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Site Name: Agricultural Research Station, Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Latitude: 39.03 N
Longitude: 76.85 W
Site Managed By: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Point of Contact: Shunlin Liang
Address: Le Frak Hall, Rm.1113
College Park, MD 20742 USA
Phone: +1 301 405-4556
Email: sliang@eng.umd.edu
Site Operating Since: 1910
Affiliated Programs: U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Station
Elevation: 22 meters
Annual Precipitation: 890 mm
Mean Summer Temperature: 25 C
Mean Winter Temperature: 3 C
Seasonality: Humid subtropical, with precipitation throughout year
Predominant Vegetation: Cropland surrounded by urban and mixed forest
Site Data Source: Dr. Shunlin Liang (contact information above)
Site Data Types: Surface spectral reflectance and broadband albedos Leaf area index
Leaf angle distribution
Leaf transmittance/reflectance
FPAR
Canopy structure parameters (fraction of coverage, tree height etc.).
Soil moisture, nutrition and other parameters
Sunphotometers
Weather measurements from 4-5 weather stations.
Site Data Access: http://www.inform.umd.edu/geog/landcover/liang/

The 7000 acre Agricultural Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland is operated by the Agricultural Research Service, an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Research at the site focuses on natural resources, plant science, animal science, farm commodities, nutrition, and data systems. This site is one of several that is to be used by investigators that will be validating data products that are to be generated from NASA's Earth Observing System.

The NASA validation studies at this site will quantify the accuracy of land surface reflectance and albedo products that are to be produced by the MODIS and MISR sensors on NASA's Earth Observing System. The NASA study includes intensive sites (two crop lands, each about 0.5km by 1km) and an extensive 10km by 10km site that contains a wide variety of land use/land covers from urban to forest. Research activities at the site will include:

  • a) participating EOS field measurements and augmenting correlative measurements of land surface reflectance/albedo;
  • b) validating the methodology of scaling point/plot measurements to MODIS/MISR pixel sizes using high spatial resolution imagery such as low altitude hyperspectral data, ASTER, and LANDSAT 7 observations;
  • c) validating an alternative coupled atmosphere-surface algorithm for retrieving surface reflectance, BRDF and albedo simultaneously, and an alternative algorithm for calculating surface broadband albedos directly from top-of-atmosphere measurements;
  • d) conducting end-to-end certainty evaluation of MODIS surface reflectance and BRDF/albedo retrieval using retrieved MISR aerosol products and different surface BRDF models for temporally variable cover types; and
  • e) testing algorithms for calculating new albedo products directly used for ecological and climatic modeling.

The land cover map for the Beltsville, Maryland Agricultural Research Station area was derived from a 1994 land use/landcover map for Prince George's County. The map is in UTM projection (zone 18, NAD83 datum, GRS1980 spheroid) with upper left corner coordinates of 4333374 north, 318931 east and a pixel size of 60 meters.

Class Description Color (R,G,B) ----- ------------------------------ --------------------- 1 Low Density Urban Bright Red (255,0,0) 2 Medium Density Urban Dark Red (200,0,0) 3 High Density Urban Gray (128,128,128) 4 Surface Mining Operations Purple (160,0,160) 5 Cropland Green (0,210,0) 6 Pasture Pale Green (190,255,190) 7 Orchards, Horticulture Tan (230,200,145) 8 Agricultural Facilities Pink (255,200,200) 9 Deciduous Forest Brown (220,130,0) 10 Evergreen Forest Dark Green (0,120,0) 11 Mixed Forest Yellow (255,255,0) 12 Brush Light Brown (255,170,0) 13 Water Blue (0,0,255) 14 Forested/Nonforested Wetlands Slate (0,160,160) 15 Bare White (255,255,255)

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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 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:

The 7000 acre Agricultural Research Center at Beltsville, Maryland is operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Research at the site focuses on natural resources, plant science, animal science, farm commodities, nutrition, and data systems. This site is one of several that is to be used by investigators that will be validating data products that are to be generated from NASA's Earth Observing System.

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: generated by site PI.
The land cover map for the Beltsville, Maryland Agricultural Research Station area was derived from a 1994 land use/landcover map for Prince George's County. The map is in UTM projection (zone 18, NAD83 datum, GRS1980 spheroid) with upper left corner coordinates of 4333374 north, 318931 east and a pixel size of 60 meters.
Class Description Color (R,G,B) ----- ------------------------------ --------------------- 1 Low Density Urban Bright Red (255,0,0) 2 Medium Density Urban Dark Red (200,0,0) 3 High Density Urban Gray (128,128,128) 4 Surface Mining Operations Purple (160,0,160) 5 Cropland Green (0,210,0) 6 Pasture Pale Green (190,255,190) 7 Orchards, Horticulture Tan (230,200,145) 8 Agricultural Facilities Pink (255,200,200) 9 Deciduous Forest Brown (220,130,0) 10 Evergreen Forest Dark Green (0,120,0) 11 Mixed Forest Yellow (255,255,0) 12 Brush Light Brown (255,170,0) 13 Water Blue (0,0,255) 14 Forested/Nonforested Wetlands Slate (0,160,160) 15 Bare White (255,255,255)
DEM in UTM projection, north up orientation: Datum used to create the DEM.
Three arc-second (90 meters) Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) used to create DEM. Elevation in meters above mean sea-level, horizontal resolution is 130 meters, vertical resolution is +/- 30 meters and resolution accuracy absolute to WGS - 72 (90% Assurance).
AVHRR data in band sequential order: channels 1 - 5, NDVI, solar zenith angle, viewing angle, relative azimuth angle; UTM projection, North up orientation.

