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Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (AirMISR) Data from the Harvard 2003 Campaign Entry ID: AIRMISR_HARVARD_2003 |
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Summary
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Abstract:
This data set contains information about AirMISR data taken during a flight over the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, USA, target as part of the AirMISR deployments from the Wallops Flight Facility during the August 2003 campaign. This particular flight took place on August 24, 2003. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California provided these data. There were a total of two runs during this flight. A run comprises data collected from nine view angles acquired on a fixed flight azimuth angle. Each data file from one run contains either: a) Level 1B1 Radiometric product from one of the 9 camera angles or b) Level 1B2 Georectified radiance product from one of the 9 camera angles. Browse images in PNG format are available for the Level 1B1 product and browse images in JPEG format are available for the Level 1B2 product. The AirMISR is an airborne instrument for obtaining multi-angle imagery similar to that of the satellite-borne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument, which is designed to contribute to studies of the Earth's ecology and climate. AirMISR flies on the NASA ER-2 aircraft. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California built the instrument for NASA. Unlike the spaceborne MISR instrument, which has nine cameras oriented at various angles, AirMISRutilizes a single camera in a pivoting gimbal mount. In general, a data run bythe ER-2 aircraft is divided into nine segments, each with the camerapositioned to a particular MISR look angle. The gimbal rotates betweensuccessive flight segments, such that each segment acquires data over the samearea on the ground as the previous segment. This process is repeated until allnine angles of the target area are collected. The swath width, which variesfrom 11 km in the nadir to 32 km at the most oblique angle, is governed by the camera's instantaneous field-of-view of 7 meters cross-track x 6 meters along-track in the nadir view and 21 meters x 55 meters at the most oblique angle. The along-track image length at each angle is dictated by the timing required to obtain overlap imagery at all angles, and varies from about 9 km in the nadir to 26 km at the most oblique angle. Thus, the nadir image dictates the area of overlap that is obtained from all nine angles. The use of a single camera to provide coverage at all nine angles is possible because AirMISR is not attempting to obtain continuous, global coverage, as is the case from the spaceborne MISR. This approach ensures identical calibration at all angles, a useful feature in utilizing the instrument as part of the MISR calibration. The 9 camera viewing angles are: 0 degrees or nadir 26.1 degrees, fore and aft 45.6 degrees, fore and aft 60.0 degrees, fore and aft 70.5 degrees, fore and aft For each of the camera angles, images are obtained at 4 spectral bands. The spectral bands can be used to identify vegetation and aerosols, estimate surface reflectance and ocean color studies. The center wavelengths of the 4 spectral bands are: 443 nanometers, blue 555 nanometers, green 670 nanometers, red 865 nanometers, near-infrared Two types of AirMISR data products are available for this data set through the Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center. These are 1) the Level 1 Radiometric product (L1B1), and 2) the Level 1 Georectified radiance product (L1B2). The Level 1 Radiometric product contains data that are scaled to convert the digital output of the cameras to radiances and are conditioned to remove instrument-dependent effects. Additionally, all radiances are adjusted to remove slight spectral sensitivity differences among the detector elements of each spectral band. These data have a 7-meter spatial resolution at nadir and around 30-meter at the most oblique 70.5 degree angles. The Level 1 Georectified radiance product contains the Level 1 radiometric product resampled to a 27.5 meter spatial resolution and mapped into a standard Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) map projection. Initially the data are registered to each camera angle and to the ground. This processing is necessary because the nine views of each point on the ground are not acquired simultaneously. Once the map grid center points are located in the AirMISR imagery through the process of georectification, a radiance value obtained from the surrounding AirMISR pixels is assigned to that map grid center. Bilinear interpolation is used as the basis for computing the new radiance. A UTM grid point falling somewhere in the image data will have up to 4 surrounding points. The bilinear interpolated value is obtained using the fractional distance of the interpolation point in the cross-track direction and the fractional distance in the along-track direction. |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 2003-08-24 |
| Stop Date: 2003-08-24 |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> NORTH AMERICA
> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> MASSACHUSETTS
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Data Resolution
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Latitude Resolution:
27.5 Meter
Longitude Resolution: 27.5 Meter |
Science Keywords
| SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >INFRARED WAVELENGTHS >INFRARED RADIANCE [Definition] |
| SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS >VISIBLE RADIANCE [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
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Platform
| NASA ER-2 >NASA Earth Resources-2 [Information] |
Instrument
| AIRMISR >Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer [Information] |
Project
| AIRMISR >Airborne Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer [Information] |
| EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System [Information] |
| ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program [Information] |
Keywords
| NASA ER-2 |
| CAMERAS |
| EOSDIS |
Originating Center
Data Center
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Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ Dataset ID: AIRMISR_HARVARD_2003
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Langley Research Center Distributed Active Archive Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA
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Data Center URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/ Dataset ID: AIRMISR_HARVARD_2003
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Personnel
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CAROL
J.
