Comparison for Crop Area Estimation Using Multitemporal Data," U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS/R&AD SRB Staff Report No. SRB-90-03, Washington, DC.

    Allen, R. (1994)  "Forecasting Crop Acreages and Yields in the Face of and in Spite of Floods," presented at the Biometrics Society (ENAR) Spring Meetings, Cleveland, Ohio, April 10-13, 1994.

    Allen, R., Hanuschak, G., Craig, M. (1994)  "Forecasting Crop Acreages and Yields in the Face of and in Spite of Floods," in Proceedings of the Seminar on Yield Forecasting, Food and Agriculture Organization, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, October 21-24, 1994, pp. 99-138.

    Allen, R., Hanuschak, G. (1998) “Policy Issues Associated With The Utilization of Geographic Information Systems in the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service” Working Paper 25, Work Session on Geographic Information Systems, Ottawa Canada, UN/ECE.

    Allen, R., Hanuschak, G., Craig, M. (2001)  "History of Remote Sensing for Crop Acreage Estimates in USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service", U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS White Paper, Washington DC, May 2002.

    Allen, R., Hanuschak, G., Craig, M. (2000)  "The Limited Use of Remotely Sensed Data for Crop Condition Monitoring and Crop Yield Estimation and Forecasting in NASS", U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS White Paper, Washington DC, May 2002.

    Allen, R., Hanuschak, G., Craig, M. (2000)  "Future Vision for the Utilization of Remotely Sensed Data, Weather and Soils Data, and Geographic Information Systems in the NASS", U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS White Paper, Washington DC, May 2002.

    Allen, R. (2001) “Expanding GIS Applications Through Partnering”, Invited paper for: United Nations Working Group of Food and Agricultural Statistics for Europe, Held in Geneva, Switzerland, October, 2001.

    Bellow, M., Ozga, M. (1991)  "Evaluation of Clustering Techniques for Crop Area Estimation Using Remotely Sensed Data."  in American Statistical Association 1991 Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 466-471.

    Bellow, M.E. (1991)  "Comparison of Sensors for Corn and Soybean Planted Area Estimation," U.S.  Department of Agriculture, NASS/R&AD SRB Research Report No. SRB-91-02, Washington, DC.

    Bellow, M.E., Graham, M.L. (1992)  "Improved Crop Area Estimation in the Mississippi Delta Region Using Landsat TM Data," in Proceedings of ASPRS/ACSM/RT'92 Convention, Washington, D.C., pp. 423-432.

    Bellow, M.E. (1993)  "Application of Satellite Data to Crop Area Estimation at the County Level," Proccedings of the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, ICES I, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, June 1993, pp. 807-812.

    Bellow, M.E. (1994)  "Application of Satellite Data to Crop Area Estimation at the County Level,"  U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS Research Report Number STB-94-02, Washington, DC.

    Bellow, M.E. (1994)  "Large Domain Satellite Based Estimators of Crop Planted Area,"  1994 Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, August, 1994, pp. 194-199.

    Boryan, C., Craig, M. (2005)  "Multiresolution Landsat TM and AWiFS Sensor Assessment for Crop Area Estimation in Nebraska," ASPRS 2005 Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD., Contributed Technical Papers, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD.

    Bush, J., House, C. (1993) "The Area Frame: A Sampling Frame for Establishment Surveys."  Proccedings of the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, ICES I, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, June 1993, pp. 335-344.

    Cheng, T.D., Angelici, G.L., Slye, R.E., Ma, M. (1992) "Interactive Boundary Delineation of  Agricultural Lands Using Graphics Workstations," in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 58, No.10, pp. 1439-1443.

    Cook, P.W., Mueller, R.W., Doraiswamy, P. (1996) "Southeastern North Dakota Landsat TM Crop Mapping Project", ASPRS/ACSM Annual Convention Technical Papers, Baltimore, Md, April, 1996, pp. 600-614.

    Cook, P.W. (2001)   “Precision Farming Research: Evaluation of Yield Monitor Data Importance to USDA/NASS”, RDD Research Paper RDD-02-xx, USDA/NASS, Washington DC, December 2001.

    Craig, M.E. (1993)  "The NASS Delta Project: 1991-92 Rice and Cotton Acreage,"  handouts from presentation at 1993 ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention, February, 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.

    Craig, M.E. (2000)  "PEDITOR Modules for Pattern Recognition", internal white paper, USDA NASS, Research & Development Division, Washington, DC, November 16, 2000.

    Craig, M.E. (2001) “A Resource Sharing Approach to Crop Identification and Estimation”, ASPRS 2001 Annual Convention Technical Papers, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2001.

    Craig, M.E. (2001) “The NASS Cropland Data Layer Program”, In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry, Sponsored by ERIM and Veridian, Denver, Colorado, November 2001.

    Craig, M.E. (2002) “Comparing 30 meter Imagery from Landsat 5 and 7 For Crop Area Estimation”, ACSM-ASPRS 2002 Annual Convention Technical Papers, Washington, DC, April, 2002.

