Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

The BOREAS RSS-1 team collected surface reflectance and transmittance data from three forested sites in the SSA. This data
set contains averaged reflectance factors and transmitted radiances measured by the PARABOLA instrument at selected sites in
the BOREAS SSA at different view angles and at three wavelength bands throughout the day. PARABOLA measurements were
made during each of the three BOREAS IFCs during the growing season of 1994 at three SSA tower flux sites as well as during
the FFC-T. Additional measurements were made in early and mid-1996 during the FFC-W and during IFC-2. The data are stored
in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Remote Sensing; Transmittance; Spectral Reflectance
20010021952 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Level-3s LANDSAT TM Imagery Scaled At-sensor Radiance in LGSOWG Format
Nickeson, Jaime, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Knapp, David, Raytheon Information
Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Newcomer, Jeffrey A., Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services,
USA; Cihlar, Josef, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
USA; September 2000; 29p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL99; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL99; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL99; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
For BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS),the level-3s LANDSAT Thematic Mapper (TM) data, along with the
other remotely sensed images,were collected in order to provide spatially extensive information over the primary study areas. This
information includes radiant energy,detailed land cover, and biophysical parameter maps such as Fraction of Photosynthetically
Active Radiation (FPAR) and Leaf area Index (LAI). CCRS collected and supplied the level-3s images to BOREAS for use in
the remote sensing research activities. Geographically,the bulk of the level-3s images cover the BOREAS Northern Study Area
(NSA) and Southern Study Area (SSA) with a few images covering the area between the NSA and SSA. Temporally,the images
cover the period of 22-Jun-1984 to 30-Jul-1996. The images are available in binary,image-format files.
Author
LANDSAT Satellites; Ecosystems; Radiance; Thematic Mappers (LANDSAT); Ground Stations; Satellite Imagery; Remote Sensing
20010021953 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
SLICER Airborne Laser Altimeter Characterization of Canopy Structure and Sub-canopy Topography for the BOREAS
Northern and Southern Study Regions: Instrument and Data Product Description
Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Nickeson, Jaime, Editor, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific
Services, USA; Harding, D. J., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Blair, J. B., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA;
Rabine, D. L., Science Systems and Applications, Inc., USA; Still, K. L., Science Systems and Applications, Inc., USA; September 2000;
51p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL93; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL93; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL93; No Copyright; Avail:
CASI; A04, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
SLICER data were acquired in support of BOREAS at all of the TF sites in the SSA and NSA, and along transects between
the study areas. Data were acquired on 5 days between 18-Jul and 30-Jul-1996. Each coverage of a tower site is typically 40 km
in length, with a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 lines across each tower oriented in a variety of azimuths. The SLICER data
were acquired simultaneously with ASAS hyperspectral, multiview angle images. The SLICER Level 3 products consist of binary
files for each flight line with a data record for each laser shot composed of 13 parameters and a 600-byte waveform that is the raw
record of the backscatter laser energy reflected from Earth’s surface. The SLICER data are stored in a combination of ASCII and
binary data files.
Author
Remote Sensing; Laser Altimeters; Topography; Airborne Lasers
20010021954 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Level-0 NS001 TMS Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format
Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Newcomer, Jeffrey A., Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific
Services, USA; Dominguez, Roseanne, Analytical Technology Applications Corp., USA; September 2000; 28p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
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