Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

20010021971 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Level-4b AVHRR-LAC Ten-Day Composite Images: At-sensor Radiance
Cihlar, Josef, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada; Chen, Jing, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada; Nickerson,
Jaime, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Newcomer, Jeffrey A., Raytheon Information Technology
and Scientific Services, USA; Huang, Feng-Ting, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Canada; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; September 2000; 23p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL102; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL102; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL102; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Staff Science Satellite Data Acquisition Program focused on providing
the research teams with the remotely sensed satellite data products they needed to compare and spatially extend point results.
Manitoba Remote Sensing Center (MRSC) and BOREAS Information System (BORIS) personnel acquired, processed, and
archived data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instruments on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA-11) and -14 satellites. The AVHRR data were acquired by CCRS and were provided to BORIS
for use by BOREAS researchers. These AVHRR level-4b data are gridded, 10-day composites of at-sensor radiance values produced
from sets of single-day images. Temporally, the 10- day compositing periods begin 11-Apr-1994 and end 10-Sep-1994.
Spatially, the data cover the entire BOREAS region. The data are stored in binary image format files.
Author
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; Remote Sensing; Radiance; Ecosystems; Satellite Imagery; Data Acquisition; Earth
Atmosphere; Information Systems
20010021979 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Level-3a LANDSAT TM Imagery: Scaled At-sensor Radiance in BSQ Format
Nickerson, Jaime, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center, 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;
September 2000; 29p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL96; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL96; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL96; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
For BOREAS, the level-3a LANDSAT 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 FPAR and LAI. Although very similar in content to the level-3s LANDSAT TM products,
the level-3a images were created to provide users with a more usable BSQ format and to provide information that permitted direct
determination of per-pixel latitude and longitude coordinates. Geographically, the level-3a images cover the BOREAS 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. With permission from CCRS and RSI, several of the full-resolution images are included on the BOREAS CD-ROM series.
Due to copyright issues, the images not included on the CD-ROM may not be publicly available. See Sections 15 and 16 for information
about how to acquire the data. Information about the images not on the CD-ROMs is provided in an inventory listing on
the CD-ROMs.
Author
LANDSAT Satellites; Remote Sensing; Radiant Flux Density; Radiance; Satellite Imagery
20010022092 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Level-0 AOCI Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format
Newcomer, Jeffrey A., Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Dominquez, Roseanne, Analytical
Technology Applications Corp., USA; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; September 2000; 25p;
In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL81; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL81; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL81; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The level-0 AOCI imagery, along with the other remotely sensed images, was collected to provide spatially extensive information
about radiant energy over the primary BOREAS study areas. The AOCI was the only remote sensing instrument flown
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