    Craig, M.E. (2003) "The PEDITOR / RSP Lesson Manual for Crop Acreage Identification and Estimation", internal document put on training CD's, USDA, NASS, RDD, Washington, DC, February, 2003.

    Day, C.D. (2002) “A Compilation of PEDITOR Estimation Formulas”. NASS/RDD Research Paper RDD-02-03, USDA, NASS, Washington, D.C. January, 2002.

    Day, C.D.; Hanuschak, George (2003) [DRAFT] "Statistical Procedures for Analyzing Landsat Data for Crop Area Estimation", submitted to Encyclopedia Sstatistical Sciences journal, Wiley & Sons for review in 12/03. USDA/NASS/RDD/GIB, Fairfax, VA.

    Doraiswamy, P., Hart, G., Craig, M.E., Cook, P.W.  (1994)  "The Anomalous '93 Growing Season -- How USDA Used AVHRR Data,"  ASPRS/ACSM Annual Convention Technical Papers, Volume One, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD, April, 1994, pp. 144-151.

    Doraiswamy, P., Cook, P.W.  (1995)  "The Spring Wheat Yield Assessment Using NOAA AVHRR Data,"  1995 Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Ontario, Volume 21, No.1, March 1995, pp. 43-51.

    Doraiswamy, P.; Moulin,Sophie; Cook,Paul; and Stern,Alan (2003) "Crop Yield Assessment from Remote Sensing", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) Journal, Volume 69, Number 6, June 2003, pp. 665-674., ASPRS, Bethesda, MD.

    Eldrige, H. , Seffrin, B.  (2002)  "Area Frame Design Information - 2002 Edition," U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS/RDD, Area Frame Section internal document, Washington, D.C., January, 2002.

    Graham, M.L. (1993)  "State Level Crop Area Estimation Using Satellite Data in a Regression Estimator," Proccedings of the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, ICES I, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, June 1993, pp. 802-806.

    Hale, R.; Hanuschak, G.A.; Craig, M. (1999) "Appropriate Role of Remote Sensing in U.S. Agricultural Statistics", FAO Seminar on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics, Bangkok, Thailand, June 1999.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Allen, R.D, Wigton, W.H. (1982) “Integration of Landsat Data Into The Crop Estimation Program of USDA’s Statistical Reporting Service”, 1982 Machine Processing of Remotely Sensed Data Symposium, Eighth International Symposium, LARS, Purdue University, July 1982, pp. 45-56.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Craig, M.E. (1993)  "Remote Sensing Program of the National Agricultural Statistics Service: From A Management Perspective,"  Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions, ICES Part II, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS Research Report Number SRB-93-11.

    Hanuschak, G.A.; Wade, L.G.; Craig, M.E. (1997) "Using Geographical Information Systems(GIS) for Dissemination of U.S. Agricultural Statistics",  Presented at the GIS Work Session, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), Brighton, United Kingdom, September, 1997.

    Hanuschak, G.A. (1998) "Use of Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics: The U.S. Experience", Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics, Rabat, Morocco, May 11-12, 1998.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Wade, L.G. (2000) “Visualization of the 1999 Corn Crop Season in the United States”, Proceedings of the United Nations ECE GIS Workshop in Neuchatel, Switzerland, April, 2000.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Hale,R.; Craig, M.; Mueller, R.; Hart, G. (2001) “The New Economics of Remote Sensing for Agricultural Statistics in the United States”, Proceedings of the Conference on Agricultural and Environmental Statistical Applications in Rome (CAESAR), ISTAT/DISE/AGR, Rome, Italy, June 5-7, 2001.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Mueller, Rick (2002) "Cost and Benefit Analysis of a Cropland Data Layer", Proceedings of the Pecora 15 Conference on 'Integrating Remote Sensing at the Global, Regional, and Local Scale', Denver CO, November, 2002.

    Hanuschak, G.A., Mueller,R; et.al (2003) "Pilot Research Project: Investigation of Very High Resolution Spaceborne Imagery for Citrus Tree Counting", Report Prepared for the Florida Department of Citrus, Contract No. 02-17, USDA/NASS/RDD and USDA/NASS/FLSSO, May 15, 2003.

    Hanuschak, G.A., and Delince, J. (2004) "Utilization of Remotely Sensed Data and Geographics Information Systems (GIS) for Agricultural Statistics in the United States and the European Union." Paper Presented at the MEXSAI Conference (and in Proceedings?), Cancun Mexico, November 2004.

    Harris, J.M., Winings, S.B., Saffell, M.S. (1989)  "Remote Sensor Comparison for Crop Area Estimation," in Proceedings of the IGARSS '89 Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 3, pp. 1860-1863.

    Harris, J.M. (1990)  "The Comparison of Emulated Multispectral Scanner Data Sets," U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS, Research Division, SRB Staff Report Number SRB-90-10.

