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NASA Landsat Data Collection Project/Campaign Document

Summary:

The NASA Landsat Data Collection (NLDC) is a compilation of Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) scenes and Landsat thematic mapper (TM) scenes. This compilation of scenes represents data collections from four distinct projects including: (1) the Global Change Landsat Data Collection (GCLDC); (2) the Humid Tropical Forest Project (HTFP) collection of source scenes and products; (3) a collection of data from the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research (CENR) [formerly the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (CEES)] historically referred to as the CEES collection; and (4) ongoing NASA Landsat data purchases starting with the 1996 fiscal year. The NLDC scenes have been screened for cloud cover and band quality resulting in a high grade, high quality data compilation.

Table of Contents:

1. Project/Campaign Overview:

Name of Project/Campaign:

NASA Landsat Data Collection, NLDC

Project/Campaign Introduction:

Data collections from one or more sensors housed onboard various satellites in the Landsat series are contained in the NLDC data set. These data collections are the result of data acquisition requirements for several distinct projects including the GCLDC collection; the HTFP collection of source scenes and products; a collection of data from CENR (formerly CEES) historically referred to as the CEES collection; and ongoing NASA Landsat data purchases starting with the 1996 fiscal year.

The GCLDC collection contains Landsat TM scenes that were purchased by NASA from the Earth Observing Satellite Company (EOSAT) under a special agreement to promote the use of shared data in global change research. The HTFP, the largest component of NASA's Landsat Pathfinder Program, contains Landsat MSS and TM scenes collected over the past 20 years. The goal of the HTFP is to globally map deforestation in the humid tropical forests. The CEES collection is the result of an effort to coordinate data needs among several Federal agencies (e.g., Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior agencies, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Defense). These Landsat TM scenes were collected for a variety of research projects. Ongoing NASA purchases of Landsat TM data support NASA scientists and their affiliated researchers in programs and projects including the NASA Research and Applications Program; the Global Land Cover Test Sites Project (GLCTS); the Humid Tropical Forest Project; the International Biosphere-Geosphere Programme (IGBP), and the NASA Applications Program.

The NLDC scenes have been screened for cloud cover and band quality resulting in a high grade, high quality data compilation. Only the U.S. Government and its Affiliated Users (USGAU) may order NLDC-archive Landsat TM data with an acquisition date from 10 years old to the present. Otherwise, there are no order restrictions on either the Landsat MSS data or the Landsat TM data contained in the NLDC data set.

Project/Campaign Mission Objectives:

The primary mission objective is to promote interdisciplinary global change studies by providing low cost or no cost data to researchers.

Discipline(s):

The NLDC's MSS and TM data are applicable to a broad range of disciplinary remote sensing projects (e.g., deforestation, pollution, ecological, and Earth science studies).

Geographic Region(s):

Data over a variety of coverage areas were selected for inclusion in the NLDC archive.

GCLDC Coverage Area (23 kb)

HTFP Coverage Area, Landsat Satellites 1, 2, and 3 (23 kb)

HTFP Coverage Area, Landsat Satellites 4 and 5 (23 kb)

CEES Coverage Area (23 kb)

Ongoing NASA Landsat Data Purchases Coverage Area: Data purchases are in the early stages. The largest portion of ongoing purchases is in support of, but not limited to, the Humid Tropical Forest Project (see the HTFP Coverage Area graphic).

Detailed Project/Campaign Description:

The NLDC data set is comprised of four project components:

GCLDC: The GCLDC is the result of an agreement between NASA and EOSAT, which provided for the sharing of Landsat TM scenes for use in global change research. The GCLDC is comprised of an eclectic collection of scenes assembled to support a wide range of global change studies including projects from the Landsat Pathfinder Program. Additional non-GCLDC TM data may be available over the study areas, but different pricing and data usage restrictions may apply.

Though the GCLDC contains selected Landsat TM scenes with a temporal range from 1984 to 1993, the bulk of the collection's scenes range from 1989 to 1992.

The GCLDC TM scenes covering tropical forest regions in Brazil, central Africa, and Indonesia were collected for a single epoch to study deforestation utilizing geographic information system (GIS) technology. Other regional studies requiring data for a single epoch included a study of older forest growth in the Pacific Northwest; a study to determine pollution damage to forest sites in eastern Europe; and a study of arid regions in Africa including the Sahel.

