The search for HDF-EOS

Author

Ziskin, Daniel C.

Author_Institution

CEOSR, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

309

Abstract

Researchers were frustrated by the wide variety of data formats since it tended to create the need for customized data handling techniques for each data set. In the planning stages of the Earth Observing System (EOS) NASA responded to this issue by selecting a standard format for EOS generated, archived, or distributed data. NASA chose the Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). The format was expanded to better serve the EOS project as these extensions were designated HDF-EOS. This created the need to convert data into HDF-EOS for interaction within the EOS data system. This paper will describe the data conversion process and the difficulties encountered

Keywords

data handling; geographic information systems; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image coding; image processing; remote sensing; EOS; Earth Observing System; HDF; Hierarchical Data Format; NCSA; data format; data handling; geophysical measurement technique; image processing; land surface; remote sensing; standard format; terrain mapping; Data assimilation; Data conversion; Data handling; Data systems; Data visualization; Earth Observing System; Geoscience; Instruments; NASA; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.702888

Filename

702888