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Walker Branch Satellite View

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    Vital Statistics

    State/Prov, Country:  TN, USA
    DAAC Code:  walkerbr
    Investigators:  Meyers
    Site Contact:  Wilson


    Physical Characteristics

    Center Lat/Lon:  35.95800 deg, -84.28700 deg
    Elevation:  300m
    UTM Zone:  16 North
    Biome:  Broadleaf Forest

    Instrument Parameters
    Landsat TM Path/Row:  19/35
    MODIS Tile Vertical/Horizontal:  5/11 MODIS Line/Sample:  484.50/211.91

    Validation Activities
    Active Networks:  AERONET, AmeriFlux, CRN

    If any of the data provided below are used in a publication, please include "EOS Land Validation Core Sites" in your keywords. This evidence of their use may be helpful in assuring their continued availability.
    Satellite Data
    ASRVN Data
    ASRVN subsets available at LAADS Web
    Description
    AERONET-based Surface Reflectance Validation Network (ASRVN)     
     
    ASTER
    available through the LP DAAC - SWIR Alert
    Description
    ASTER data access     
     
    AVHRR NDVI Subsets
    data provided by the GIMMS Project
    Description
    Detailed documentation     
    AVHRR data access     
     
    Digital Elevation Data
    coordinated via the SDP at Stennis Space Center and distributed by EROS
    Description
    DEM readme     
    DEM data access     
     
    ETM+ Subsets, Atmospherically Corrected
    available online at GSFC
    Description
    atmospherically corrected ETM+ data access     
     
    ETM+/TM
    available through the LP DAAC
    Description
    reference map     
    ETM+ data on-line     
    ETM+ data through TRFIC     
     
    GLCTS
    available through the LP DAAC
    Description
    GLCTS Data Access     
     
    IKONOS data from Space Imaging
    purchased via the SDP program at Stennis Space Center
    Description
    IKONOS data access     
     
    Landsat 5 GeoCover, Orthorectified TM
    coordinated via the SDP at Stennis Space Center and distributed by EDC
    Description
    GeoCover data access     
     
    MISR Subsets
    available through the Langley DAAC
    Description
    MISR Subset data access     
     
    MODIS 200 x 200 km Subsets
    available through the LP DAAC
    Description

    *Subset Quicklook Browse tool*
    Surface Reflectance     
    Snow Cover     
    Land Surface Temperature     
    Land Cover/Land Cover Dynamics     
    Vegetation Indices     
    Thermal Anomalies/Fire     
    LAI/Fpar     
    Gross Primary Production     
    BRDF/Albedo     
    Burned Area     
     
    MODIS 7 x 7 km ASCII Subsets
    available through the ORNL DAAC
    Description
    ASCII subset data access     
     
    SPOT VEGETATION NDVI subsets
    data provided by the GIMMS Project, USDA/FAS, and Vito, Belgium
    Description
    Detailed documentation     
    SPOT data access     
     
    Field, Tower, and Airborne Data
    AERONET Data
    available through the federated AERONET network
    Description
    AERONET Walker Branch site page     
     
    FLUXNET Data
    available through the ORNL DAAC
    Description
    FLUXNET data access     
     
    Mercury System
    Metadata search system at the ORNL DAAC
    Description
    Mercury System Data Access     
     
    NOAA Climate Reference Network (CRN)
    Provided by NOAA NESDIS
    Description
    NOAA CRN Univ of TN (C site page (near Walker Branch)     
     
    Ancillary layers and background information
    Ancillary Data
    through the Global Land Cover Facility
    Description
    data access: follow link, then select files "s23*"     
     
    Geostatistical Analysis of Land Cover
    conducted on three pre-launch land cover maps
    Description
    go to land cover analysis     
     
    Site Summary
    through Commercial Remote Sensing for Earth System Science (CRESS) program
    Description
    go to site summary     
     
    Related Web links
    locally maintained links to information
    Description
    related URLs     
     

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    Curator: Jaime Nickeson
    NASA Official: Robert Wolfe
    Last Updated: August 7, 2009