geospatial satellite imagery
The Terra Basic Fusion dataset is a fused dataset of the original Level 1 radiances
from the five Terra instruments. They have been fully validate to contain the original
Terra instrument Level 1 data. Each Level 1 Terra Basic Fusion file contains one full
Terra orbit of data and is typically 15 – 40 GB in size, depending on how much data was
collected for that orbit. It contains instrument radiance in physical units; radiance
quality indicator; geolocation for each IFOV at its native resolution; sun-view geometry;
bservation time; and other attributes/metadata. It is stored in HDF5, conformed to CF
conventions, and accessible by netCDF-4 enhanced models. It’s naming convention
follows: TERRA_BF_L1B_OXXXX_YYYYMMDDHHMMSS_F000_V000.h5. A concise description of the
dataset, along with links to complete documentation and available software tools, can
be found on the Terra Fusion project page: https://terrafusion.web.illinois.edu.
Terra is the flagship satellite of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). It was launched
into orbit on December 18, 1999 and carries five instruments. These are the
Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the Multi-angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer (MISR), the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection
Radiometer (ASTER), the Clouds and Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES), and the
Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT).
The Terra Basic Fusion dataset is an easy-to-access record of the Level 1 radiances
for instruments on the Terra mission for selected WRS-2 paths covering the years
2000-2015. These paths are Paths 20-26 (e.g., US corn belt), 108 (e.g., Japan),
125 (e.g., China), 143 (e.g., India), 150 (e.g., Showa Station, Antarctica),
169 (e.g., Europe and Africa), 188 (e.g., Nigeria calibration site), and 233
(e.g., Greenland).
Static, with a planned update for years 2016-2020 in the future.
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Terra Fusion Data Sampler was accessed on DATE
from https://registry.opendata.aws/terrafusion.
arn:aws:s3:::terrafusiondatasampler
us-west-2
aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://terrafusiondatasampler/