Title :
Generation of data acquisition requests for the ASTER satellite instrument for monitoring a globally distributed target: glaciers
Author :
Raup, Bruce H. ; Kieffer, Hugh H. ; Hare, Trent M. ; Kargel, Jeffrey S.
Author_Institution :
US Geol. Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
fDate :
3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) instrument is scheduled to be launched on the EOS Terra platform in 1999. The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space project has planned to acquire ASTER images of most of the world´s land ice annually during the six-year ASTER mission. This article describes the process of creating the data acquisition requests needed to cover approximately 170000 glacier targets
Keywords :
glaciology; hydrological techniques; remote sensing; ASTER; Global Land Ice Measurements from Space; IR imaging; advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer; data acquisition planning; data acquisition request; glacier; glaciology; globally distributed target; hydrology; infrared; land ice; measurement technique; optical imaging; satellite remote sensing; visible; Data acquisition; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geographic Information Systems; Ice; Instruments; Monitoring; Radiometry; Reflection; Satellite broadcasting; Timing;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
