Subject: Satellite Imagery FAQ - 5/5
From: satfaq@pobox.com (Nick Kew)
Date: 17 Sep 1996 12:07:08 GMT
Archive-name: sci/Satellite-Imagery-FAQ/part5
This document is part of the Satellite Imagery FAQ
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Subject: Further Reading
Further Reading
Is there a good general introduction to Remote Sensing on the Net?
The CIESIN Thematic Guide to Remote Sensing is an excellent introduction at
http://www.ciesin.org/TG/RS/RS-home.html
CCRS have a beautiful set of annotated images (of Canada) on their pages, at
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tour/toure.html. This presents a number of
images - chiefly Landsat and SPOT - together with explanations of what can be
seen in them, and why particular features appear the way they do.
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Subject: I have a question that isn't covered in the FAQ
I have a question that isn't covered in the FAQ
1. Look in the CEOS IDN. This is the authoritative worldwide information
system that answers every possible question about Satellite Earth
Observation. The IDN has three coordinating nodes, each carrying the
complete directory:
America
The Global Change Master Directory is accessible by WWW at
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ or by telnet to gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov (login
as "gcdir").
Europe
The IDN is available via Hyper-G or WWW via Esrin's GDS at
http://gds.esrin.esa.it/CCEOS-IDN or by telnet to epocat.esrin.esa.it
(login as "esapid").
Asia
The IDN is available from NASDA at
http://www.eoc.nasda.go.jp/guide/eus/index.html, or by telnet to
nsaeoc.eoc.nasda.go.jp
2. Look in Esrin's GDS (URL below). Supports browsing, or keyword search
types of access.
3. Look in USGS's www-glis (URL below). A major source of detailed
information.
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Subject: Related FAQs
Related FAQs
http://atlas.es.mq.edu.au/users/pingram/v_earth.html
The Virtual Earth: Using the Web for Geoscience Resources FAQ
ftp://kestrel.umd.edu/pub/wxsat/docs/FAQ
WXSAT FAQ
http://www.census.gov/geo/gis/faq-index.html
The comp.infosystems.gis FAQ
ftp://eos.nasa.gov/EosDis/sci.geo.eos
Archive and FAQ for sci.geo.eos
gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu/00/inetdirsstacks/earthsci%3athoen
Bill Thoen's Earth Science Resources FAQ
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/weather/top.html
Ilana Stern's Meteorology FAQ
ftp://charon.er.usgs.gov/pub/PD.projections.FAQ
Public Domain Cartographic Software FAQ
http://fits.cv.nrao.edu/traffic/scidataformats/faq.html
sci.data.formats FAQ
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/ded.html
Bruce Gittings' Digital Elevation Data Catalogue
Terrill Ray's Remote Sensing for Vegetation FAQ:
Should be ftp://kepler.gps.caltech.edu/pub/terrill/rsvegfaq.txt
Some people have had trouble contacting this site. The FAQ is also
available locally on at least some SATFAQ sites
Note that FAQs within the news.answers system are automatically archived at
lots of sites. The "primary" site is ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/ where FAQs are kept in
plain ASCII format. Some other places to look for hypertext versions include:
* Europe: http://www.cs.ruu.nl/cgi-bin/faqwais
* America: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/.
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Subject: Relevant Discussions on the Internet
Relevant Discussions on the Internet
The World-Wide Web (WWW)
* The AAG Speciality Group on GIS HyperNews Forum at
http://thoth.sbs.ohio-state.edu/HyperNews/get/aaggis.html is a
GIS-oriented forum, also using advanced threaded software.
* JPL run a very successful Imaging Radar Bulletin Board at
http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov
* GGRWEB run a forum at http://www.ggrweb.com/webbbs.html. No structuring
(let alone threading) make it IMHO hard to follow. Runs a 'topic of the
month'.
* The EUROGI Forum at http://www.frw.ruu.nl/eurogi/forum.html includes a BB
facility.
UseNet
* bit.listserv.uigis-l
User Interfaces for Geographic Information Systems Discussion List
* bit.listserv.wx-talk
General weather discussions and talk
* comp.ai.vision
Artificial Intelligence Vision Research. (Moderated)
* comp.graphics
Computer graphics, art, animation, image processing
* comp.graphics.algorithms
Algorithms used in producing computer graphics.
* comp.graphics.raytracing
Ray tracing software, tools and methods.
* comp.graphics.visualization
Info on scientific visualization.
* comp.infosystems.gis
All aspects of Geographic Information Systems.
* comp.soft-sys.khoros
The Khoros X11 visualization system.
* info.grass.programmer
GRASS geographic information system programmer issues
(grassp-list@moon.cecer.army.mil) (Moderated)
* info.grass.user
GRASS geographic information system user issues
(grassu-list@moon.cecer.army.mil) (Moderated)
* news.answers
Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
* sci.data.formats
* sci.environment
Discussions about the environment and ecology. Not for the fainthearted!
* sci.fractals
Objects of non-integral dimension and other chaos.
* sci.geo.earthquakes
* sci.geo.eos
NASA's Earth Observation System (EOS).
* sci.geo.fluids
Discussion of geophysical fluid dynamics.
* sci.geo.geology
Discussion of solid earth sciences.
* sci.geo.hydrology
Surface and groundwater hydrology.
* sci.geo.meteorology
Discussion of meteorology and related topics.
* sci.geo.oceanography
Oceanography
* sci.geo.petroleum
Topics related to the exploration of natural resources
* sci.geo.rivers+lakes
Inland Waters
* sci.geo.satellite-nav
Satellite navigation systems, especially GPS.
* sci.image.processing
Scientific image processing and analysis.
* sci.space.news
Announcements of space-related news items. (Moderated)
* sci.answers
Repository for periodic USENET articles. (Moderated)
* alt.sys.intergraph
Support for Intergraph machines.
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* IMAGRS-L
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The area of digital image processing of remotelly sensed data should be
the main topic of this club - so exactly the problems of the interest are
the methods of digital image processing for remotelly sensed data (like
LANDSAT or SPOT) as well as microwave and also new types of data for
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Subject: Terminology and Acronyms
Terminology and Acronyms
I used to have a list of acronyms here, and the intention of merging with other
lists when I could find the time. Then I realised that it's been done by others
- better than I'm ever likely to! So here instead is where you get CCRS's
extensive glossary: http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/common/comndexe.html.
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Subject: Web pages
Web pages
Some of the front pages and other main pages from the people who run space
programmes, and a few other sites with interesting material on the Web. But
first, the major subject catalogues...
Internet Guides
(these lists are very extensive)!
Virtual Library: Earth Sciences http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/VL-EarthSciences.html
Virtual Library: Environment http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/Environment.html
Virtual Library: Meteorology http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/DataSources/MetIndex.html
Virtual Library: Oceanography http://www.mth.uea.ac.uk/ocean/oceanography.html
Virtual Library: Remote Sensing http://www.vtt.fi/aut/ava/rs/virtual/
EINET Galaxy Geosciences http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Science/Geosciences.html
And the huge list of Maarten Zeylmans van Emmichoven
http://www.frw.ruu.nl/nicegeo.html
National, Government and International Organisations
(please feel free to comment if you disagree with my categorisations).
