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Land Cover Change Community-based Processing and Analysis System
Entry ID: LC-ComPS
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Summary
Abstract: Although there is now over 30 years of Landsat-class observations, the land science community still lacks the analysis infrastructure to meet the GCOS goal of routine, global land-cover change updates every five years. In response, this project will create the infrastructure for a distributed Land cover Change Community-based Processing and analysis System (LC-ComPS). Online tools will be developed to generate land cover change information from large volumes of Landsat-class satellite imagery, including modules for:

-Calibration and atmospheric correction
-Compositing to reduce cloud contamination
-BRDF/phenology adjustment to reduce variability between images
-Robust change detection tools centered on forest cover change mapping
-Aggregation and resampling of output map products

These tools will be linked with Data Grid technologies, so that multiple satellite archives can be accessed for any given processing task. Software from this effort will be made available to other institutions so that the LC-ComPS “Virtual Organization” can continue to expand.

[Summary provided by the University of Maryland.]
Service Citation
Originators: Jeffrey Masek
Title: Land Cover Change Community-based Processing and Analysis System
Provider: University of Maryland
URL: http://glcf.umiacs.umd.edu/services/landcoverchange/
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING   [Definition]
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >CATALOGING   [Definition]
DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING >TRANSFORMATION/CONVERSION   [Definition]
Science Keywords
BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE   [Definition]
HUMAN DIMENSIONS >ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT >LAND MANAGEMENT >LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION   [Definition]
LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER   [Definition]
SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING >PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS   [Definition]
BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >PLANT PHENOLOGY   [Definition]
ISO Topic Category
BIOTA
ENVIRONMENT
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
PLANNING CADASTRE
Project
ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program   [Information]
REASON >Research, Education, and Applications Solution Network   [Information]
NASA ACCESS >NASA's Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science   [Information]
Keywords
Land Cover
Forest Cover Change
Analysis System
Atmospheric Correction
Cloud Contamination
Phenology
Map Products
Service Provider
Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland

Service Provider Personnel
Name: GLOBAL LAND COVER FACILITY
Email: glcf at umd.edu
Contact Address:
Global Land Cover Facility
3166 A.V. Williams Bldg
University of Maryland
 City: College Park
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20742
Country: USA
Personnel
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
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

JEFFREY G. MASEK
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 301.614.6629
Email: Jeffrey.G.Masek at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2008-11-10
SERF Last Revision Date: 2011-05-20
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