Data collected over the Russian Boreal Forest provided multitemporal coverage for studying pollution damage. In addition, Landsat TM data provided multitemporal coverage for study over National Science Foundation (NSF) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites; for NASA field experiments; and for test sites from a preliminary listing of coverages compiled by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) science team to be used as a base for future EOS Program studies.

Test sites for the EOS Program were selected over every Continent, and portions of the data collected over some of these test sites reside in the GCLDC archive. These data may be used for a variety of land cover and land use applications. The original purpose for the collection of test-site data was for the validation of algorithms to be used for processing MODIS and other EOS data with the plan that these data also could be used as part of ongoing studies by the remote sensing data user community (e.g., studies from the IGBP or NSF's LTER program which was established to conduct and facilitate long-term ecological research in the United States in order to further the understanding of general ecological phenomena which occur over long temporal and broad spatial scales; to document long-term experiments and observations; to conduct major synthesis and theoretical efforts; and to provide information for the identification and solution of societal problems).

HTFP: The amount of carbon held in terrestrial ecosystems has changed as a result of direct human effects of land use (e.g., deforestation) and indirect human effects on ecosystems (e.g., increased concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide or climate change). These direct and indirect human effects influence changes in ecosystem metabolism. At the present time, the net flux of carbon between the biota and atmosphere due to land use change (deforestation) can be calculated with more confidence than changes in carbon storage associated with large-scale changes in ecosystem metabolism. This is because of the large difference in biomass between forests and the agricultural systems which replace them and because deforestation and reforestation can be readily documented and quantified (particularly if utilizing remote sensing data).

Most of the world's deforestation has occurred in the following regions: the Amazon Basin, central Africa, and southeast Asia. Mapping deforestation in these three areas accounts for the majority of deforestation activities taking place in closed tropical forests worldwide and accounts for approximately 75 to 80 percent of the current net biotic flux of carbon.

As the largest component of NASA's Landsat Pathfinder Program, the HTFP contains Landsat MSS and TM scenes collected over approximately the last 20 years with the goal to globally map deforestation in the tropical forests. The focus of the project is: (1) to use Landsat data to map deforestation in closed tropical forests at a sub-kilometer resolution for a base period (e.g., 1986); (2) to use Landsat data to quantify and map the rate of deforestation by mapping the change from other time periods (e.g., 1975, 1992); and (3) to create a Landsat data set, to provide science products for distribution in a digital GIS format, and to develop an information management system (IMS) to manage data orders, data archiving, product processing, and product distribution.

The HTFP is a collaborative project between the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire; the Department of Geography at the University of Maryland; and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) program and the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) initiative, funding for HTFP is provided predominantly by NASA with support from the Environmental Protection Agency and from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Mapping Division.

The two university laboratories manage the project and perform the analyses. The University of Maryland is primarily responsible for geographic coverage and analysis of data covering non-Brazilian Amazon areas and areas in central Africa. The University of New Hampshire is primarily responsible for geographic coverage and analysis of data covering areas in the Brazilian Amazon and southeast Asia. The University of New Hampshire also is responsible for selecting, ordering, and archiving project data and for managing all preprocessing of the data. The U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center provides preprocessing support and provides MSS data from the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive.

For further information on the HTFP, see the NASA Landsat Pathfinder Project Information web page.

CEES: The CENR, formerly CEES, is a committee that coordinates activities of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The focus of the USGCRP is the scientific study of the Earth system and its components including global change research. This research contributes to fundamental scientific knowledge; improves the capabilities for documenting and assessing potential changes in the Earth system and the implications of those changes; and assists in the development of improved predictions of events.

The CEES collection is comprised of Landsat TM data with a temporal range from 1986 to 1994, and is the result of an effort to coordinate data needs among several Federal agencies (e.g., Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior agencies, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Defense). These Landsat TM scenes were collected for a variety of research projects.