BRUEGGE Role: INVESTIGATOR Phone: (818) 354-4956 Email: Carol.J.Bruegge at jpl.nasa.gov Contact Address: Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mail Stop 169-237 4800 Oak Grove Drive City: Pasadena Province or State: CA Postal Code: 91109 Country: USA |
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ASDC
USER SERVICES Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 757-864-8656 Email: support-asdc at earthdata.nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center User and Data Services NASA Langley Research Center Mail Stop 157D City: Hampton Province or State: VA Postal Code: 23681-2199 Country: USA |
Publications/References
Bruegge, Carol J., Wedad A. Abdou, Nadine L. Chrien, Barbara J. Gaitley
(1998). AirMISR spectral and radiometric performance studies. In Earth
Observing System III, Proc. SPIE 3439, San Diego, CA, 19-21 July.
Bruegge, C. J., N. L. Chrien, R. A. Kahn, J. V. Martonchik, David Diner
(1998). MISR radiometric uncertainty analyses and their utilization
within geophysical retrievals. Conference issue: New Developments and
Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD '97), Metrologia., 35, 571-579.
Bruegge, C. J., V. G. Duval, N. L. Chrien, R. P. Korechoff, B. J. Gaitley,
and E. B. Hochberg (1998). MISR prelaunch instrument calibration and
characterization results. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., Vol. 36, pp.
1186-1198.
Chrien, Nadine L., Carol J. Bruegge, Barbara J. Gaitley (2000). AirMISR
laboratory calibration and in-flight performance results. Submitted
to Remote Sens. Environment, December 1998.
Diner, David J., et al. (1998). The Airborne Multi-Angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer (AirMISR): Instrument Description and First Results.
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., Vol. 36, No. 4.
(1998). AirMISR spectral and radiometric performance studies. In Earth
Observing System III, Proc. SPIE 3439, San Diego, CA, 19-21 July.
Bruegge, C. J., N. L. Chrien, R. A. Kahn, J. V. Martonchik, David Diner
(1998). MISR radiometric uncertainty analyses and their utilization
within geophysical retrievals. Conference issue: New Developments and
Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD '97), Metrologia., 35, 571-579.
Bruegge, C. J., V. G. Duval, N. L. Chrien, R. P. Korechoff, B. J. Gaitley,
and E. B. Hochberg (1998). MISR prelaunch instrument calibration and
characterization results. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., Vol. 36, pp.
1186-1198.
Chrien, Nadine L., Carol J. Bruegge, Barbara J. Gaitley (2000). AirMISR
laboratory calibration and in-flight performance results. Submitted
to Remote Sens. Environment, December 1998.
Diner, David J., et al. (1998). The Airborne Multi-Angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer (AirMISR): Instrument Description and First Results.
IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., Vol. 36, No. 4.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-07-19
Last DIF Revision Date:
2008-11-20
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