Agence Francaise de l'Espace
Centre National Etudes Spatiales
CNES Homepage (french only) http://www.cnes.fr/
Earth Observation (incl SPOT) http://www.cnes.fr/scripts/observat.html
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Homepage http://hp835.mt.asi.it/
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
Front Page http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/homepge.html
RADARSAT http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/radarsat/rsate.html
GCNet http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/gcnet/gcnet_e.html
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (USA)
CIESIN Front Page http://infoserver.ciesin.org/
Global Change Database http://wwwgateway.ciesin.org/
DLR/Deutsche Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum
English Front Page http://pid.da.op.dlr.de/welcome.html
ISIS http://pid.da.op.dlr.de/ISIS/Intro.html
European Space Agency
ESA Front Page http://www.esrin.esa.it/
ESRIN Front Page http://www.esrin.esa.it/htdocs/esrin/esrin.html
GDS (Guide & Directory Service) http://gds.esrin.esa.it/
UsERServices http://services.esrin.esa.it/
Ionia Browser http://shark1.esrin.esa.it/
Multi-mission Browse Service http://tracy.esrin.esa.it:8001/www/
(prototype: availability intermittent)availability intermittent)
European Earth Observation System http://gds.esrin.esa.it/CEEOS_ROOT
Environmental & Global Change Infoservers
http://gds.esrin.esa.it/CGCservers
ESA Publications http://esapub.esrin.esa.it/
European Union
Centre for Earth Observation http://ceo-www.jrc.it/
European Wide Service Exchange http://ewse.ceo.org/
Marine Environment Unit http://me-www.jrc.it/home.html
Environmental and Natural Resources Management
http://enrm.ceo.org/
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
Front Page http://www.inpe.br/
National Aeronautics & Space Administration (USA)
NASA Homepage http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_homepage.html
NASA Internet connection http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/nasa/NASAInternet.html
NASA Pathfinder Program http://xtreme.gsfc.nasa.gov/pathfinder/
Global Change Data Center http://ame.gsfc.nasa.gov/gcdc/gcdc.html
Global Change Master Directory http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Public Use of Remote Sensing Data http://camille.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/
NASA Earth Observing System (USA)
EOS Front Page http://eos.nasa.gov/
EOSDIS http://spso2.gsfc.nasa.gov/spso_homepage.html
EOSDIS Core System (ECS) http://ecsinfo.hitc.com/
EOSDIS IMS http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ims-bin/pub/imswelcome
MTPE Mission to Planet Earth http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/
Major reports on MTPE are available at http://www.nas.edu/ssb/cesmenu.html and
http://www.gcrio.org/USGCRP/LaJolla/cover.html
The Distibuted Active Archive Centers (DAACs) are subject-oriented repositories
for imagery and related info.
ASF DAAC (Polar processes) http://www.asf.alaska.edu/
CIESIN SEDAC (social aspects) http://sedac.ciesin.org/
EDC DAAC (Land) http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/landdaac.html
JPL DAAC (Oceanography) http://podaac-www.jpl.nasa.gov/
LARC DAAC (Atmosphere/radiation) http://eosdis.larc.nasa.gov/
MSFC DAAC (Hydrology) http://wwwdaac.msfc.nasa.gov:/
NOAA SAA (AVHRR) http://www.saa.noaa.gov/
NSIDC DAAC (snow & ice) http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NASA/GUIDE/
ORNL DAAC (biogeochemical) http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/
GSFC DAAC (atmosphere/biosphere) http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/
National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA)
NCAR Front Page http://www.ucar.edu/
NCAR Data Archive http://www.ucar.edu/dss/index.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
NOAA Front Page http://www.noaa.gov/
NESDIS http://www.noaa.gov/nesdis/nesdis.html
National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ncdc.html
National Geophysical Data Center http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
National Oceanographic Data Center http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
NOAA Geosciences Laboratory http://www.grdl.noaa.gov/
Satellite Active Archive http://www.saa.noaa.gov/
National Space Development Agency (Japan)
NASDA Front Page http://hdsn.eoc.nasda.go.jp/
EUS/Guide (SYNFONIA-II) http://www.eoc.nasda.go.jp/guide/eus/index.html
Swedish Space Corporation
SSC Front Page http://www.ssc.se/
United States Geological Survey
USGS Front Page http://info.er.usgs.gov/
Eros Data Center http://sun1.cr.usgs.gov/eros-home.html
GLIS http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/glis.html
Professional Societies, Publicashers, etc
IEEE Geoscience/Remote Sensing http://www.ieee.org/grs/index.html
Euro. Assoc. R.S. Labs (EARSeL) http://gds.esrin.esa.it/Cearsel_root
Intnl. Soc. Optical Eng. (SPIE) http://www.spie.org/
European Optical Society (EOS) http://www-eos.unine.ch/
Optical Soc. of America (OSA) http://www.osa.org/homepage.html
Intnl. Soc. Photogrammetry & RS http://www.p.igp.ethz.ch/isprs/isprs.html
Remote Sensing Society (UK) http://www.geog.nott.ac.uk/rss/index.html
Finnish Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
http://foto.hut.fi/seura/fsprs.html
Russian GIS Association http://www.ru/gisa
GIS World (magazine) http://www.gisworld.com/
Earth Observation Magazine http://www.techexpo.com/toc/eom.html
A few Companies, Universities and other sites
Academic & similar
Free University of Berlin http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/english/index.html
University of Dundee http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/
University of Minnesota http://www.gis.umn.edu/
University of Hawaii http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/
Univ. Colorado Climate http://noaacdc.colorado.edu/cdc/cdc_home.html
Delft University of Technology http://dutlru8.lr.tudelft.nl/
University of Nottingham http://www.geog.nottingham.ac.uk/
University of Stuttgart http://www.ifp.uni-stuttgart.de/
University of Wisconsin-Madison http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/
University of Delaware http://triton.cms.udel.edu/crs/crs.html
Cornell EOS project http://www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/EOS.html
Universitaet des Saarlandes http://www.uni-sb.de/philfak/fb6/fr66/tpw/english.htm
Helsinki University of Technology http://foto.hut.fi/
International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
http://www.itc.nl/
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
http://www.erim.org/
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/
Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory
http://smis.iki.rssi.ru/
National Land Survey of Finland http://www.nls.fi/index_e.html
Global Change Research Information Office (USA)
http://www.gcrio.org/
Commercial sites (many have very substantial free content):
Eurimage http://www.eurimage.it/
Core SW ImageNet http://www.coresw.com/
C.E.N. Digital Satellite Images http://cen.cenet.com/htmls/d2/sate.htm
Satellite Observing Systems http://www.satobsys.co.uk/
The Geo Exchange http://web20.mindlink.net/geo_exchange
Mountains West Consulting http://165.90.138.3/~tcsmith/index.html
Able Software Co http://world.std.com/~able
Clyde Consulting http://world.std.com/~able/clyde1.html
Geomatics International http://www.geomatics.com/
VYSOR Integration Inc http://www.synapse.net/~vysor/
Zilker Internet Park (was TAMU) http://www.zilker.net/~hal/geoscience/
MacDonald Dettweiler http://www.mda.ca/
GeoWeb http://www.ggrweb.com/
ASD inc. http://www.asdi.com/asd
VTT Remote Sensing http://www.vtt.fi/aut/ava/rs/
ESRI http://www.esri.com/esri.html
PCI http://www.pci.on.ca/
ERDAS http://www.erdas.com/
Intergraph http://www.intergraph.com/
Earth Resource Mapping http://www.ermapper.com/
SPOT Image http://www.spotimage.fr/ (France)
http://www.spot.com/ (USA)
Spatial Information Customer Support Center (SDCSC)
http://www.sdcsc.com/
Earthwatch, inc http://www.digitalglobe.com/ewhome.html
Intermountain Digital Imaging http://www.xmission.com/~idi
Space Russia http://www.conveyor.com/space_russia/index.html
Imagelinks http://www.imagelinks.com/
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Subject: Catalogues/Inventories
Catalogues/Inventories
Perhaps this list should be merged with the URLS?
