	RangeView

	Geospatial Tools for Natural Resource Management

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Exercises: Learn to Use RangeView Tools

RangeView is a web-based information system that allows users to view, animate, and analyze satellite imagery in order to monitor vegetation dynamics through time and across landscapes. RangeView is designed for use in natural resource decision-making in ways that complement traditional rangeland management procedures, such as field-based inventory and ground monitoring techniques.

NEW! Spanish-language resources:
- RangeView exercises in Spanish
- Introduction to RangeView in Spanish

Basics
Exercise:	Getting Started with RangeView Tools	Objectives: 1) Become familiar with Dynamic Animation tool interface 2) Customize appearance of images/maps
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Exercise:	Interpreting Satellite Imagery	Objectives: 1) Understand how satellites acquire images 2) Learn to interpret a false color satellite image 3) Use the Arizona Map Server tool
Application 1:	Range Monitoring
Exercise:	Interpreting Vegetation Greenness	Objectives: 1) View greenness through time in dynamically chosen areas of rangeland 2) View greenness through time in comparison to a long-term average
Application 2:	Historical Trends in Vegetation Greenness
Exercise:	Urbanization	Objectives: 1) Use high resolution satellite imagery to see changes in the landscape resulting from urbanization. 2) Compare La Niña and El Niño effects on vegetation greenness.
Application 3:	Precipitation and Vegetation Greenness
Exercise:	Precipitation Effects	Objectives: 1) Identify the beginning of the monsoon. 2) See graphs of precipitation that correspond to animations of vegetation greenness.
Application 4:	Wildfire Detection
Exercise 1:	The Aspen Fire	Objectives: 1) View the effect of wildfires on vegetation greenness at varying resolutions.
Exercise 2:	The Rodeo-Chediski Fire
Exercise 3:	The 2002 Fire Season