USGS RADARSAT Image Map of Antarctica: CIR1X_x+1800000y+0900000

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Antarctic Resource Center
Originator: United States Geological Survey
Publication_Date: 2009
Title: USGS RADARSAT Image Map of Antarctica: CIR1X_x+1800000y+0900000
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: SDE raster digital data
Other_Citation_Details:
The data obtained through The National Map Seamless Server is considered to be the "best available" data from USGS. Historical data and other data may be obtained by contacting Customer Services, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center at 1-800-252-4547.
Online_Linkage: <http://lima.usgs.gov>
Online_Linkage: <http://seamless.usgs.gov>
Description:
Abstract:
Released in 1999, the RADARSAT Image Map of Antarctica was the first high resolution map of the entire continent. RADARSAT Image Map of Antarctica is the product of RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP), a joint partnership between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This 125-meter spatial resolution grayscale mosaic is downloadable. The 25-meter spatial resolution tiles are copyrighted by CSA and are available through The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF).
Purpose:
Landsat data have a wide range of uses such as earthquake hazard studies, hydrologic modeling, forestry, coastal engineering, roadway and pipeline engineering, flood plain mapping, wetland studies, geologic studies and a variety of analytical and cartographic projects.
Supplemental_Information:
The link below contains a list of all Landsat scenes used in this project. <http://lima.usgs.gov> "Download Mosaics and Landsat Scenes" Scenes within this particular layer can be determined by going to the website. There are 17 lines of information for each of the 1073 images in this project. The 17 lines are: 1) sceneid 2) path row month day year hour minute second percent_cloud 3) latitude longitude sun_elevation sun_azimuth at scene center 4) latitude longitude sun_elevation sun_azimuth at scene UL corner 5) latitude longitude sun_elevation sun_azimuth at scene UR corner 6) latitude longitude sun_elevation sun_azimuth at scene LR corner 7) latitude longitude sun_elevation sun_azimuth at scene LL corner 8) gain and bias for band 1 9) gain and bias for band 2 10) gain and bias for band 3 11) gain and bias for band 4 12) gain and bias for band 5 13) gain and bias for band 7 14) gain and bias for band 8 15) earth-sun distance 16) normalization factors for bands 1 2 3 4 8 17) color balance adjustment for bands 1 2 3 4
- negative latitudes are South - negative longitudes are West - all information needed to reproduce the calculations can be found on the website.
Example image: 1) LE7001108000035450 2) 1 108 12 19 2000 14 40 15 50 3) -68.2788 -90.5018 36.06 60.07 4) -67.1849 -87.5951 37.57 57.66 5) -69.3366 -87.3383 36.47 56.02 6) -69.3159 -93.7157 34.54 62.82 7) -67.1663 -93.3576 35.63 63.79 8) 0.7787400 -6.9787300 9) 0.7988190 -7.1988200 10) 0.6216530 -5.6216400 11) 0.6397640 -5.7397600 12) 0.1262200 -1.1262200 13) 0.0438976 -0.3938980 14) 0.9755910 -5.6756000 15) 0.983987 16) 1.581465 1.634131 1.575570 1.706150 1.495761 17) 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1999
Ending_Date: 2002
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: 59.7435628364707
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 65.2248594311681
North_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.8192640807855
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.6306153253516
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Theme_Keyword: infrared wavelengths
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Theme_Keyword: remote sensing
Theme_Keyword: infrared imagery
Theme_Keyword: emissivity
Theme_Keyword: CIR
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U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and their principal administrative divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard 10-4,): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: Antarctica
Place_Keyword: South Pole
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Aitcho Island
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Place_Keyword: Amery Ice Shelf
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Place_Keyword: Artigas Jubany
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Place_Keyword: Dumont d'Urville
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Place_Keyword: Ellsworth Mtns.
