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Howland Satellite View

Note: there are currently limitations on the ftp data available via the core site pages. We are working this issue. If you need access to data, contact Jaime Nickeson.
Vital Statistics

State/Prov, Country:  ME, USA
DAAC Code:  howland
Investigators:  Baldocchi
Site Contact:  Lee


Physical Characteristics

Center Lat/Lon:  45.20000 deg, -68.73000 deg
Elevation:  100m
UTM Zone:  19 North
Biome:  Needleleaf Forest

Instrument Parameters
Landsat TM Path/Row:  11/28.5
MODIS Tile Vertical/Horizontal:  4/13 MODIS Line/Sample:  575.50/187.36

Validation Activities
Active Networks:  AmeriFlux, AERONET, 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     
 
Earth Observing 1 (EO-1)
available locally by FTP and at EROS
Description
ALI and Hyperion data access     
 
ETM+/TM
also available via the EarthExplorer
Description
reference map     
ETM+ data on-line     
 
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 Howland site page     
 
Airborne Data
typically high spatial and/or spectral resolution imagery
Description
AVIRIS data     
 
AirMISR Data
available through the Langley DAAC
Description
AirMISR data access (see AIRMISR_HOWLAND_2003)     
 
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 UM Rogers Farm Site site page (near Howland)     
 
Photo Gallery
a collection of photos from the site
Description
Photos and Figures     
 
Ancillary layers and background information
Ancillary Data
through the Global Land Cover Facility
Description
data access: follow link, then select files "s8*"     
 
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 E. Nickeson
NASA Official: Miguel Román
Last Updated: June 19, 2018

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