These are catalogue login services available by telnet. Serious users of these
may wish to take advantage of one of the CINTEX GUI clients - DLR ISIS, ESA UIT
or NASA IMS.
CCRS: telnet gcnet.ccrs.emr.ca
Login as "gcnet"
DLR: telnet 129.247.162.47
Login as "dlrpid"
ESA: telnet epocat.esrin.esa.it
Login as "leda" (LEDA), "catalogue" (Earthnet), "esapid" (IDN)
NASA: telnet nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Login as "gcdir" (GCMD/IDN), "nodis" (NODIS), "nssdc"
NASA EOS - the DAACS
ASF telnet eosims.asf.alaska.edu
EDC telnet eosims.cr.usgs.gov
GSFC telnet eosims.gsfc.nasa.gov
JPL telnet eosims.jpl.nasa.gov
LARC telnet eosims.larc.nasa.gov
MSFC telnet eosims.msfc.nasa.gov
NOAA/SAA telnet eosims.fb4.noaa.gov
NSIDC telnet eosims.colorado.edu
ORNL telnet eosims.esd.ornl.gov
NASDA telnet nsaeoc.eoc.nasda.go.jp
Login as "nasdadir" (IDN), "nasdasin" (Sinfonia)
NOAA telnet esdim1.esdim.noaa.gov
Login as noaadir
URI telnet zeno.gso.uri.edu
Login as "uricat"
USGS telnet glis.cr.usgs.gov
Login as glis
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Subject: Weather Online
Weather Online
(see also Weather FAQ).
Here is a list from the WWW Virtual Library (Meteorology) at FU-Berlin.
http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/DataSources/MetIndex.html. I have converted the
addresses to appear also in a text-only copy, in line with the rest of this
FAQ.
* ftp://plaza.aarnet.edu.au/Weather/gms GMS, from AARNet Archive Server
* gopher://gopher.ncc.go.jp/11/INFO/weather/gms GMS , from National Cancer
Center (Tokyo)
* gopher://gopher.ssec.wisc.edu/11/gsdc.d GOES , from University of
Wisconsin-Madison
* ftp://westsat.com/pub/images GOES , from westsat.com
* ftp://cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk/images/jpeg/atlantic.ir.jpg US Satellite IR ,
from University of Edinburgh
* ftp://cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk/images/jpeg/atlantic.vis.jpg US Satellite VIS ,
from University of Edinburgh
* gopher://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/11/weather/met.ed.ac.uk/images Meteosat , from
University of Edinburgh
* gopher://gopher.rrz.uni-koeln.de/11/themen/Wetter Meteosat , from
Universitdt Kvln
* ftp://ccn7.nott.ac.uk/user/user/pub/satpix Meteosat , from Nottingham
University
* http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/ NOAA-11/12 (Europe), from University of
Dundee
* http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/english/Wetter/index.html NOAA (Europe),
Institut f|r Meteorologie FU-Berlin
* http://www.dkrz.de/sat/noaa.html NOAA (Europe) , Deutsches
Klimarechenzentrum
* http://www.inpe.br/grid/meteosat Meteosat 3 (South America), from
Brasilian Space Agancy (INPE)
* http://www.crs4.it/~luigi/METEO/meteo.html Meteosat, from CSP, Italy
* ftp://rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca/pub/sat_images/ NOAA-11/12 (North
America) , from rainbow.physics.utoronto.ca
* gopher://gopher.ncc.go.jp/11/INFO/weather/noaa/ NOAA (Asia), from National
Cancer Center (Tokyo)
* ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/noaa/ NOAA (Asia), from University of
Tokyo
* http://shark1.esrin.esa.it/ Ionia Global Land 1km AVHRR data Set Browser,
from European Space Agency - ESA/ESRIN
'Meteor' imagery is missing from the above list. Thanks to John Boyer for
noticing, and supplying his URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/john_wxpics/index.html
(which also carries NOAA imagery).
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Subject: Ground Stations, with CEOS IDs
Ground Stations, with CEOS IDs
(1) short code and (2) synonym expansion
ADL,Adelaide
ALS,Alice Spring
ASP,Aspendale
BAA,Buenos Aires
BDP,Budapest
BGK,Bangkok
BIO,Bedford IO
BJG,Beijing
BMH,Bremenhaven
BRL,Berlin
BRN,Berne
CPA,Cashoiera Paulista
CPH,Copenhagen
CRO,Cairo
CSY,Casey
CTX,Cotopaxi
DAR,Darwin
DBL,De Bilt
DDE,Dundee University
DKA,Dhaka
DSA,Dharan
DVW,Downsview
DXL,Da-Xing-An-Ling
EMT,Edmonton
EPO,Earthnet Programme Office
FRA,Frascati
FTZ,Fortaleza
GAT,Gatineau, Canada
GSF,Goddard Space Centre
GZC,Guangzhou
HBK,Hartebeestoek
HBT,Hobart
HLN,Honolulu
HMB,Hamburg
HSK,Helsinki
HYD,Hyderabad
JSA,Jeddah
KGL,Keelung
KIR,Kiruna
KKW,Krakow
KYS,Kiyose
LAP,Lapan
LNN,Centre Meteo Lannion
LSH,Lasham
LSU,Louisiana University
MCR,Malaysian RS Centre
MDD,Madrid
MMI,Miami University
MMR,MacMurdo
MNL,Manila
MPS,Maspalomas
NDH,New Delhi
NGC,Fairbanks
NMY,Niamey
NOA,Not Known
NRB,Nairobi
NRK,Norrkoping
NRS,Nairobi RS Centre
NWI,Wallops Island
OFB,Offenbach
OHG,O Higgins
OPF,DLR Oberpfaffenhoffen
OSL,Oslo
PAS,Prince Albert
PLM,Palmer Station
PRG,Prague
PTH,Perth
RMA,Meteo Office Rome
RUN,La Reunion
RWC,Redwood City
RYD,Riyadh
SAF,Pretoria
SCR,Scripps Institute
SCZ,Scanzano
SDN,Sidney
SFL,Sioux Falls
SGP,Singapore
SLG,Selangor
SL1,Seol KMS
SL2,Seoul University
SND,Sendai
SPZ,Spitzbergen
SSC,Stennis Space Centre
STG,Santiago
SYW,Syowa
TK1,Tokai University 1
TK2,Tokyo University 2
TMS,Tromso
TNB,Terranova Bay
TNS,Tunis
TOL,Aussaguel
TPI,Taipei
TRB,Traben-Trarbach
TSV,Townsville
UAL,Alaska University
URI,Rhode Island University
UTA,Texas University
UQC,Urumqi
WLT,Wellington
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Subject: List of Addresses of some RS data suppliers
List of Addresses of Institutes/Organizations/Companies/Persons that supply
data related to Remote Sensing
Taken from Wim's report on CDROM's - online at www.itc.nl. It's not
comprehensive but it's the best single list I'm aware of!