Place_Keyword: Enderby Land
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Place_Keyword: Filchner Ice Shelf
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Place_Keyword: Gerlache Strait
Place_Keyword: George V Land
Place_Keyword: Graham Land
Place_Keyword: Half Moon Island
Place_Keyword: Halley
Place_Keyword: Kemp Land
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Place_Keyword: Marambio
Place_Keyword: Mawson
Place_Keyword: McMurdo
Place_Keyword: Mirny
Place_Keyword: Molodezhnaya
Place_Keyword: Mt. Bell
Place_Keyword: Mt. Craddock
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Place_Keyword: Mt. Epperly
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Place_Keyword: Mt. Jackson
Place_Keyword: Mt. Kirkpatrick
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Place_Keyword: Mt. Shinn
Place_Keyword: Mt. Sidley
Place_Keyword: Mt. Tyree
Place_Keyword: Mt. Vinson
Place_Keyword: Neko Harbour
Place_Keyword: Neumayer
Place_Keyword: Novolazarevskaya
Place_Keyword: Oates Land
Place_Keyword: Orcadas
Place_Keyword: Palmer
Place_Keyword: Paradise Harbour
Place_Keyword: Port Lockroy
Place_Keyword: Princess Elizabeth Land
Place_Keyword: Progress
Place_Keyword: Prydz Bay
Place_Keyword: Queen Alexandra Range
Place_Keyword: Queen Elizabeth Range
Place_Keyword: Queen Mary Land
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Place_Keyword: Ronne-Filchner Ice Shelf
Place_Keyword: Ross Ice Shelf
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Place_Keyword: Rothera
Place_Keyword: San Martin
Place_Keyword: SANAE (South African National Antarctic Expedition)
Place_Keyword: Shackleton Ice Shelf
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Place_Keyword: South Shetland Islands
Place_Keyword: Subglacial Lake Vostok
Place_Keyword: Syowa
Place_Keyword: Terre Adelie
Place_Keyword: Transantarctic Mtns.
Place_Keyword: Vernadsky
Place_Keyword: Victoria Land
Place_Keyword: Vinson Massif
Place_Keyword: Vostok
Place_Keyword: Weddel Sea
Place_Keyword: West Antarctica
Place_Keyword: Wilhelm II Land
Place_Keyword: Wilkes Land
Place_Keyword: Zhongshan
Access_Constraints:
Any downloading and use of these data signifies a user's agreement to comprehension and compliance of the USGS Standard Disclaimer. Ensure all portions of metadata are read and clearly understood before using these data in order to protect both user and USGS interests.
Use_Constraints:
There is no guarantee of warranty concerning the accuracy of the data. Users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions. Users should not use this data for critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. Acknowledgement of the originating agencies would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Any user who modifies the data is obligated to describe the types of modifications performed. User specifically agrees not to misrepresent the data, nor to imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by the U.S. Geological Survey. Please refer to <http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html> for the USGS disclaimer.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Services Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198-0001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-800-252-4547
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605/594-6933
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M - F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
Data_Set_Credit:
Canadian Space Agency (CSA), U.S. Antarctic Resource Center, U.S. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: None
Security_Classification: Unclassified
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Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
The Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) was designed to provide a geometric accuracy of at least 250 meters (1 sigma) in low-relief areas at sea level. Terrain Correction (Level 1T) includes radiometric, geometric, and precision correction, as well as the use of a digital elevation model (DEM) to correct parallax error due to local topographic relief.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: 0.5
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
There are three on-board solar calibrators to provide an absolute accuracy of 5 percent.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All seamlines and tile edges are visually inspected. This check ensures balanced radiometry, and no VOID areas or anomalies. The L7 Data Quality Team at EROS issues Calibration Parameter Files (CPFs) containing over 15,000 coefficients that describe the radiometric and geometric characteristics of Landsat 7 data.
Completeness_Report:
The LIMA team identified 1,073 scenes from more than 8,000 Antarctica scenes taken by the ETM+ sensor since Landsat 7 was launched in 1999. Each Landsat 7 scene is 184 km by 170 km (115 mi by 105 mi).
