| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Air Emissions | |
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Product Type: Aircraft Image Formats: JPG, MPG Availability: Aurell & Gullett, Env. Sci. Technol. 44(24) 2010 Gullett et al., Marine Poll. Bull. 107, 2016 and 117, 2017 By E-mail HDDS Contact: Brian Gullet (gullet.brian@epa.gov; 919-541-1534) |
Overview: Plume emission sampling via tethered aerostat (balloon) or Unmanned Aerial System (drone). Current system can include aerial visual (GoPro), aerial IR imagery (MicroEpsilon). Historical imagery is surface only: JPG photos, MPG videos. Strengths: Capabilities include comprehensive pollutant real time and batch emission sampling, GPS mapping. Weaknesses: Tethered aerostat requires considerable maneuvering of ship into plumes. Drone significantly increases maneuverability with some sacrifice of flight duration. |
| Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) | |
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Product Type: Aircraft Image Automated Man-Made Formats: Google Earth ESRI Availability: ASPECT ESRI HDDS Contact: Mark Thomas (thomas.markj@epa.gov; 816-718-4271) John Cardarelli (cardarelli.john@epa.gov; 513-675-4745) Tim Curry (curry.timothy@epa.gov; 816-718-4281) |
Overview: Infrared Line Scanner; High Speed Infrared Spectrometer IR and Visible Video & High Resolution Aerial & Oblique Photography (orthorectification) Geospatial chemical & radiological (gamma and neutron) information Satellite communications Strengths: Wheels up within 1 hour Direct integration to the Incident Command Automatic processing (products within minutes) Standoff detection of oil, chemical & rad. Weaknesses: Fixed wing aircraft |
| National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) | |
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Product Type: Man-Made Formats: JPG, SHP, KML Availability: NESDIS ERMA HDDS Contact: Oil Analyst (24x7): (301) 682-1400, oceanmap@noaa.gov |
Overview: Using satellite imagery, experienced oil spill analysts depict the location/extent of oil on the water surface 24x7x365. In some cases, they also differentiate thin from thick oil (two stage classification). Any available satellite image/sensor is used including LANDSAT, ASTER, SENTINEL, FORMOSAT, RADARSAT, MODIS etc.. A wide variety of ancillary data is incorporated and there are remarks indicating level of confidence and reason for that level. Strengths: Clearly delineates anomaly with shape file overlay. Shape file and KML can be used in many decision support systems or to initialize trajectory models Weaknesses: Sometimes there are delays in acquiring images so product sometimes issued as much as 12 hours after pass time. During clouds and nighttime, analysts might need to wait many hours for the next SAR pass. |
| Suomi NPP Visible Infrared Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) | |
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Product Type: Satellite Image Formats: TIFF Availability: HDDS Contact: Oil Analyst (24x7): (301) 682-1400, oceanmap@noaa.gov |
Overview: Enhanced Multispectral Image (Visible / IR / Day/Night) Resolution: I-band: 375 m Polar Orbiting Swath Width: 3000 km Lag time: ~3 hours Strengths: Nearly Global Coverage Every Day Fairly low lag time. Weaknesses: Low Resolution Oil difficult to discern in absence of sunglint. |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) | |
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Product Type: Aircraft Image Man-Made Formats: KML GeoTIFF Availability: NASA Disasters Program AVIRIS Data Portal HDDS Contact: Homepage |
