Title :
A Spatial Prescreening Technique for Earth Observation Data
Author :
Hua, Xin-Min ; Pan, Jianfu ; Ouzounov, Dimitar ; Lyapustin, Alexei ; Wang, Yujie ; Tewari, Krishna ; Leptoukh, Gregory ; Vollmer, Bruce
Author_Institution :
L-3 Commun., GSI, Chantilly, VA
Abstract :
We introduce a precise, efficient, and flexible spatial prescreening technique developed to support Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data subsetting in response to the requests of Aerosol Robotic Network researchers. The technique is capable of handling all MODIS data granules uniformly regardless of their locations on the Earth, with no special treatment required for dateline and pole crossing regions. It is easily adaptable to other problems where spatial prescreening is desired
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric techniques; remote sensing; Aerosol Robotic Network; EOS; Earth Observing System; Earth observation data; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; dateline region; pole crossing region; spatial prescreening technique; Aerosols; Atmospheric measurements; Earth; Instruments; MODIS; NASA; Oceans; Robots; Satellites; Sea measurements; Aerosols; algorithms; data processing; image processing; meteorology; prescreening; remote sensing; satellite applications; spatial subsetting; spherical geometry; terrestrial atmosphere;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LGRS.2006.886421
