Earth Observing System precursor data sets

Grant R. Mah; Jeff C. Eidenshink; K. W. Sheffield; Jeffrey S. Myers

doi:10.1117/12.152852

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25 August 1993 Earth Observing System precursor data sets

Grant R. Mah, Jeff C. Eidenshink, K. W. Sheffield, Jeffrey S. Myers

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Proceedings Volume 1939, Sensor Systems for the Early Earth Observing System Platforms; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152852
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) is archiving and processing precursor data from airborne and spaceborne instruments such as the thermal infrared multispectral scanner (TIMS), the NS-001 and thematic mapper simulators (TMS), and the advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR). The instrument data are being used to construct data sets that simulate the spectral and spatial characteristics of the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) and the moderate resolution imaging spectrometer (MODIS) flight instruments scheduled to be flown on the EOS-AM spacecraft. Ames Research Center has developed and is flying a MODIS airborne simulator (MAS), which provides coverage in both MODIS and ASTER bands. A simulation of an ASTER data set over Death Valley, California has been constructed using a combination of TMS and TIMS data, along with existing digital elevation models that were used to develop the topographic information. MODIS data sets are being simulated by using MAS for full-band site coverage at high resolution and AVHRR for global coverage at 1 km resolution.

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Grant R. Mah, Jeff C. Eidenshink, K. W. Sheffield, and Jeffrey S. Myers "Earth Observing System precursor data sets", Proc. SPIE 1939, Sensor Systems for the Early Earth Observing System Platforms, (25 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152852

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