Sensors

Sensor and Dataset Info

NASA Earth Science Satellites
Office of Satellite Operations Home Page
AVIRIS Home Page - Airborne hyperspectral imagery by the JPL

Landsat

• USGS Landsat Mission Page
• Landsat Calibration Files - Use these values to convert DNs to radiance and reflectance
• Landsat Science Data Users Handbook
• European Space Agency Landsat FAQs
• LPGS and NLAPS Processing Comparison (used for free images)
• Landsat Data Access Site - Locate foreign download sites

MODIS - Part of the Terra and Aqua Missions (see below)

• MODIS Project Web Site - The source for information about MODIS
• MODIS Land Home
• MODIS Atmosphere Home
• MODIS Ocean Home
• MODIS Reprojection Tool on the Web - Great way to get a limited number of MODIS tiles
      - read the User Guide!
• MODIS Grids - Description of the sinusoidal tiles used for MODIS products
• YCEO FAQ - General information and data import techniques

ASTER

• ASTER Project Web Site - The source for information about ASTER
• ASTER Overview
• ASTER Products - Additional NASA ASTER links

Earth Observing-1 - featuring the Hyperion, ALI and LEISA Sensors

• USGS EO-1 Page - Links to data descriptions, etc.
• NASA EO-1 Page - Links to sensor descriptions, etc.
• NASA Hyperion - Description of technology used

AVHRR

• AVHRR Data Access - GLCF at U. of Maryland
• AVHRR 10 day composites - USGS Global Land 1-KM Project

GOES

• GOES Project Science
• GOES Project FAQs
• GOES Tech Notes
• Recent data online - NOAA Environmental Data
• GOES data browser - NOAA CLASS data site
• SSEC Data Archive - Data by request (for universities only)

RADAR

• Alaska SAR Facility Homepage
• The NASA/JPL Imaging Radar Home Page
• Radarsat - Canadian Space Agency

Terra

• Terra Satellite Homepage
  Homepages for the individual sensors on Terra
• ASTER - Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
• CERES - Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System
• MISR - Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• MODIS - MODerate resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer
• MOPITT at NCAR - Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposhpere
• MOPITT at U. of Toronto

Aqua

• Aqua Satellite Homepage
  Homepages for the individual sensors on Aqua
• AIRS - Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
• AMSR-E - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
• AMSU - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• CERES - Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System
• MODIS - MODerate resolution Imaging SpectroRadiometer