Sorry, not alphabetic. But important enough to list here
Dr. Phil Jones
Climatic Research Unit
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Cliff Mass
Dept. of Atmos. Sci. (AK40)
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
USA
206/685-0910
J. Le Ber
Meteosat Data Service - ESOC
European Space Agency
Robert Bosch Strasse 5
D6100 DARMSTADT
GERMANY
+49 6151900, +49 6151 902534,
FAX +49 6151 90495
ZedX, Inc.
P.O. Box 404
Boalsburg PA
Pennsylvania 16827-0404
USA
814/466-2025
FAX (814) 466-6691
National Oceanographic Data Center
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC21
Washington, DC 20235
USA
202/673-5549
C. Kreitzberg
Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric
Science
Drexel University
Philadelphia PA, Pennsylvania 19104
USA
World Data Center A, for Glaciology
[Snow and Ice]
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
CIRES - Campus Box 449
Boulder, CO80309
USA
303/492-5171, FAX 303/492-2468
National Operational Hydrologic Remote
Sensing Center (NOHRSC)
Office of Hydrology (WOH23)
National Weather Service, NOAA
6301 34th Avenue South: Room 112
Minneapolis MN,
Minnesota 55450-2985
USA
612/725-3258, FAX 612/725-3338
Steve Williams
e-mail: sfw@ncar.ucar.edu
NSSDC (NASA Space Science Data Center)
Mail Code 633.4
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
Greenbelt MD, Maryland 20771
USA
301/286-6695
FAX (301) 286-4952
CD-ROM, Inc
1667 Cole Blvd. Suite 400
Golden CO, Colorado 80401
USA
303/526-7600, FAX 303/231-9581
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
(CDIAC)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P. O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge TN, Tennessee 37831-6335
USA
615/574-0390, FAX 615/574-2232
Langley Distributed Active Archive Center
(DAAC)
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 157B
Hampton VA, Virginia23681-0001
USA
804/864-8656, FAX 804/864-8807
NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
Central Data Services Facility
Code 933.4
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
Greenbelt MD, Maryland 20771
USA
301/286-6695
Fax (301) 286-4952
National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR)
(Ilana Stern)
NCAR Data Support Section
PO Box 3000
Boulder CO, Colorado 80307
USA
303/497-1219, FAX 303/497-1137
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Federal Building
37 Battery Park Avenue
Asheville NC,
North Carolina 28801-2733
USA
704/259-0682
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC, Mail Code
E/GC4, Dept. ORD (891?)
325 Broadway
Boulder CO, Colorado 80303-3328
USA
303/497-6958
Digital data, general (303) 497-6419
Solid Earth Geophysics (303)
497-6521
Marine Geology/geophysics (303)
497-6487
Solar-terrestrial physics (303)
497-6323
Glaciology (303) 497-5311
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)/
Global Resource Information Database
(GRID)
Facility Manager,
UNEP/GRID-Geneva
6 rue de la Gabelle
CH-1227 Carouge
Geneva SWITZERLAND
(0041-22) 343-8660
FAX (0041-22) 343-8862
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
ESIC-Open File Section
Box 25286
Federal Center
Mail Stop 517
Denver CO, Colorado 80225
USA
Tel. (303) 236-7476
US (Department of the Interior,) Geological
Survey (USGS)
James R. Slack
National Water Data Exchange
(NAWDEX)
MS 421 - National Center
Reston VA, Virginia 22092
USA
National Cartographic Information Center
(NCIC)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
507 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
(703) 860-6045
Chadwyck-Healey Ltd.
Cambridge Place
Cambridge CB2 INR
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel. (0223) 311479
Fax. (0223) 66440
Chadwyck-Healey Inc.
1101 King St
Alexandria VA, Virginia 22314
USA
800/752-0515
Mr. Randal Davis
LASP, Campus Box 392
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
USA
(303) 492-6867
FAX (303) 492-5105
Geological Survey of Japan
1-1-3 Higashi,
Tsukuba-shi,
Ibaraki-ken,
305 Japan
Joint Education Initiative (JEdI)
Office of Technology Liaison
University of Maryland
4312 Knox Road
College Park, MD 20742
USA
(310) 405-4210
Contacts: CD-ROM, Inc. and
Bureau of Electronic
Publishing
Bureau of Electronic Publishing
141 New Road
Parsippamy NJ, New Jersey 07054
USA
(201) 808-2700, FAX (201) 808-2676
Government Raster Image Processing
Software (GRIPS-2)
Meridian Data Corporation
5615 Scotts Valley Drive
Scotts Valley CA, California 95066
USA
(408) 438-3100
Contacts: CD-ROM, Inc. and
Bureau of Electronic
Publishing
SPOT Image Corporation
SPOT IMAGE
Customer Department
16 bis, avenue Edouard Belin - BP
4359
31030 TOULOUSE Cedex
France
tel. +33 61539976
FAX +33 61281354 or +33 61274605
SPOT Image Corporation
1897 Preston White Drive
Reston, Virginia 22091
USA
(703) 620-2200
CNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
REICH, ROGER
18 Avenue E. BELIN
31055 TOULOUSE CEDEX
FRANCE
(33) 61.28.17.04
FAX (33) 61.28.16.40
EOSAT, Earth Observation Satellite Company
4300 Forbes Blvd.
Lanham MD, Maryland 20706-9954
USA
1-800-344-9933 or (301) 552-0500
FAX for foreign customers
(605) 594-2291
National Cartographic Information Center
(NCIC)
U.S. Geological Survey
507 National Center
Reston VA, Virginia 22092
USA
(703) 860-6045
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Claire Hanson
CIRES, Campus Box 449
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309
USA
(303) 492-1834
FAX (303) 492-2468
Contact: World Data Center A for Glaciology
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA
(818)-354-5011
National Environmental Satellite Data and
Information Service (NESDIC) National Climatic
Center (NCC)
Satellite Data Service Division (SDSD)
NOAA/NESDIC/NCDC
Princeton Executive Square, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20233
USA
(301) 763-8400, (301) 763-8111
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/SDSD Satellite Data
Services Division, NOAA
5627 Allantown Road
Camp Springs MD, Maryland 20746
USA
National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
User Services Branch
NOAA/NESDIC E/OC21
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20235
USA
(202) 606-4549
FAX (202) 606-4586
RADARSAT INTERNATIONAL INC.
ORDER DESK
Building D, Suite 200,
3851 Shell Road,
Richmond, B.C.
CANADA V6X 2W2
604-244-0400
FAX 604-244-0404
RADARSAT International
275 Slater Street
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1P-5H9
(613) 238-5424
FAX (613) 238-5425
EROS Data Center
Mundt Federal Building
Sioux Falls SD, South Dakota 57198
USA
(605) 594-6151
FAX (605) 594-6589
The Eurimage Operations Office
ESA-ESRIN
c/o Earthnet
C.P. 64, Via G.Galilei
00044 Frascati
Italy
(39) 6-94180218/9
FAX (39) 6-9426285
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS)
588 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0Y7
Canada
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS)
Prince Albert Receiving Station
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan S6V 5S7
(306) 764-3602
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
(CCRS, NRCan)
SATELLITE OPERATIONS CENTRE,
ORDER DESK
588 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1A 0Y7
(613)990-8033
FAX (613)991-5538
Products and Services Division
Surveys, Mapping, and Remote
Sensing Sector (SMRSS/EMR)
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
615 Booth Street, Room 400
Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1A 0E4
Tel. (613) 995-2123
Fax. (613) 995-6001
User Summary Tapes
Electronic Data Dissemination Division
Statistics Canada
9th Floor, R.H. Coates Building
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
(613) 951-8200
The Manager
AUSMAP Data Unit
P.O. Box 2
BELCONNEN ACT 2617
AUSTRALIA
Earth Observation Data Centre (EODC)
Royal Aerospace Establishment (RAE)
VECK, NICK J.