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The Landsat ETM+ sensor is a nadir-viewing, eight-band multispectral scanning radiometer that detects spectrally filtered radiation from several portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor includes a 15-meter (m) panchromatic band (band 8), as well as improved resolution (60 m) for the thermal infrared band (band 6). All bands have two gain settings (high and low) for increased radiometric sensitivity and dynamic range, with band 6 acquired in both high and low gain for all scenes.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: 325
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
The horizontal distance between the perpendiculars through the LPS calculated "true" WRS Scene Center and the nominal (known) WRS scene center on the ground.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
RADARSAT Image Map of Antarctica is the product of RADARSAT-1 Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP), a joint partnership between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
EROS processing steps: 1. We start with Landsat data in NLAPS Data Format (NDF) 2. We have been running the NDF scenes through a preprocessing algorithm to correct sun angles and illumination. This code was provided by NASA scientists. The output from this step are GeoTiff files.
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
EROS personnel expanded this mosaic with 32 additional scenes to replace small gaps and clouds in the original data.
The following steps are then performed to create tiled data:
1) An image service is created and defined for the data set. 2) Data is added to the service. 3) Service file is compiled. 4) Service is published. 5) Data is chipped to a 150,000 by 150,000 meter grid 6) Data is packaged for each chip to enable downloading into a zipped bundle.
These FGDC metadata were created for display through the LIMA website at <http://lima.usgs.gov> The metadata are provided in XML and HTM formats.
Process_Date: 200903
Process_Contact:
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Service Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198-0001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605-594-6151
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-800-252-4547
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605-594-6933
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605-594-6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov
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Column_Count: 10000
Vertical_Count: 1
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Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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Straight-Vertical_Longitude_from_Pole: 0
Standard_Parallel: -71
False_Easting: 0
False_Northing: 0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: row and column
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 15.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 15.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Distance_Units: meters
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: See Supplemental Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: See Supplemental Information
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Services Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198-0001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-800-252-4547
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605/594-6933
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M - F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
Contact_Instructions:
The USGS "Distribution" point of contact is for questions relating only to the data display and download from this web site. For questions regarding data content and quality, please contact:
U. S. Antarctic Resource Center MS 515 National Center 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192
The Antarctic Resource Center is open to the public between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday. For the best possible service, please contact the USARC for an appointment prior to your visit. Phone: (703) 648-6010 Fax: (703) 648-5080 E-mail: usarc@usgs.gov

The 25-meter spatial resolution tiles are copyrighted by CSA and are available through The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF).
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USGS, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the use of the data on any other system, nor does the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Data may have been compiled from various outside sources. Spatial information may not meet National Map Accuracy Standards. This information may be updated without notification. The USGS shall not be liable for any activity involving these data, installation, fitness of the data for a particular purpose, its use, or analyses results.
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Network_Resource_Name: <http://lima.usgs.gov>
Access_Instructions:
The URL <http://lima.usgs.gov> provides a map interface that allows for data downloads within a customer defined area of interest. Zoom tools are available that can be used to investigate areas of interest on the map interface. The download tool allows the customer to capture layers from the map, utilizing The National Map Seamless Server process for downloading. A request summary page is then generated with the download layers listed. By clicking the "download" button on the summary page, a zipped file will be generated that can be saved on the customer's computer. The file can then be unzipped and imported into various user software applications.
Online_Computer_and_Operating_System: Not available for dissemination
Fees: None
Turnaround: Variable
Custom_Order_Process:
The 25-meter spatial resolution tiles are copyrighted by CSA and are available through The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF).
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ESRI ArcGIS Suite and/or Arc/Info or other compatible software, and supporting operating systems.
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Beginning_Date: 2009
Ending_Date: unknown
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Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Customer Services Representative
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center
Address: 47914 252nd Street
City: Sioux Falls
State_or_Province: SD
Postal_Code: 57198-0001
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 605/594-6151
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 1-800-252-4547
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: 605/594-6933
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 605/594-6589
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: custserv@usgs.gov
Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M - F (-6h CST/-5h CDT GMT)
Contact_Instructions:
The above is the contact information for the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center in Sioux Falls, SD. This is the digital data storage and distribution center for the USGS. Metadata information can also be obtained through online services using The LIMA website, at <http://lima.usgs.gov> .
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