Scan angle calculation and image compositing for the Mexico forest mapping project

Zhiliang Zhu

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-375

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Scan angle calculation and image compositing for the Mexico forest mapping project

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Authors:

Zhiliang Zhu

Year:

1994

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-375

Source:

Res. Note SO-375. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.

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Abstract

Data from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) were used in a cooperative project, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, and the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to map Mexicos forest cover types.To provide satisfactory AVHRR data sets for the project, the sensor scan angle needed to be calculated for data points in the composite image data, and the clouds had to be removed and composite image data created from individual data sets. Techniques used to accomplish those two tasks are described here. Concepts illustrated here should be applicable to other similar projects.

Citation

Zhu, Zhiliang. 1994. Scan angle calculation and image compositing for the Mexico forest mapping project. Res. Note SO-375. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 5 p.