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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

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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 ...

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Kansas Aquatic Resource Planner The Kansas Aquatic Resource Planner was designed to depict aquatic resources and is intended to provide general information and guidance regarding the location, condition, and value of those resources. The data here is an accumulation of data acquired from different ...

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KARS Launches Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool In coordination with wildlife agencies in five states, the KARS program launched the Southern Great Plains Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (SGP CHAT) September 1 as part of a multi-year effort to develop a habitat assessment tool for wind and natural ...

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KARS Recreates a Texas Flood UPDATED 10 Nov 2010 -- KARS researchers Kevin Dobbs & Jude Kastens went on a road trip to Austin, Texas, during the last week of October 2010. Their mission was to attend the 2010 Texas GIS Forum organized by the ...

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KBS Researchers Visit Ethanol Production Facility A group of research staff and graduate students from the University of Kansas, representing the Kansas Biological Survey, the Department of Geography, and the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, toured the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol production facility in ...

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KBS Researchers Attend MAGIC Conference Four KBS researchers made presentations at the MidAmerica GIS Consortium (MAGIC) Symposium April 18-22 in Kansas City. Presentations were as follows: Kevin Dobbs--Evaluation of NED Elevation Data and the FLDPLN Model for Inundation Extent Jude Kastens--Mapping Potential Flood Extents in ...

Research

Biofuels and Climate Change: Farmers' Land Use Decisions

Started: October 2009

Natural Resource Planner

Started: December 2008

Maps

GreenReport

Published: October 2011

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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