National Remote Sensing Centre
Limited (NRSC)
North Gate Road
Farnborough
Hampshire GU14 6TW
UK
Phone: 0252 541464
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)
Space Department
Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
Hants GU14 6TD
United Kingdom
tel. (0252) 541464
NLR National Lucht- en
Ruimtevaartlaboratorium NLR
National Point of Contact (NPOC)
postbus 153
8300 AD Emmeloord
the Netherlands
05274-8255
FAX 05274-8210
INPE Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
SILVA, VERA LUCIA AZEVEDO
INPE - DGI
Rod. Dutra, Km 40
12630-000 Cachoeira Paulista, SP
Brazil
+55.125.61-1507
FAX +55.125.61-2088
RESTEC Remote Sensing Technology Center
of Japan
Data Service Department
Remote Sensing Technology Center of
Japan
Uni-Roppongi Bldg. 7-15-17, Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106
Japan
Phone: 81-3-3403-1761
RU Rutgers University
MADRY, SCOTT
Cook College Remote Sensing Center
Global Dataset Project
Box 231, College Farm Road
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 09803-0231 USA
(908) 932-9631
FAX (908) 932-8644
SSC Stennis Space Center, NASA
WALTERS, DAVID
Stennis Space Center
Earth Resources Lab
SSC MS, Mississippi 39529
USA
1-601-688-1763
SSC SATELLITBILD Swedish Space
Corporation Satellitbild
CUSTOMERS SERVICES,
SSC Satellitbild
P.O. Box 816
S-981 28 KIRUNA, Sweden
Office, Rymdhuset
+46 980 12140
FAX +46 980 16044
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing
Centre (NERSC)
NILSEN, AAGE
Edv. Griegsvei 3a
5037 Solheimsvik, Bergen
Norway
+47 5 200050, +47 5 297288
Atmospheric Environment Service (AES)
SKINNER, WALTER
Environment Canada
4905 Dufferin Street
Downsview, Ontario
Canada M3H 5T4
(416)739-4327
FAX (416)739-4297
Atlantic Geoscience Centre/RR (AGC)
MCNAB, RON F.
Geological Survey of Canada, Energy,
Mines and Resources
P.O. Box 1006
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada B2Y 4A2
(902)426-5687
FAX (902)426-4266
GDC Geophysical Data Centre, Geological
Survey of Canada
TOD, JOAN
Geophysical Data Centre, Geophysics
Division
Geological Survey of Canada, Energy,
Mines & Resources
1 Observatory Crescent, Building 5
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1A 0Y3
(613)992-6438
FAX (613)992-2787
AODC Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
SEARLE, BEN
Hydrographic Office, RAN
P.O. Box 1332
North Sydney, NSW 2059
Australia
(02) 925. 4230
CNODC China National Oceanographic Data
Center
CNODC, DATA MANAGEMENT
DIVISION
State Oceanographic Administration
77 Qiwei Road
Hedong District
Tianjin, China
244161, Tianjin, China
FAX 314408, Tianjin, China
GDCEDC GALE, ERICA Data Center,
Drexel University
BROWNE, CHUCK
GALE/ERICA Data Center
Department of Physics and
Atmospheric Science
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
(215) 895-2786
INODC Indian National Oceanographic Data
Centre
REMOTE SENSING SECTION, NIO
National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula, Goa 403 004
India
6253-56
KUDA Kuwait Data Archive (KUDA)
HAGGERTY, JULIE
Kuwait Data Archive
National Center for Atmospheric
Research
ATD/RAF
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
303-497-1029, 303-497-1058
FAX 303-497-1092
CDDIS Crustal Dynamics Data Information
System
NOLL, CAREY E.
Bldg. 28 - Rm. W186D
Code 935
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSFC)
Greenbelt, Md. 20771
USA
(301) - 286-9283
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Subject: List of Institutes/Organizations and the Data they supply
List of Institutes/Organizations and the Data they supply
Taken from Wim's report on CDROM's - online at www.itc.nl. It's not
comprehensive but it's the best single list I'm aware of!
Not alphabetic, but important enough to list here
Dr. Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit
Climate Change Data ($950!)
Cliff Mass, Dept. of Atmos. Sci.
World Weather Disc ($295)
J. Le Ber, Meteosat Data Service, European Space Agency
Meteosat Images on CD-ROM, 1986 to 1991 (price unknown)
ZedX, Inc.
High Resolution Climatology ($199/variable) (Floppy disc)
National Oceanographic Data Center
Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity (2 discs, $80 each or $124/both)
C. Kreitzberg, Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Science
GALE and ERICA datasets (2 discs, price not known)
World Data Center A for Glaciology [Snow and Ice]
DMSP SSM/I Brightness Temperature Grids for the Polar Regions
DMSP SSM/I Ice Concentration Grids for the Polar Regions
Nimbus-7 SMMR Polar Radiances
Eastern Arctic Ice
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)
CD-ROM Snow Cover Data
NWS/NOHRSC US and southern Canada Snow cover data ($200 each year)
Steve Williams, sfw@ncar.ucar.edu
STORM-FEST data (3 discs, price unknown)
NSSDC (NASA Space Science Data Center)
voyager + viking + magellan images. (cheap!)
CATALOG from request@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
GEDEX (Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment)(price not known)
CD-ROM, Inc
hundreds of discs of earth, space and sea science data intended for school use
CATALOG free
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
trace gas emissions (magnetic tape)
atmospheric data
carbon-dioxide data
climate data
greenhouse-gas data
CATALOG via ftp cdiac.esd.ornl.gov
Langley Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)
atmospheric chemistry data (tape + CD-ROM)
NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)
Astronomical and atmospheric data
TOMS (Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer) Nimbus-7
CD-ROMs with TOMS data
-- Gridded ozone data for 1978-1988 (one CD-ROM)
-- TOMS ozone images for 1978-1991 (one CD-ROM)
-- A copy of these CD-ROMs is at NCAR; NASA is the source
Planatary data (typically $20 + $6 for each additional CD)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
400 datasets available (on various media)
CATALOG ncardata.ucar.edu:catalogs/nondss/gedex
NMC gridpoint dataset ($150)
E-MAIL datahelp@ncar.ucar.edu
National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
National Climate Info System ($50)
National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
Various discs available
DEMs, small scale coverage for US, geophysics
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)/
Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
USGS Open File Section
Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
US (Department of the Interior,) Geological Survey (USGS)
USA 1:2000000 topological map
Digital Chart of the World
DEMs
High resolution bathymetry and selected geoscience data
for the Monterey Bay region.
Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN)
Surface water conditions in US
Hydro-Climatic Data Network Information Disk
CATALOG in ftp srv1rvares.er.usgs.gov:/hcdn92
Chadwyck-Healey Ltd, UK
Digital Chart of the World
Randal Davis, University of Colorado LASP
25,000 raw Voyager photos in 800x800 256-color format
(12 disks!)
