Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-05-29

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781720407263

For BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS), the level-3s Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) data, along with the other remotely sensed images, were collected in order to provide spatially extensive information over the primary study areas. This information includes radiant energy, detailed land cover, and biophysical parameter maps such as Fraction of Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FPAR) and Leaf Area Index (LAI). The SPOT images acquired for the BOREAS project were selected primarily to fill temporal gaps in the Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image data collection. CCRS collected and supplied the level-3s images to BOREAS Information System (BORIS) for use in the remote sensing research activities. Spatially, the level-3s images cover 60- by 60-km portions of the BOREAS Northern Study Area (NSA) and Southern Study Area (SSA). Temporally, the images cover the period of 17-Apr-1994 to 30-Aug-1996. The images are available in binary image format files. Due to copyright issues, the SPOT images may not be publicly available.Strub, Richard and Nickeson, Jaime and Newcomer, Jeffrey A. and Hall, Forrest G. (Editor) and Cihlar, JosefGoddard Space Flight CenterECOSYSTEMS; RADIANCE; GROUND STATIONS; THEMATIC MAPPERS (LANDSAT); DATA ACQUISITION; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; REMOTE SENSING; LEAF AREA INDEX; RADIOMETRIC CORRECTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL BANDS