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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

Winter wheat in corn stalks. Picture by Dietrich Kastens.

The 2013 Growing Season Has Begun! March 2013 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence, KS and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2013. The GreenReport® will ...

Chris Bishop, Alex Coutinho, and Júlio Esquerdo examine a satellite view of Mato Grosso.

Brazilian Collaborators Vist KU to Talk Agriculture January 16, 2013 – For one week in December, Alexandre Camargo Coutinho and Júlio César D. M. Esquerdo of the Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research, or EMBRAPA, met face-to-face with their KU colleagues as part of a long-standing partnership between ...

2012 Biofuels Symposium Group Picture

2012 Biofuels and Climate Symposium A group of researchers at KARS participated in the Biofuels, Climate Change and Mitigation: Annual Research Symposium on August 15 and 16, 2012 at The University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas. The symposium was presented jointly by the Biofuels and Climate ...

Crop Condition Rankings as of July 22, 2012

U. S. Corn & Soybean Crops Reeling from Drought July 27, 2012 – According to the July 24 update of the UNL Drought Monitor, more than 80% of the conterminous U.S. was experiencing abnormally dry conditions or worse, and more than 20% was classified in the two highest drought ...

Soybeans in Milo Stalks. Picture by Dietrich Kastens.

The 2012 Growing Season Has Begun! March 2012 – In collaboration with commercial partners TerraMetrics Agriculture, Inc. (TMAI) of Lawrence and Planalytics of Berwyn, PA, the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program recently released the GreenReport® and Crop Yield Forecast schedule for 2012. Both products will be ...

Peterson Attends Remote Sensing Symposium Dana Peterson recently attended and presented at the 18th William T. Pecora Memorial Remote Sensing Symposium in Herndon, Virginia. The theme of the symposium was “Forty years of Earth Observations: Understanding a Changing World”. Dana presented on mapping irrigated lands ...

Research

2005 Kansas Land Cover Patterns - Level IV

Started: November 2006

Natural Resource Planner

Started: December 2008

Maps

GreenReport

Published: June 2013

Southern Great Plains Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool

Published: September 2011

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

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