Geological Survey of Japan
Geological Map of Japan 1:1.000.000
Joint Education Initiative (JEdI)
Antarctica AVHRR
Bureau of Electronic Publishing
Government Raster Image Processing Software (GRIPS-2)
Alaska AVHRR
SPOT Image Corporation
EDUSPOT, containing 40 SPOT scenes for educational purposes
4 CD-ROMs, covering parts of Europe, price 18750 FF (!!)
EOSAT
National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC)
DEMs
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
SMM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
AVIRIS (Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer)
Satellite Data Service Division (SDSD)
NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
AVHRR
GOES
SMM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
RADARSAT International
ERS1-SAR
MSS
EROS Data Center
Conterminous US, composed mosaics of AVHRR
MSS
ERS
ERS1-SAR
Surveys, Mapping, and Remote Sensing Sector Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Digital Chart of the World
Subject: Data Available at the ORNL DAAC
From: Curry J W
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:04:12 -0400
Biogeochemical Dynamics - the ORNL DAAC
ORNL DAAC Home Page URL - http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center
(DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics is an integral part of the nine NASA
Earth Observing Data and Information System (EOSDIS) DAACs. In general
terms, biogeochemical dynamics can be described as the biological and
chemical interactions among the elements that comprise the Earth system. The
DAAC is operated within the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL with the
advantage of access to staff conducting research and assessments on
biogeochemical dynamics as related to global change issues. Data at the
ORNL DAAC are of interest to the global change research community, policy
makers, educators, and to the public at large.
Users may request information through the EOSDIS Wide Information Management
System (IMS), directly through the local ORNL DAAC IMS; through the
ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME, or by contacting the User
Services Office. Access instructions are provided at the end of this
message.
-----------------
Data Availability
-----------------
The ORNL DAAC currently archives and distributes data from CDIAC
(Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center), from the FIFE, OTTER
& SNF research projects, and various hydrological data sets. Future
data holdings include information gathered from the BOREAS project.
Additionally, the ORNL DAAC is currently working with the FIFE Follow-on
project investigators to receive and distribute additional FIFE data.
A pilot project, coordinated with the International Geosphere Biosphere
Program (IGBP), has been initiated to develop a global terrestrial net
primary productivity reference database. Plans are also underway for
acquiring background data for an international Amazon Basin field
investigation. Additional information about our data holdings, both
current and future, are provided below.
-----
CDIAC
-----
The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) provides information
related to atmospheric trace-gas concentrations and global climate change.
CDIAC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to support the Global
Change Research Program and is located at ORNL. The preponderance of the
data deal with historic and atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane
concentrations and historic weather and climate readings from throughout the
world. Thus, CDIAC data are relevant to the DAAC user community.
CDIAC datasets are maintained by CDIAC; however, the user community can
access these data on-line through the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS, the ORNL
DAAC IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME
----
FIFE
----
The First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project)
Field Experiment (FIFE) was conducted on the Konza Prairie located just
outside of Manhattan, Kansas, USA, during the summer of 1987 and 1989. The
FIFE project is part of NASA's plan to develop a physically-based approach
to the use of satellite remote-sensing systems. Project data include:
fluxes of heat, moisture, CO2 and radiation measured with surface and
airborne equipment; soil moisture data; atmospheric boundary layer data;
vegetative indices; surface radiance and biological data; and satellite
measurements: AVHRR, LANDSAT, SPOT, GOES.
FIFE tabular data are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME.
-----
OTTER
-----
The purpose of the Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research (OTTER) Project was to
estimate major fluxes of carbon, nitrogen, and water in forest ecosystems
using an ecosystem-process model driven by remotely-sensed data. Study
sites included a coastal forest of western hemlock; a mid-elevation forest
of mature Douglas fir; and an inland forest of ponderosa. Meteorological
data and remotely-sensed measurements of foliar nitrogen and leaf area index
drove the model, while field measurements of monthly changes in canopy leaf
area, photosynthetic capacity, stomatal conductance, foliage biochemistry,
litterfall, and other components of plant production were used to validate
the model. Each site was instrumented for continuous measurement of surface
meteorology and monitored frequently for carbon exchange, nutrient cycling
rates, and water transport. ASAS, AVHRR, AVIRIS, TMS aircraft and satellite
measurements data were also compiled for the project.
OTTER tabular data are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface,
BIOME.
--------------------------------------------------------
Hydrological Data Sets
(formerly held at the Marshall Space Flight Center DAAC)
--------------------------------------------------------
- Amazon River Basin Precipitation Data Set
This is a 0.2 degree gridded monthly precipitation data set from
January 1972 through December 1992, based upon monthly precipitation data
from Peru and Brazil. It includes empirical and modeling studies of
rainfall and runoff from sample hillslopes to the entire Amazon basin.
The purpose of the research project which generated these data was to
understand the biogeochemistry, hydrology, and sedimentation of the Amazon
River and its drainage basin. The Amazon was chosen as the first target
in the study of Earth's continental scale river systems, which represent
some of the largest and most dynamic environmental units on the planet.
- GISS Matthews Wetlands Database and Methane Emmission
This is a global database of wetlands a 1-degree resolution and
calculated methane emissions. The wetlands database was developed from
the integration of three independent global, digital sources:
(1) vegetation, (2) soil properties, and (3) fractional innundation in
each 1-degree cell. The integration yielded a global distribution of
wetland sites identified with in-situ ecological and environmental
characteristics. The wetland sites have been classed into five major
wetland groups on the basis of environmental characteristics governing
methane emissions. The global wetland area derived in this study is
~5.3 x 10(12) m(2), approximately twice the wetland area previously used
in methane-emission studies. Methane emission was calculated using
methane fluxes for the major wetland groups, and simple assumptions about
the duration of the methane-production season.
- Hydro-Climatic Data Network: Streamflow Data Set
A streamflow data set specifically suitable for the study of
surface-water conditions throughout the U.S. The data set consists of
streamflow records for 1,659 sites throughout the U.S. and its
Territories, for the period 1874-1988.
- Wallis, Lettenmaier, and Wood Hydroclimatology
A daily hydro-meterological data set for the continental U.S. The data
are from 1,009 USGS streamflow stations, and 1,036 NOAA climatological
stations, for which long term (1948-1988) observations have been
assembled into a consistent daily data set, with missing observations
estimated using a simple closest station prorating rule. Care was taken
in the selection of the streamflow stations to assure that the records
were free from regulation. The climatological stations are a subset of
the Historical Climatology Network (HCN) for which monthly data are
described by Quinlan et al (1987).
These data sets are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface,
BIOME.
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Superior National Forest (SNF)
------------------------------
This project conducted by NASA, was an intensive remote sensing and field
study of the boreal forest in the Superior National Forest (SNF), near Ely,
Minnesota. The purpose of the experiment was to investigate the ability of
remote sensing to provide estimates of biophysical properties of ecosystems,
such as leaf area index (LAI), biomass and net primary productivity (NPP).
The study area covered a 50 x 50 km area centered at approximately 48 degrees
North latitude and 92 degrees West longitude in northeastern Minnesota at the
southern edge of the North American boreal forest. The SNF is mostly covered by
boreal forest. Boreal forests were chosen for this project because of their
relative taxonomic simplicity, their great extent, and their potential
sensitivity to climatic change. Satellite, aircraft, helicopter and ground
observations were obtained for the study area. These data comprise a unique
dataset for the investigation of the relationships between the radiometric
and biophysical properties of vegetated canopies. This is perhaps the most
complete dataset of its type ever collected over a forested region. Detailed
vegetation data were collected on the ground for about 100 sampled sites. These
sites represent a range of stand density and age for spruce and aspen and also
include jackpine and mixed stands.
