The MODIS operational geolocation error analysis and reduction early results

Author

Wolfe, Robert E. ; Nishihama, Masahiro ; Fleig, Albert J. ; Unger, Joshua M. ; Roy, David P.

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2065

Abstract

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) was launched December 1999 on the polar orbiting Terra satellite and since February 2000 has been acquiring earth observation data. The Terra satellite has onboard exterior orientation (position and attitude) measurement systems designed to enable unaided navigation of MODIS data to within approximately 150 m (1σ) at nadir. A global network of ground control points will be used to improve the navigation to approximately 50 m (1σ). This approach allows an operational characterization of the MODIS geolocation errors and enables individual MODIS observations to be geolocated to the sub-pixel accuracies required for terrestrial global change applications

Keywords

error analysis; geophysical signal processing; geophysical techniques; image registration; remote sensing; terrain mapping; IR; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; Terra; atmosphere; attitude; data reduction; geolocated; geolocation; geolocation errors; geophysical measurement technique; ground control point; image registration; infrared; land surface; meteorology; ocean; onboard exterior orientation; operational characterization; operational geolocation error analysis; satellite remote sensing; sea surface; sub-pixel accuracy; terrain mapping; visible; Change detection algorithms; Earth; Error analysis; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; MODIS; NASA; Position measurement; Satellite broadcasting; Satellite navigation systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858273

Filename

858273