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Welcome to the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program. KARS is a research program of the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas that conducts research on environmental and agricultural applications of remote sensing technology. In cooperation with its commercial partner TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc., KARS facilitates technology transfer of products and services derived from remote sensing technologies to commercial, governmental, and other end users.

Location

Higuchi Hall
2101 Constant Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66047-3759

Contact KARS

Phone: 785-864-1500
Fax: 785-864-1534

Soy next to forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil

Mato Grosso Land Cover Mato Grosso is a frontier in the sense that natural vegetation, both rainforest and savanna, known as cerrado, are being replaced with crop production and other agricultural uses. Mechanized agriculture moved rapidly into the area in the 1990s, with soybeans ...

Western Kansas Potential Playa Areas (image by Jude Kastens)

Kansas Playas Prior to European settlement in the 1800s, the Kansas landscape was home to thousands of wetlands. In addition to providing habitat, sustenance and freshwater to indigenous and migratory wildlife, wetlands naturally provide additional services including surface water treatment, groundwater recharge ...

Flax and other cover crops in an experimental plot in northwest Kansas (picture by Jude Kastens)

The 2017 Growing Season Gets Off to a Good Start April 2017 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI)(TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2017. The GreenReport® was launched ...

Council Grove Reservoir, Morris County, Kansas. Picture by Scott Campbell.

KARS makes available the Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs Data Repository Portal The Kansas Biological Survey and the Kansas Water Office have combined efforts to make available online the Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs Data Repository Portal, which can be found here. The mission of the Kansas Lakes and Reservoirs Data Repository Portal ...

Western Governors' Association Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool, 2013

KU and KBS are key partners in creation of new West-wide Crucial Habitat service For the last three years, the Western Governors Association (WGA) has been working with state wildlife agencies to create a standardized map of Crucial Habitat across the western United States to inform energy, transportation, and land use planning decisions at ...

Kansas Natural Resource Planner update, 2013

Kansas Natural Resource Planner (NRP) receives major update The Kansas Biological Survey and Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program are pleased to announce the release of a new and updated version of the Kansas Natural Resource Planner (NRP). The online mapping application combines relevant natural resource data and infrastructure ...

Research

2005 Kansas Land Cover Patterns - Level IV

Started: November 2006

Natural Resource Planner

Started: December 2013

Maps

2015 Kansas Land Cover Patterns - Level I

Published: June 2017

GreenReport

Published: June 2017

Kansas Applied Remote Sensing
Higuchi Hall
2101 Constant Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66047-3759
P: 785-864-1500

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