The SNF data sets are available through the local ORNL DAAC IMS, and the
ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME. Access via the System-Wide
IMS is expected shortly.
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BOREAS
------
The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) was initiated in 1990 to
investigate the interactions between the boreal forest biome and the
atmosphere. Surface, airborne, and satellite based observations are being
used to develop techniques to measure biological and physical processes and
conditions that govern the exchanges of energy, water, heat, carbon, and
trace gases between boreal forest ecosystems and the atmosphere,
particularly those processes that may be sensitive to global change.
Remote-sensing techniques, along with field measurements, are being used to
develop and test models and algorithms in order to transfer the
understanding of processes from the local to regional scale. The
investigation is being conducted in the boreal forest of Canada and is
scheduled for completion in 1997. Intensive Field Campaigns (IFCs) were
conducted throughout the summer of 1994.
BOREAS data will be transferred to the ORNL DAAC as the investigators
complete documentation, quality assurance, and within-project integration
and verification.
------------------------------
Net Primary Productivity (NPP)
------------------------------
A global terrestrial Net Primary Production (NPP) reference database is
being compiled by the ORNL DAAC in coordination with the International
Geosphere Biosphere Program. Field measurements from worldwide sites
provide parameterization and validation data needed in support of modeling
global primary production and other applications. Currently there are
detailed biomass dynamics, climate, and site data for 13 grassland
representing 6 biomes in the database with over 150 site-year-treatment
combinations and an average of 30 years of climate data for each site. An
important component of the database is an abstract of each site with
investigator contact information and a list of key references for each site.
Pending final approval from the Principal Investigators (PI's), release
to the overall user community is expected soon. A notification will be
posted to the appropriate USENET groups/Listservs upon release.
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World Wide Web Home Page
------------------------
The ORNL DAAC World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page contains detailed information
regarding the ORNL DAAC, EOSDIS, data holdings, and links to many other
relevant sources of information. The ORNL Home Page can be accessed at the
following location:
http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
-------------------
Accessing ORNL Data
-------------------
Users can search and order data through the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS linked to
all of the DAAC's or through the ORNL DAAC IMS, which is tailored to meet
needs of users seeking ecologically-related data specifically held at
the ORNL DAAC. In order to access either IMS systems via a Graphical
User Interface (GUI), you must be using either a workstation or a PC/MAC
running X-terminal emulation software.
To access the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS: telnet eosims.ornl.gov 12345
To access the ORNL DAAC IMS: telnet ornlims.ornl.gov 6493
Also, the ORNL DAAC offers access to its data products through BIOME, the
Biogeochemical Information Ordering Management Environment. BIOME is
the ORNL DAAC World Wide Web (WWW) based interface and users may search
for data by performing a variety of different searches including:
keyword, subject name, geographic name, geographic region selection from
a map, or by data attributes (dataset name, investigator, project,
parameter, sensor, or source).
The URL for BIOME is:
http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/BIOME/biome.html
Data are available from the ORNL DAAC on a wide variety of media formats.
Both OTTER and FIFE data are currently available on a 5 volume CD-ROM set.
Wallis, Lettenmaier, and Wood Hydroclimatology and Hydro-Climatic Data
Network: Streamflow Data Set are also available on CD-ROM.
Please contact the ORNL DAAC User Services Office for additional information.
Merilyn J. Gentry
Jerry W. Curry
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
P.O. Box 2008, MS 6490
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6490
Voice: 423-241-3952 Fax: 423-574-4665
Internet: ornldaac@ornl.gov or ornl@eos.nasa.gov
Updated 09/16/96
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Jerry Curry - Research Associate curryjw@ornl.gov
ORNL DAAC User Services Office (423)241-3952 (Ph)
P.O. Box 2008, MS 6407 (423)574-4665 (Fax)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6407
ORNL DAAC Home Page URL - http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
Export Compliance: This information made available under the General
Technical Data Available (GTDA) general license.
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Subject: Data Available at the ORNL DAAC
From: Curry J W
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:00:05 -0400
Biogeochemical Dynamics - the ORNL DAAC
ORNL DAAC Home Page URL - http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center
(DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics is an integral part of the nine NASA
Earth Observing Data and Information System (EOSDIS) DAACs. In general
terms, biogeochemical dynamics can be described as the biological and
chemical interactions among the elements that comprise the Earth system. The
DAAC is operated within the Environmental Sciences Division at ORNL with the
advantage of access to staff conducting research and assessments on
biogeochemical dynamics as related to global change issues. Data at the
ORNL DAAC are of interest to the global change research community, policy
makers, educators, and to the public at large.
Users may request information through the EOSDIS Wide Information Management
System (IMS), directly through the local ORNL DAAC IMS; through the
ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME, or by contacting the User
Services Office. Access instructions are provided at the end of this
message.
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Data Availability
-----------------
The ORNL DAAC currently archives and distributes data from CDIAC
(Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center), from the FIFE, OTTER
& SNF research projects, and various hydrological data sets. Future
data holdings include information gathered from the BOREAS project.
Additionally, the ORNL DAAC is currently working with the FIFE Follow-on
project investigators to receive and distribute additional FIFE data.
A pilot project, coordinated with the International Geosphere Biosphere
Program (IGBP), has been initiated to develop a global terrestrial net
primary productivity reference database. Plans are also underway for
acquiring background data for an international Amazon Basin field
investigation. Additional information about our data holdings, both
current and future, are provided below.
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CDIAC
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The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) provides information
related to atmospheric trace-gas concentrations and global climate change.
CDIAC is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to support the Global
Change Research Program and is located at ORNL. The preponderance of the
data deal with historic and atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane
concentrations and historic weather and climate readings from throughout the
world. Thus, CDIAC data are relevant to the DAAC user community.
CDIAC datasets are maintained by CDIAC; however, the user community can
access these data on-line through the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS, the ORNL
DAAC IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME
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FIFE
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The First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project)
Field Experiment (FIFE) was conducted on the Konza Prairie located just
outside of Manhattan, Kansas, USA, during the summer of 1987 and 1989. The
FIFE project is part of NASA's plan to develop a physically-based approach
to the use of satellite remote-sensing systems. Project data include:
fluxes of heat, moisture, CO2 and radiation measured with surface and
airborne equipment; soil moisture data; atmospheric boundary layer data;
vegetative indices; surface radiance and biological data; and satellite
measurements: AVHRR, LANDSAT, SPOT, GOES.
FIFE tabular data are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME.
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OTTER
-----
The purpose of the Oregon Transect Ecosystem Research (OTTER) Project was to
estimate major fluxes of carbon, nitrogen, and water in forest ecosystems
using an ecosystem-process model driven by remotely-sensed data. Study
sites included a coastal forest of western hemlock; a mid-elevation forest
of mature Douglas fir; and an inland forest of ponderosa. Meteorological
data and remotely-sensed measurements of foliar nitrogen and leaf area index
drove the model, while field measurements of monthly changes in canopy leaf
area, photosynthetic capacity, stomatal conductance, foliage biochemistry,
litterfall, and other components of plant production were used to validate
the model. Each site was instrumented for continuous measurement of surface
meteorology and monitored frequently for carbon exchange, nutrient cycling
rates, and water transport. ASAS, AVHRR, AVIRIS, TMS aircraft and satellite
measurements data were also compiled for the project.
OTTER tabular data are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface,
BIOME.