Ongoing NASA Landsat Data Purchases: The newest component of the NLDC data set, the ongoing purchases of Landsat TM data support NASA scientists and their affiliated researchers in programs and projects such as NASA research and applications programs and the IBGP. The GLCTS and the HTFP comprise the two largest components of this ongoing data collection effort. The GLCTS project resulted in the development of a multitemporal data set of satellite imagery for a globally distributed set of test sites. Designed as a resource for research on land cover characterization and for the testing of algorithms for NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), GLCTS data set development is coordinated with a number of affiliated organizations. These test sites represent a wide range of land cover types and are well characterized on the ground. The goal is to have approximately 40 to 80 sites developed for broad land cover representation. The other of these two components, the HTFP, is described above.

Data purchases are in the early stages with the largest portion of ongoing purchases in support of, but not limited to, the Humid Tropical Forest Project.

2. Data Availability:

Data Type(s):

Landsat Multispectral Scanner Data
Landsat Thematic Mapper Data

NLDC Data Processing: Processing levels for the Landsat data vary (i.e., one or more of the following levels may or may not be applicable to scenes contained in any of the four components of the NLDC data set. Field descriptors follow for the possible processing levels as they may appear in the IMS inventory results (NLDC data are only distributed at their current processing level).

  • Raw: Uncorrected, radiometrically and geometrically raw. Scan lines reversed and nominally aligned.

  • Radiometrically Corrected: Calibration applied. Scan lines reversed and nominally aligned.

  • Systematically Corrected: Radiometrically and geometrically corrected using the satellite model and platform/ephemeris information. Rotated and aligned to the user-defined map projection.

  • Precision Corrected: Radiometrically and geometrically corrected using the satellite model and platform/ephemeris information. Rotated and aligned to the user-defined map projection using ground control points to improve the satellite model.

  • Terrain Corrected: Radiometrically and geometrically corrected using the satellite model and platform/ephemeris information. Rotated and aligned to the user-defined map projection using ground control points and digital terrain model to improve the satellite model and to remove the geodetic inaccuracy caused by the parallax error that occurs because of local terrain elevation.

Component-Specific Data Processing Information:

  • GCLDC-Specific NLDC Data Processing: The GCLDC consists of systematically corrected Landsat TM data in EOSAT Fast format.

  • HTFP-Specific NLDC Data Processing: The HTFP collection of source scenes and products involve two types of processing for distribution:

    1. HTFP SOURCE SCENES: Source scenes were acquired from EOSAT [TM data in EOSAT Fast format]; the National Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (NSLRSDA) [MSS data in either EROS Digital Image Processing System (EDIPS) format or CCT-X format]; the Thailand Remote Sensing Center [MSS and TM data]; and Brazil's Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) [TM data]. The HTFP data are systematically corrected except for NSLRSDA MSS data in the CCT-X format and Thailand Remote Sensing Center MSS data. Copies of source scenes are distributed in their native formats (i.e., no additional processing is applied to these archive data).

    2. HTFP PRODUCTS: Products are systematically corrected and have tic marks digitally embedded in the zero-filled areas outside of the valid image data area. These tic marks are annotated with Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates, which in turn are calculated using the georeferencing information contained in the header records on the source tape.

  • CEES-Specific NLDC Data Processing: The CEES collection consists of systematically corrected Landsat TM data in EOSAT Fast format.

  • Ongoing Landsat Data Purchases-Specific NLDC Data Processing: The ongoing purchases consist of Landsat TM data purchased from EOSAT, the NSLRSDA, or foreign ground stations. These data are distributed in their native formats (i.e., no additional processing has been applied to these archive data). Since these data are purchased by a large and diverse group of Principal Investigators, data characteristics (e.g., projections, resampling techniques) are not necessarily consistent.

Map Projections Information:

See the following Map Projection Parameters tables for an explanation of correlations between projection parameters and map projections (NLDC data are only distributed as currently projected).