Overview: Airborne Visible Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) is an imaging spectrometer that delivers calibrated images of the upwelling spectral radiance in 224 contiguous spectral channels (also called bands) with wavelengths from 400-2500 nanometers (nm). AVIRIS has been flown on four aircraft platforms: NASA’s ER-2 jet, Twin Otter International’s turboprop, Scaled Composites’ Proteus, and NASA’s WB-57. Strengths: 224 contiguous wavelengths available for spectroscopic analysis Weaknesses: Requires airborne platform |
| U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) |
| Landsat 7 | |
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Product Type: Satellite Image Formats: GeoTIFF Availability: USGS Earth Explorer USGS GloVis USGS LandsatLook HDDS Contact: Rynn Lamb (lamb@usgs.gov) Group Account (eo_liaison@usgs.gov) |
Overview: Multispectral Sensor: ETM+ (includes thermal) Spectral Range: 8 bands (Vis/NIR/SWIR/TIR) Resolution: 30m (b1-7); 15m (pan) Orbit: Near-Polar Swath Width: 183 km Repeat cycle: 16 days (8-day offset with L8) Nearly full global coverage (land surface, day) every 16 days Strengths: Free and open data; no use or license restrictions Rapid availability (within 24 hours; generally < 4 hours after acquisition) Potential open water/marine tasking (on request) Potential night (TIR) image tasking (on request) Weaknesses: Scan line corrector gaps ( SLC-off) Temporal frequency (16 days) Water coverage (beyond coastlines) or night coverage may require special tasking (3-5 day lead time recommended) |
| Landsat 8 | |
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Product Type: Satellite Image Formats: GeoTIFF Availability: USGS Earth Explorer USGS GloVis USGS LandsatLook HDDS Contact: Rynn Lamb (lamb@usgs.gov) Group Account (eo_liaison@usgs.gov) |
Overview: Multispectral and Thermal Sensors: OLI, TIRS Spectral Range: 9 bands (Visible, NIR, SWIR), 2 bands (TIR) Resolution: 30m (most bands); 15m (pan) Orbit: Near-Polar Swath Width: 183 km Repeat cycle: 16 days (8-day offset with L7) Nearly full global coverage (land surface, day) every 16 days Strengths: Free and open data; no use or license restrictions Rapid availability (within 24 hours; generally < 4 hours after acquisition) Potential open water/marine tasking (on request) Potential night (TIR) image tasking (on request) Weaknesses: Temporal frequency (16 days) Water coverage (beyond coastlines) or night coverage may require special tasking (3-5 day lead time recommended) |
| Sentinel-2 | |
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Product Type: Satellite Image Formats: GeoTIFF Availability: USGS Earth Explorer USGS GloVis USGS Sentinel2Look HDDS Contact: Rynn Lamb (lamb@usgs.gov) Group Account (eo_liaison@usgs.gov) |
Overview: One Multispectral Sensor: MSI Spectral Bands: 13 (Visible, NIR, SWIR) Designed to be highly comparable with Landsat Resolution: 10m (4 bands); 20m (6b); 60m (3b) Orbit: Polar Sun-synchronous Swath Width: 290 km (delivered in 100x100 km tiles) Repeat cycle: 10 days (2A & 2B = 5 days) Acquired via USGS collaboration with European Space Agency (ESA) Includes all global data acquisitions from ESA’s Sentinel-2A/2B, distributed via USGS systems Processing Level: L1C TOA Reflectance (processed by ESA) Strengths: Free, public, and open data No license or data use restrictions Rapid USGS data availability (<24 hours after ESA data availability; generally < 1-2 hours after ESA availability) Weaknesses: Land science mission focus No direct tasking capability through USGS Occasional data latency (ESA distribution system dependencies) |
| Resourcesat-2 | |
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Product Type: Satellite Image Formats: GeoTIFF Availability: USGS Earth Explorer USGS GloVis HDDS Contact: Rynn Lamb (lamb@usgs.gov) Group Account (eo_liaison@usgs.gov) |