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Hydrological Data Sets
(formerly held at the Marshall Space Flight Center DAAC)
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- Amazon River Basin Precipitation Data Set
This is a 0.2 degree gridded monthly precipitation data set from
January 1972 through December 1992, based upon monthly precipitation data
from Peru and Brazil. It includes empirical and modeling studies of
rainfall and runoff from sample hillslopes to the entire Amazon basin.
The purpose of the research project which generated these data was to
understand the biogeochemistry, hydrology, and sedimentation of the Amazon
River and its drainage basin. The Amazon was chosen as the first target
in the study of Earth's continental scale river systems, which represent
some of the largest and most dynamic environmental units on the planet.
- GISS Matthews Wetlands Database and Methane Emmission
This is a global database of wetlands a 1-degree resolution and
calculated methane emissions. The wetlands database was developed from
the integration of three independent global, digital sources:
(1) vegetation, (2) soil properties, and (3) fractional innundation in
each 1-degree cell. The integration yielded a global distribution of
wetland sites identified with in-situ ecological and environmental
characteristics. The wetland sites have been classed into five major
wetland groups on the basis of environmental characteristics governing
methane emissions. The global wetland area derived in this study is
~5.3 x 10(12) m(2), approximately twice the wetland area previously used
in methane-emission studies. Methane emission was calculated using
methane fluxes for the major wetland groups, and simple assumptions about
the duration of the methane-production season.
- Hydro-Climatic Data Network: Streamflow Data Set
A streamflow data set specifically suitable for the study of
surface-water conditions throughout the U.S. The data set consists of
streamflow records for 1,659 sites throughout the U.S. and its
Territories, for the period 1874-1988.
- Wallis, Lettenmaier, and Wood Hydroclimatology
A daily hydro-meterological data set for the continental U.S. The data
are from 1,009 USGS streamflow stations, and 1,036 NOAA climatological
stations, for which long term (1948-1988) observations have been
assembled into a consistent daily data set, with missing observations
estimated using a simple closest station prorating rule. Care was taken
in the selection of the streamflow stations to assure that the records
were free from regulation. The climatological stations are a subset of
the Historical Climatology Network (HCN) for which monthly data are
described by Quinlan et al (1987).
These data sets are available on-line through the local ORNL DAAC IMS,
the System-Wide IMS, and the ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface,
BIOME.
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Superior National Forest (SNF)
------------------------------
This project conducted by NASA, was an intensive remote sensing and field
study of the boreal forest in the Superior National Forest (SNF), near Ely,
Minnesota. The purpose of the experiment was to investigate the ability of
remote sensing to provide estimates of biophysical properties of ecosystems,
such as leaf area index (LAI), biomass and net primary productivity (NPP).
The study area covered a 50 x 50 km area centered at approximately 48 degrees
North latitude and 92 degrees West longitude in northeastern Minnesota at the
southern edge of the North American boreal forest. The SNF is mostly covered by
boreal forest. Boreal forests were chosen for this project because of their
relative taxonomic simplicity, their great extent, and their potential
sensitivity to climatic change. Satellite, aircraft, helicopter and ground
observations were obtained for the study area. These data comprise a unique
dataset for the investigation of the relationships between the radiometric
and biophysical properties of vegetated canopies. This is perhaps the most
complete dataset of its type ever collected over a forested region. Detailed
vegetation data were collected on the ground for about 100 sampled sites. These
sites represent a range of stand density and age for spruce and aspen and also
include jackpine and mixed stands.
The SNF data sets are available through the local ORNL DAAC IMS, and the
ORNL DAAC WWW Search & Order Interface, BIOME. Access via the System-Wide
IMS is expected shortly.
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BOREAS
------
The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) was initiated in 1990 to
investigate the interactions between the boreal forest biome and the
atmosphere. Surface, airborne, and satellite based observations are being
used to develop techniques to measure biological and physical processes and
conditions that govern the exchanges of energy, water, heat, carbon, and
trace gases between boreal forest ecosystems and the atmosphere,
particularly those processes that may be sensitive to global change.
Remote-sensing techniques, along with field measurements, are being used to
develop and test models and algorithms in order to transfer the
understanding of processes from the local to regional scale. The
investigation is being conducted in the boreal forest of Canada and is
scheduled for completion in 1997. Intensive Field Campaigns (IFCs) were
conducted throughout the summer of 1994.
BOREAS data will be transferred to the ORNL DAAC as the investigators
complete documentation, quality assurance, and within-project integration
and verification.
------------------------------
Net Primary Productivity (NPP)
------------------------------
A global terrestrial Net Primary Production (NPP) reference database is
being compiled by the ORNL DAAC in coordination with the International
Geosphere Biosphere Program. Field measurements from worldwide sites
provide parameterization and validation data needed in support of modeling
global primary production and other applications. Currently there are
detailed biomass dynamics, climate, and site data for 13 grassland
representing 6 biomes in the database with over 150 site-year-treatment
combinations and an average of 30 years of climate data for each site. An
important component of the database is an abstract of each site with
investigator contact information and a list of key references for each site.
Pending final approval from the Principal Investigators (PI's), release
to the overall user community is expected soon. A notification will be
posted to the appropriate USENET groups/Listservs upon release.
------------------------
World Wide Web Home Page
------------------------
The ORNL DAAC World Wide Web (WWW) Home Page contains detailed information
regarding the ORNL DAAC, EOSDIS, data holdings, and links to many other
relevant sources of information. The ORNL Home Page can be accessed at the
following location:
http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
-------------------
Accessing ORNL Data
-------------------
Users can search and order data through the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS linked to
all of the DAAC's or through the ORNL DAAC IMS, which is tailored to meet
needs of users seeking ecologically-related data specifically held at
the ORNL DAAC. In order to access either IMS systems via a Graphical
User Interface (GUI), you must be using either a workstation or a PC/MAC
running X-terminal emulation software.
To access the EOSDIS System-Wide IMS: telnet eosims.ornl.gov 12345
To access the ORNL DAAC IMS: telnet ornlims.ornl.gov 6493
Also, the ORNL DAAC offers access to its data products through BIOME, the
Biogeochemical Information Ordering Management Environment. BIOME is
the ORNL DAAC World Wide Web (WWW) based interface and users may search
for data by performing a variety of different searches including:
keyword, subject name, geographic name, geographic region selection from
a map, or by data attributes (dataset name, investigator, project,
parameter, sensor, or source).
The URL for BIOME is:
http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov/BIOME/biome.html
Data are available from the ORNL DAAC on a wide variety of media formats.
Both OTTER and FIFE data are currently available on a 5 volume CD-ROM set.
Wallis, Lettenmaier, and Wood Hydroclimatology and Hydro-Climatic Data
Network: Streamflow Data Set are also available on CD-ROM.
Please contact the ORNL DAAC User Services Office for additional information.
Merilyn J. Gentry
Jerry W. Curry
ORNL DAAC User Services Office
P.O. Box 2008, MS 6490
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6490
Voice: 423-241-3952 Fax: 423-574-4665
Internet: ornldaac@ornl.gov or ornl@eos.nasa.gov
Updated 09/16/96
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jerry Curry - Research Associate curryjw@ornl.gov
ORNL DAAC User Services Office (423)241-3952 (Ph)
P.O. Box 2008, MS 6407 (423)574-4665 (Fax)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6407
ORNL DAAC Home Page URL - http://www-eosdis.ornl.gov
Export Compliance: This information made available under the General
Technical Data Available (GTDA) general license.
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