Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa

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Test Site Information

The Skukuza site is a well-equipped, permanent scientific and tourist camp in the southern park of Kruger National Park in eastern South Africa. Facilities are excellent. The area has gently undulating landscape on Arceaen granites. The camp includes a class 1 weather station and airport. The climate is subtropical with summer rains between October and March. The annual rainfall in Kruger Park varies from 700 mm in the south to 400 mm in the north. In winter, surface water is restricted to rivers and artificial watering holes and the animals tend to congregate there. In 1998, an above-canopy tower will be installed at the site for semi-automatic and near-continous measurement of canopy level radiation properties. These data will be augmented with ground transects and aircraft imagery.

Landcover Map GIF Image: The land cover map for the Skukuza site was obtained from the CSIR Division of Water, Environment, and Forestry in the Republic of South Africa. The map is in UTM projection (zone 36, WGS84 datum) with upper left corner coordinates of -2745925 north, 313258 east and a pixel size of 50 meters.

Class Description Color (R,G,B) ----- --------------------------------- ------------------ 1 Forest and Woodland Green (0,0,0) 2 Thicket & bushland Brown (0,0,0) 3 Waterbodies Blue (0,0,0) 4 Barren rock White (0,0,0) 5 Degraded: forest and woodland Pale Green (0,0,0) 6 Degraded: thicket & bushland Tan (0,0,0) 7 Cultivated: permanent, irrigated Red (0,0,0) 8 Cultivated: temporary, irrigated Pink (0,0,0) 9 Cultivated: temporary, dryland Yellow (0,0,0) 10 Urban/built-up land Gray (0,0,0)

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa Header File

Project Description:

The purpose of the Global LandCover Test Sites (GLCTS) project is to develop a multitemporal and multi-resolution satellite data set for a selection of global test sites to support the research development of land cover characterization and the testing and validation of improved algorithms for EOS. The sites selected represent a wide range of global land cover types, are well characterized on the ground with on-going field-based monitoring programs, and are of interest to the international global change research community. The primary component of the data set will be historical and recent Landsat data and a series of daily AVHRR 1km data acquisitions in a 500 Km by 500 Km window centered on the site. Digital elevation data and land cover information will be also included for each site.

As with all the Pathfinder projects, this activity will help provide experience with which to develop the data and information system for EOS. In particular, problems associated with developing registered multi-resolution and multi-source data sets, providing tools for data extraction, and developing the appropriate metadata and information management systems will be addressed. The targeted user-community for this product includes: researchers developing regional and global scale land cover assessments; researchers developing improved algorithm for surface parameterization; and field scientists working at the test sites wanting to explore the application of remote sensing.

Site Description:

Nylsvley was the site of the South African Savanna Ecosystem Research Programme from 1974 to 1990. A large number of studies on primary production, hydrology, herbivory, fire, biogeochemistry, etc. were conducted during this period, and published in the open literature. The 600 ha. Nylsvley research area is set within a larger 3000 ha reserve.

Data Format and Organization:

Data are distributed on a series of low and high density 8 mm tapes, organized by data type. A copy of this header file is the first record on each tape and it will also include specific format and organization data for each tape.

Tape 1 (ancillary, gif, dem data and first 1/3 of AVHRR data):

Readme/header file

Ancillary Data: A full text description of the ongoing research at the site and a listing of available LANDSAT scenes.

Landcover Map GIF Image:

Landcover Map GIF Image: The land cover map for the Skukuza site was obtained from the CSIR Division of Water, Environment, and Forestry in the Republic of South Africa. The map is in UTM projection (zone 36, WGS84 datum) with upper left corner coordinates of -2745925 north, 313258 east and a pixel size of 50 meters. Class Description Color (R,G,B) ----- --------------------------------- ------------------ 1 Forest and Woodland Green (0,0,0) 2 Thicket & bushland Brown (0,0,0) 3 Waterbodies Blue (0,0,0) 4 Barren rock White (0,0,0) 5 Degraded: forest and woodland Pale Green (0,0,0) 6 Degraded: thicket & bushland Tan (0,0,0) 7 Cultivated: permanent, irrigated Red (0,0,0) 8 Cultivated: temporary, irrigated Pink (0,0,0) 9 Cultivated: temporary, dryland Yellow (0,0,0) 10 Urban/built-up land Gray (0,0,0)

Tape 2 (middle 1/3 of AVHRR data):

Readme/header file

AVHRR data in band sequential order: channels 1 - 5, NDVI, solar zenith angle, viewing angle, relative azimuth angle; UTM projection, North up orientation.

Tape 3 (last 1/3 of AVHRR data):

Readme/header file

AVHRR data in band sequential order : channels 1 - 5, NDVI, solar zenith angle, viewing angle, relative azimuth angle; UTM projection, North up orientation.

Tape 4 (MSS scenes 1 - 4):

Readme/header file

MSS scene 1 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.

MSS scene 2 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.

MSS scene 3 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.

MSS scene 4 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.

Tape 5 (MSS scenes 5):

Readme/header file

MSS scene 5 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.

Tape 6 (TM scene 1):

Readme/header file

TM scene 1 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 7; UTM projection, north up orientation.

Tape 7 (TM scene 2):

Readme/header file

TM scene 2 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 7; UTM projection, north up orientation.

Tape 8 (TM scene 3):

Readme/header file

TM scene 3 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 7; UTM projection, north up orientation.

Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa AVHRR Tape 1 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 8868 bytes

[Ancillary Data record info:]
File 2: Ancillary data (ascii format), 9452 bytes

[Landcover Map GIF image record info:]
File 3: Landcover Map GIF image, 30247 bytes

999 Lines 1025 Samples 8-bit data

[DEM record info:]
File 4: USGS DCW DEM, 518144 bytes

Projection = UTM	Zone = 36	Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner:	-2.4570E+06	8.5000E+04
URCorner:	-2.4570E+06	5.9600E+05
LLCorner:	-2.9620E+06	8.5000E+04
LRCorner:	-2.9620E+06	5.9600E+05
506 Lines	512 Samples [90 Meter Pixels]	16-bit data

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa AVHRR Tape 2 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9509 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa AVHRR Tape 3 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9269 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa MSS Tape 1 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:

S	Satellite
PPP	Path
RRR	Row
FF	WRS offset (default to 00)
YY	Year
DDD	Julian date of acquistion
M	Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
N	Instrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9025 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa MSS Tape 2 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:

S	Satellite
PPP	Path
RRR	Row
FF	WRS offset (default to 00)
YY	Year
DDD	Julian date of acquistion
M	Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
N	Instrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7100 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa TM Tape 1 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:

S	Satellite
PPP	Path
RRR	Row
FF	WRS offset (default to 00)
YY	Year
DDD	Julian date of acquistion
M	Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
N	Instrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7319 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa TM Tape 2 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:

S	Satellite
PPP	Path
RRR	Row
FF	WRS offset (default to 00)
YY	Year
DDD	Julian date of acquistion
M	Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
N	Instrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7319 bytes

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Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa TM Tape 3 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:

S	Satellite
PPP	Path
RRR	Row
FF	WRS offset (default to 00)
YY	Year
DDD	Julian date of acquistion
M	Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
N	Instrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7319 bytes

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