    House, C., Pense, R. (2003) "The NASS Area Frame - Design and Functionality", draft rewrite of Bush paper (93_11), USDA/NASS/RDD/GIB, Fairfax, VA., January 2002.

    Masson, J.; Soille,P.; Mueller,R. (2004) "Tests with VHR images for the identification of olive trees and other fruit trees in the European Union" Paper Presented at the 2004 SPIE Conference at the EU Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, 2004.

    Mueller, R.W., Wade, L.G., Cook, P.W. (1996)  "Agricultural Statistics Board AVHRR and GIS Product Development", 1996 ASPRS/ACSM Annual Convention Technical Papers, Baltimore, Md.

    Mueller, Rick (2000) "Categorized Mosaicked Imagery from the National Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Acreage Estimation Program", Proceedings of the ASPRS 2000 Conference, in Washington DC, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD, May 2000.

    Mueller, Rick  (2001) "Cropland Data Layer - Frequently Anticipated Questions", HTML document for NASS Web Page, USDA/NASS, Spatial Analysis Research Section, Fairfax, Virginia, December 2001.

    Mueller, R. and Ozga, M. (2002) "Creating a Cropland Data Layer For an Entire State", Proceedings of the ACSM-ASPRS 2002 Conference, in Washington DC, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD, April 2002.

    Mueller,R; Boryan,C; Craig,M; & Liew,S (2004) "Citrus Tree Counting Using Very High Resolution Spaceborne Imagery", ASPRS 2004 Annual Convention, Denver, CO., Contributed Technical Papers, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD.

    Mueller, R; (2005) "The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cropland Data Layer", ASPRS 2005 Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD., Contributed Technical Papers, ASPRS, Bethesda, MD.

    Ozga, M., Craig, M.E. (1995)  "PEDITOR - Statistical Image Analysis for Agriculture," presented at the Washington Statistical Society (WSS) Seminar, April, 1995, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS, Research Division, Washington, D.C.

    Ozga, Martin (2000) "Batch Processing of Remote Sensing Jobs on the PC", Proceedings of ASPRS 2000 Conference, Washington DC, May 2000.

    Pense, Roberta (2004) "USDA/NASS - OSTP Response" USDA/NASS Response to the request for information by the White House's Office of Science & Technology Programs (OSTP) about usage of Landsat data in civilian US government agencies. Provided 9/3/04 to Glenn Bethel for inclusion into the official USDA response. Washington DC 20250. September 2004.

    Perry, C.R., Gentle, J.E. (2000) “Optimal Stratificaton of Area Frames”, Proccedings of the International Conference on Establishment Surveys, ICES II, American Statistical Association, Alexandria, Virginia, June, 2000.

    Shore, F., Gregory, T., Mueller, R. (2005) "Selection of Multi-Temporal Scenes for the Mississippi Cropland Data Layer, 2004", Paper presented at the Third International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Images, Biloxi Mississippi, May 2005.

    Shore, F., Gregory, T., Mueller, R. (2005) "Remote Sensing for Cropland Monitoring in Mississippi, 1999-2004”, Proceedings of the GIS in the Rockies Conference, Denver, CO, September 2005.

    Stup, C.L., Allen, J.D. (1991)  "The Construction of a Dry Bean Area Sampling Frame in Michigan," in Michigan Dry Bean Digest, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 8-12.

    Thomas, A. (1994)  "CASS: Computer-Aided Stratification and Sampling,"  Area Frame Section internal document/handout, NASS, USDA, Washington, D.C. Statistical Methods Branch (1998)  "The Yield Forecasting Program of NASS”, USDA/NASS, SMB Staff Report Number SMB 98-01, July 1998.

    USDA NASS Crops Branch (2004) "Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates for U.S. Field Crops" NASS Agricultural Handbook No. 628, USDA, NASS, Washington, DC, 20250, December 1997 reference date, release date 1st quarter 2004.

    Vogel, Frederic; Bange, G. (1999) "Understanding USDA Crop Forecasts", U.S. Department of Agriculture, NASS/WAOB Miscellaneous Publication No. 1554, Washington DC March 1999.

    Wade, L.G., Mueller, R.W., Cook, P.W., Doraiswamy, P.  (1994)  "AVHRR Map Products for Crop Condition Assessment: A Geographic Information Systems Approach,"  Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Volume 60, No.9, September 1994, pp 1145-1150.

    Wade, G.; Hanuschak, G. (2000) "Visualization of a Crop Season - The Integration of Remotely Sensed Data and Survey Data", Proceedings of the ASPRS 2000 Conference, Washington DC May 2000.

    Winings, S.B., Ozga, M., Stakenborg, J. (1990)  "The Effects of the Applications of Smoothing and Orthogonal Transforms to SPOT and TM Data on Regression Based Crop Acreage Estimates," in Proceedings of the IGARSS '90 Symposium, College Park, Maryland, Vol. 1, pp. 647-650.