Abstract:
The ASTER Overpass Predictor allows a user to estimate of the next opportunities for ASTER to image a location on Earth by entering the latitude and longitude for your location and then select Forecast Possible ASTER Collection Times. The information returned is based on output from the NASA Satellite Overpass Predictor, and includes both day and night possibilities.
You may also select Location ... Map, Topographic Map (for U.S. only), or Weather Forecast to obtain additional site-specific information for the point specified. Connections are established to services offered at other locations. For weather forecasts, note that wide spatial windows may be needed to obtain returns in sparsely populated places, but are likely to yield a long pick-list of choices in densely populated places. Narrow windows may provide no returns in sparsely populated places. Change the default setting of 2 degrees to expand or contract the area searched around the point specified.
NASA places a limit of 14 days on the generation of predictions to ensure a manageable server load. To produce longer predicts, run the predictor multiple times with start dates set 14 days apart. Note: predicts are less reliable as they move further from the satellite's "epoch date" (i.e., the time/date of the observations from which the data were derived).
Name:
LP DAAC USER SERVICES
Phone:
(Toll Free) (866) 573-3222
Phone:
(605) 594-6116
Fax:
(605) 594-6963
Email:
LPDAAC at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
LP DAAC User Services
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
47914 252nd Street City:
Sioux Falls
Province or State:
SD
Postal Code:
57198-0001
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
Online
Fees:
No fees
Personnel
LP DAAC USER SERVICES Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
(Toll Free) (866) 573-3222
Phone:
(605) 594-6116
Fax:
(605) 594-6963
Email:
LPDAAC at usgs.gov
Contact Address:
LP DAAC User Services
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
47914 252nd Street City:
Sioux Falls
Province or State:
SD
Postal Code:
57198-0001
Country:
USA
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Publications/References
Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). 1996. EOS Ground System (EGS) systems and operations concept. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center.
Hall, Dorothy K., J. L. Foster, D. L. Verbyla, A. G. Klein, and C. S. Benson. 1998. Assessment of snow cover mapping accuracy in a variety of vegetation cover densities in central Alaska. Remote Sensing of the Environment 66:129-137.
... Hall, Dorothy K., Jeffrey R. Key, Kimberly A. Casey, George A. Riggs, and Donald Cavalieri. May 2004. Sea ice surface temperature product from MODIS. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 42:5.
Hall, Dorothy K. and J. Martinec. 1985. Remote sensing of ice and snow. London: Chapman and Hall.
Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. 1995. Development of methods for mapping global snow cover using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). Remote Sensing of the Environment 54(2): 127-140.
Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs, and Vincent V. Salomonson. September 2001. Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) for the MODIS Snow-, Lake Ice- and Sea Ice-Mapping Algorithms. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Space Flight Center.
Hall, Dorothy K., George A. Riggs. 2006. Assessment of errors in the MODIS suite of snow-cover products. Hydrological Processes.
Hapke, B. 1993. Theory of reflectance and emittance spectroscopy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Key, J. R., J. B. Collins, Chuck Fowler, and R. S. Stone. 1997.High latitude surface temperature estimates From thermal satellite data. Remote Sensing of the Environment 61:302-309.
Key, J. R., J. A. Maslanik, T. Papakyriakou, Mark C. Serreze, and A. J. Schweiger. 1994. On the validation of satellite-derived sea ice surface temperature. Arctic 47:280-287.
Markham, B. L. and J. L. Barker. 1986. Landsat MSS and TM post-calibration dynamic ranges, exoatmospheric reflectances and at-satellite temperatures. EOSAT Technical Notes 1:3-8.
MODIS Characterization and Support Team (MCST). 2000. MODIS Level-1B product user's guide for Level-1B Version 2.3.x Release 2. MCST Document #MCM-PUG-01-U-DNCN.
Pearson II, F. 1990. Map projections: theory and applications. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Inc.
Riggs, George A., Dorothy K. Hall, and Vincent V. Salomonson. February 2003. MODIS sea ice products user guide.
Riggs, George A., Dorothy K. Hall, and S. A. Ackerman. 1999. Sea ice extent and classification mapping with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Airborne Simulator. Remote Sensing of the Environment 68: 152-163.
Scambos, Ted A., Terry M. Haran, and Robert Massom. In press. Validation of AVHRR and MODIS Ice Surface Temperature Products Using In Situ Radiometers. Annals of Glaciology 44.
Wiscombe, W. J. and S. G. Warren. 1980. A Model for the Spectral Albedo of Snow I: Pure Snow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 37:2712-2733.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2009-09-29
SERF Last Revision Date:
2012-08-31
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