Map Projection Parameters: Elements 1 through 15 

                                            Elements 1 through 8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        |                       Array Element               |
Code and Projection Name|----------------------------------------------------
                        |   1  |   2  |  3   |  4   |   5   |    6    |7 | 8|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0 Geographic           |      |      |      |      |       |         |  |  |
 1 UTM                  |SMajor|SMinor|      |      |       |         |  |  |
 2 State Plane          |      |      |      |      |       |         |  |  |
 3 Albers Equal Area    |SMajor|SMinor|STDPR1|STDPR2|CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
 4 Lambert Conform. Con.|SMajor|SMinor|STDPR1|STDPR2|CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
 5 Mercator             |SMajor|SMinor|      |      |CentMer|TrueScale|FE|FN|
 6 Polar Stereographic  |SMajor|SMinor|      |      |LongPol|TrueScale|FE|FN|
 7 Polyconic            |SMajor|SMinor|      |      |CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
 8 Equid. Conic A       |SMajor|SMinor|STDPAR|      |CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
   Equid. Conic B       |SMajor|SMinor|STDPR1|STDPR2|CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
 9 Transverse Mercator  |SMajor|SMinor|Factor|      |CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
10 Stereographic        |Sphere|      |      |      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
11 Lambert Azimuthal    |Sphere|      |      |      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
12 Azimuthal Equidistant|Sphere|      |      |      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
13 Gnomonic             |Sphere|      |      |      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
14 Orthographic         |Sphere|      |      |      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
15 Gen. Vert. Near Per. |Sphere|      |Height|      |CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
16 Sinusoidal           |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
17 Equirectangular      |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|TrueScale|FE|FN|
18 Miller Cylindrical   |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
19 Van der Grinten      |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|OriginLat|FE|FN|
20 Hotin Oblique Merc. A|SMajor|SMinor|Factor|      |       |OriginLat|FE|FN|
   Hotin Oblique Merc. B|SMajor|SMinor|Factor|AziAng|AzmthPt|OriginLat|FE|FN|
21 Robinson             |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
22 Space Oblique Merc. A|SMajor|SMinor|      |IncAng|AscLong|         |FE|FN|
   Space Oblique Merc. B|SMajor|SMinor|Satnum|Path  |       |         |FE|FN|
23 Alaska Conformal     |SMajor|SMinor|      |      |       |         |FE|FN|
24 Goodes Homolosine    |Sphere|      |      |      |       |         |  |  |
25 Mollweide            |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
26 Interrupt Mollweide  |Sphere|      |      |      |       |         |  |  |
27 Hammer               |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
28 Wagner IV            |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
29 Wagner VII           |Sphere|      |      |      |CentMer|         |FE|FN|
30 Oblated Equal Area   |Sphere|      |Shapem|Shapen|CentLon|CenterLat|FE|FN|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                    Elements 9 through 15
         ----------------------------------------------------
                                 |      Array Element       |
         Code and Projection Name|---------------------------
                                 |  9  | 10 |  11 | 12 | 13 |
         ----------------------------------------------------
          0 Geographic           |     |    |     |    |    |
          1 UTM                  |     |    |     |    |    |
          2 State Plane          |     |    |     |    |    |
          3 Albers Equal Area    |     |    |     |    |    |
          4 Lambert Conform. Con.|     |    |     |    |    |
          5 Mercator             |     |    |     |    |    |
          6 Polar Stereographic  |     |    |     |    |    |
          7 Polyconic            |     |    |     |    |    |
          8 Equid. Conic A       |zero |    |     |    |    |
            Equid. Conic B       |one  |    |     |    |    |
          9 Transverse Mercator  |     |    |     |    |    |
         10 Stereographic        |     |    |     |    |    |
         11 Lambert Azimuthal    |     |    |     |    |    |
         12 Azimuthal Equidistant|     |    |     |    |    |
         13 Gnomonic             |     |    |     |    |    |
         14 Orthographic         |     |    |     |    |    |
         15 Gen. Vert. Near Per. |     |    |     |    |    |
         16 Sinusoidal           |     |    |     |    |    |
         17 Equirectangular      |     |    |     |    |    |
         18 Miller Cylindrical   |     |    |     |    |    |
         19 Van der Grinten      |     |    |     |    |    |
         20 Hotin Oblique Merc. A|Long1|Lat1|Long2|Lat2|zero|
            Hotin Oblique Merc. B|     |    |     |    |one |
         21 Robinson             |     |    |     |    |    |
         22 Space Oblique Merc. A|PSRev|LRat|PFlag|    |zero|
            Space Oblique Merc. B|     |    |     |    |one |
         23 Alaska Conformal     |     |    |     |    |    |
         24 Goodes Homolosine    |     |    |     |    |    |
         25 Mollweide            |     |    |     |    |    |
         26 Interrupt Mollweide  |     |    |     |    |    |
         27 Hammer               |     |    |     |    |    |
         28 Wagner IV            |     |    |     |    |    |
         29 Wagner VII           |     |    |     |    |    |
         30 Oblated Equal Area   |Angle|    |     |    |    |
         ----------------------------------------------------