Overview: Two Multispectral Image Sensors: AWiFS, LISS-3 Spectral Bands: 4 (G,R, NIR, SWIR) Resolution: 56m (AWiFS); 24m (LISS-3) Orbit: Polar Sun-synchronous Swath Width: 740 km (AWiFS); 140 km (LISS-3) Repeat cycle: 5 days (AWiFS); 24 days (LISS-3) Acquired via USGS collaboration with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Includes all US data acquisitions from ISRO’s Resourcesat-2, distributed via USGS systems Processing Level: L1G or L1T (where feasible) Strengths: Free, public, and open data No data use or license restrictions Rapid data availability on weekdays (generally within 24 hours after data acquisition) Weaknesses: Land-based mission focus No direct tasking capability through USGS Possible latency of weekend/holiday data collections (M-F processing ony) |
| Sensor | Satellites | Bands - Resolution | Ownership | Comments |
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| MODIS (Moderate Imaging Spectroradiometer) | Terra and Aqua | Mutli-spectral(36 Bands) 250,500,750m & 1km |
NASA | - - |
| TerraSAR-X | TerraSAR-X | Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery(SAR) X-band Spotlight - 1m, Stripmap - 3m, ScanSAR - 18m |
© Infoterra Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt |
Polarization: HH,VV,HV,VH |
| RADARSAT 2 | - - | RS1&2:SAR, C-Band Fine-8m, Standard/Wide-30m, ScanSAR Narrow-50, ScanSAR Wide-100m |
Canadian Space Agency/Agence spatiala canadienne(2013) © MacDonald, Dettwiler, and Associates LTD | Polarization: RS1:HH RS2:HH,VV,HV,VH |
| COSMO-SkyMed 1, 2 and 3 | - - | SAR (X-Band) Spotlight - 1m, Stripmap(Highimage)-3m, Stripmap(Pingpong)-5m, ScanSAR Wide-30m, ScanSAR Huge-100m |
Italian Space Agency(ASI), distributed by e-GEOS | Polarization: HH,VV,HV,VH |
| SPOT 4 and 5 | - - | Multi-spectral(4 band) SPOT-4:20m, SPOT-5:10m | SPOT Image & French Government Space Agency (CNES) | - - |
| Aster | - - | Multi-spectral 15m | NASA/JPL & JAXA | - - |
| LANDSAT | - - | Mulit-spectral(7 band) 15m | USGS | - - |
| VIIRS | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Worldview | - - | Mulit-spectral(8 band) 1.8m(WV2) | DigitalGlobe, Inc | - - |
| Quickbird | - - | Multi-spectral(4 band) 2.4m | DigitalGlobe, Inc | - - |
| IKONOS | - - | Multi-spectral(4 band) 3.2m | DigitalGlobe, Inc | - - |
| GeoEye | - - | Multi-spectral(4 band) 1.65m | DigitalGlobe, Inc | - - |
| RapidEye | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Formosat-2 | - - | Multi-spectral(4 band) 8m | Taiwan's National Space Organization | - - |
| Sensor | Platform | Region(Bands) / Resolution(m) / Range(nm) | Ownership | Comments |
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| AVIRIS | Twin Otter, ER-2 | UV-NIR(224) / 4.4-20 / 380-2500 | NASA/JPL | Airborne Visual Infrared Imaging Sectrometer |
| HyMap | Multiple | UV-NIR(128) / 3-10 / 450-2480 | HyVista Corp. | HYperspectral Mapping |
| SEBASS | Twin Otter | MIR, TIR(128) / 2-7 / 2500-5200 & 7500-13,500 | The Aerospace Corp. | Spatially Enhanced Broadband Array Spectrograph |
| ASPECT(Multi-spectral) | Aero Commander 680(twin engine) | MIR, TIR(16) / 1.1 / 3410-5330 & 8730-11,360 | EPA | Airborne Spectra Photometric Environmental Collection Technology |
| ASPECT(FTIR) | Aero Commander 680(twin engine) | TIR(2048) / 9 / 1266- | EPA | Airborne Spectra Photometric Environmental Collection Technology |
| UAVSAR | Gulfstream 3 | L-Band / 0.6-1.7 / 1.2175-1.2975GHz | NASA/JPL | Unihabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| HSRL | B200 or Learjet | Vis, NIR(2) / - / 532, 1064 | NASA/Langley | High Spectral Resolution Lidar |
| CHARTS | Twin Engine | Vis, NIR(2) / 2-5 / 532, 1064 | US Army Corps of Engineers / JALBTCX | Compact Hydrographic Airborne Rapid Total Survey, Optech Inc. |
| CASI-1500 | Twin Engine | Vis, NIR(36) / .25 - 10 / 375-1050 | US Army Corps of Engineers / JALBTCX | Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager, ITRES |