  where
      SMajor    Semi-major axis of ellipsoid.  If zero, Clarke 1866 in
                meters is assumed.
      SMinor    Eccentricity squared of the ellipsoid if less than zero;
                if zero, a spherical form is assumed, or if greater than
                zero, the semi-minor axis of ellipsoid.
      Sphere    Radius of reference sphere.  If zero, 6370997 meters is
                used.
      STDPAR    Latitude of the standard parallel.
      STDPR1    Latitude of the first standard parallel.
      STDPR2    Latitude of the second standard parallel.
      CentMer   Longitude of the central meridian.
      OriginLat Latitude of the projection origin.
      FE        False easting in the same units as the semi-major axis.
      FN        False northing in the same units as the semi-major axis.
      TrueScale Latitude of true scale.
      LongPol   Longitude down below pole of map.
      Factor    Scale factor at central meridian (Transverse Mercator) or
                center of projection (Hotine Oblique Mercator).
      CentLon   Longitude of center of projection.
      CenterLat Latitude of center of projection.
      Height    Height of perspective point.
      Long1     Longitude of first point on center line (Hotine Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      Long2     Longitude of second point on center line (Hotine Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      Lat1      Latitude of first point on center line (Hotine Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      Lat2      Latitude of second point on center line (Hotine Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      AziAng    Azimuth angle east of north of center line (Hotine Oblique
                Mercator, format B).
      AzmthPt   Longitude of point on central meridian where azimuth occurs
                (Hotine Oblique Mercator, format B).
      IncAng    Inclination of orbit at ascending node, counter-clockwise
                from equator (Space Oblique Mercator, format A).
      AscLong   Longitude of ascending orbit at equator (Space Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      PSRev     Period of satellite revolution in minutes (Space Oblique
                Mercator, format A).
      LRat      Landsat ratio to compensate for confusion at northern end
                of orbit (Space Oblique Mercator, format A -- use 0.5201613).
      PFlag     End of path flag for Landsat:  0 = start of path,
                1 = end of path (Space Oblique Mercator, format A).
      Satnum    Landsat Satellite Number (Space Oblique Mercator, format B).
      Path      Landsat Path Number (Use WRS-1 for Landsat 1, 2 and 3 and
                WRS-2 for Landsat 4, 5 and 6.)  (Space Oblique Mercator,
                format B).
      Shapem    Oblated Equal Area oval shape parameter m.
      Shapen    Oblated Equal Area oval shape parameter n.
      Angle     Oblated Equal Area oval rotation angle.


                                   NOTES
Array elements 14 and 15 are set to zero.
All array elements with blank fields are set to zero.
All angles (latitudes, longitudes, azimuths, etc.) are entered in packed degrees/minutes/seconds (DDDMMMSSS.SS) format.

The following notes apply to the Space Oblique Mercator A projection.

  • A portion of Landsat rows 1 and 2 may also be seen as parts of rows 246 or 247. To place these locations at rows 246 or 247, set the end of path flag (parameter 11) to 1--end of path. This flag defaults to zero.

    When Landsat-1, -2, -3 orbits are being used, use the following values for the specified parameters: 

          Parameter 4   099005031.2
          Parameter 5   128.87 degrees - (360/251 * path number)
                                         in packed DMS format
          Parameter 9   103.2669323
          Parameter 10  0.5201613
  • When Landsat-4, -5 orbits are being used, use the following values for the specified parameters: 
          Parameter 4   098012000.0
          Parameter 5   129.3 degrees - (360/233 * path number)
                                         in packed DMS format
          Parameter 9   98.884119
          Parameter 10  0.5201613

Input/Output Media:

Data for all four components of the NLDC data set are available on 6250-bpi tapes and on 8-mm cassettes.

Proprietary Status:

The NLDC data set is comprised of Landsat MSS and Landsat TM data purchased by NASA in support of numerous NASA-funded investigations. Landsat TM data purchased from the EOSAT Corporation and for which the image acquisition date is equal to or less than 10 years old are subject to restricted distribution. The U.S. Government and its Affiliated Users (USGAU) may acquire these NLDC-archive data provided that they complete and sign a restricted distribution form available through EDC DAAC User Services. The original form must be completed and returned to EDC DAAC User Services. Facsimiles are not acceptable. The restricted distribution form only needs to be submitted once in order to establish eligibility for acquiring these data. Subsequent orders may be placed, and EDC DAAC User Services will verify that an original restricted distribution form is on file.

3. Data Access:

Data Center Location:

See Contact Information.

Contact Information:

EDC DAAC User Services

Associated Costs:

NLDC Landsat MSS and Landsat TM scenes are distributed by the EDC DAAC at no charge. Any other costs associated with the use of these data are the responsibility of the customer.

4. Principal Investigator Information:

Principal investigator information is unavailable at this time.

5. Submitting Investigator Information:

EDC DAAC User Services

6. References:

Murphy, R.E., 1995, [Global Change Landsat Data Collection], electronic correspondence: Washington, D.C., National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2 p.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1995], 1995 MTPE EOS reference handbook, NP-215: Greenbelt, Maryland, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 277 p.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1992], Agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and investigators receiving data grants: [Washington, D.C.], National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 6 p.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [199?], NASA Landsat Pathfinder--organization and points of contact, electronic version, http://pathfinder-www.sr.unh.edu/pathfinder1/information/overview/organization.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [199?], NASA Landsat Pathfinder--research description and justification, electronic version, http://pathfinder-www.sr.unh.edu/pathfinder1/information/overview/ research.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [199?], NASA Landsat Pathfinder Program--Global Land Cover Test Sites Project: Reno, Nevada, Desert Research Institute, electronic version, http://glcts.maxey.dri.edu/glcts.

National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research, [1996], Our changing planet--the FY 1996 U.S. Global Change Research Program: Washington, D.C., National Science and Technology Council, 152 p.

Skole, D.L., Chomentowski, W.H., Salas, W.A., and Nobre, A.D., 1994, Physical and human dimensions of deforestation in Amazonia: BioScience, v. 44, no. 5, p. 314-322.

U.S. Geological Survey, [1993], NASA thematic mapper data grant (global change Landsat data collection), memorandum: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center, 1 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1992, Overview of the geometric manipulation package [appendix E] in Land analysis system (LAS), version 5, volume 3--overviews: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, EROS Data Center, p. E10-E12 [Modifications have been made to the Map Projection Parameters table presented in the guide].

U.S. LTER Network Office, [1994], LTER--U.S. long-term ecological research network, 1994-1995 personnel directory: Seattle, Washington, University of Washington, 233 p.

Disclaimer: Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

7. Glossary of Terms:

EOSDIS
IMS
Landsat
MSS
Pathfinder Data Set
TM
User
EOSDIS Glossary

8. List of Acronyms:

CCT -- Computer Compatible Tape
CEES -- Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
CENR -- Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research
EDC DAAC -- EROS Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
EDIPS -- EROS Digital Image Processing System
EOS -- Earth Observing System
EOSDIS -- Earth Observing System Data and Information System
EOSAT -- Earth Observation Satellite Company
GCLDC -- Global Change Landsat Data Collection
GIS -- Geographic Information System
GLCTS -- Global Land Cover Test Sites
HTFP -- Humid Tropical Forest Project
IMS -- Information Management System
INPE -- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
LTER -- Long-Term Ecological Research
MODIS -- Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
MSS -- Multispectral Scanner
MTPE -- Mission to Planet Earth
NASA -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NLDC -- NASA Landsat Data Collection
NSF -- National Science Foundation
NSLRSDA -- National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive
TM -- Thematic Mapper
URL -- Uniform Resource Locator
USGCRP -- U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGAU -- U.S. Government and its Affiliated Users
UTM -- Universal Transverse Mercator
EOSDIS Acronym List

9. Document Information:

Document Revision Date:

Not applicable.

Document Review Date:

June 17, 1996

Document ID:

Not available.

Document Curator:

edcdaac1.cr.usgs.gov

Document URL:

http://eosims.cr.usgs.gov:5725/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/nldc_proj_camp.html
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