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 - 6):

Readme/header file
MSS scene 5 in band sequential order: channels 1 - 4; UTM projection, north up orientation.
MSS scene 6 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.

USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD AVHRR Tape 1 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9735 bytes

[Ancillary Data record info:]
File 2: Ancillary data (ascii format), 53778 bytes

[Landcover Map GIF image record info:]
File 3: Landcover Map GIF image, 18867 bytes

468 Lines 256 Samples 8-bit data

[DEM record info:]
File 4: USGS DCW DEM, 65170980 bytes
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.5627E+06 5.4540E+04
URCorner: 4.5627E+06 5.7168E+05
LLCorner: 4.0525E+06 5.4540E+04
LRCorner: 4.0525E+06 5.7168E+05
5670 Lines 5747 Samples [90 Meter Pixels] 16-bit data


The AVHRR scene id format consists of a combination of the following fields:
Field Name Type Length Description
Receiving MethodString2An indicator to tell whether the data was received real-time from the satellite or recorded.
Valid codes include:
AO = Orbital pass, a possible mix of HRPT and LAC acquired data.
AH = HRPT 1km High Resolution Picture Transmission (real-time).
AL = HRPT 1km Local Area Coverage(recorded).
Satellite NumberString2The number of the AVHRR satellite which acquired the data.
Acquisition DateDate6The date this data was acquired by the satellite.
Format = MMDDYY
Where M = Month, D = Day, Y = Year.
Acq. Start TimeNumeric6The start time (GMT) when this data was acquired.
Format = HHMMSS
Where H = Hours, M = Minutes, S = Seconds.


[AVHRR Data records info:]
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.4000E+04
URCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.7200E+05
LLCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.4000E+04
LRCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.7200E+05
512 Lines 519 Samples [1000 Meter Pixels] 16-bit data


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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD AVHRR Tape 2 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9930 bytes

The AVHRR scene id format consists of a combination of the following fields:
Field Name Type Length Description
Receiving MethodString2An indicator to tell whether the data was received real-time from the satellite or recorded.
Valid codes include:
AO = Orbital pass, a possible mix of HRPT and LAC acquired data.
AH = HRPT 1km High Resolution Picture Transmission (real-time).
AL = HRPT 1km Local Area Coverage(recorded).
Satellite NumberString2The number of the AVHRR satellite which acquired the data.
Acquisition DateDate6The date this data was acquired by the satellite.
Format = MMDDYY
Where M = Month, D = Day, Y = Year.
Acq. Start TimeNumeric6The start time (GMT) when this data was acquired.
Format = HHMMSS
Where H = Hours, M = Minutes, S = Seconds.


[AVHRR Data records info:]
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.4000E+04
URCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.7200E+05
LLCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.4000E+04
LRCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.7200E+05
512 Lines 519 Samples [1000 Meter Pixels] 16-bit data


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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD AVHRR Tape 3 Directory

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 10131 bytes

[AVHRR Data records info:]
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.4000E+04
URCorner: 4.5630E+06 5.7200E+05
LLCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.4000E+04
LRCorner: 4.0520E+06 5.7200E+05
512 Lines 519 Samples [1000 Meter Pixels] 16-bit data


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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD MSS Tape 1 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:
SSatellite
PPPPath
RRRRow
FFWRS offset (default to 00)
YYYear
DDDJulian date of acquistion
M Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
NInstrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 9294 bytes

[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 2016033007513490
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4036E+06 2.1649E+05
URCorner: 4.4036E+06 4.6022E+05
LLCorner: 4.1677E+06 2.1649E+05
LRCorner: 4.1677E+06 4.6022E+05
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File 5: 05/14/1975 = 2016033007513490 (P16/R33) Band4 17706780 Bytes

[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 2016033007620190
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4193E+06 2.0902E+05
URCorner: 4.4193E+06 4.5281E+05
LLCorner: 4.1823E+06 2.0902E+05
LRCorner: 4.1823E+06 4.5281E+05
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[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 2016033007625590
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4290E+06 2.0953E+05
URCorner: 4.4290E+06 4.5127E+05
LLCorner: 4.1926E+06 2.0953E+05
LRCorner: 4.1926E+06 4.5127E+05
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[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 4015033008313390
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4312E+06 2.0742E+05
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LLCorner: 4.1853E+06 2.0742E+05
LRCorner: 4.1853E+06 4.5070E+05
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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD MSS Tape 2 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:
SSatellite
PPPPath
RRRRow
FFWRS offset (default to 00)
YYYear
DDDJulian date of acquistion
M Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
NInstrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 8659 bytes

[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 4015033008322990
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4287E+06 2.1740E+05
URCorner: 4.4287E+06 4.5953E+05
LLCorner: 4.1839E+06 2.1740E+05
LRCorner: 4.1839E+06 4.5953E+05
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[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 5015033008922190
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4321E+06 2.0480E+05
URCorner: 4.4321E+06 4.4876E+05
LLCorner: 4.1856E+06 2.0480E+05
LRCorner: 4.1856E+06 4.4876E+05
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[MSS Data records info:]
Scene Id = 5015033009111590
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4307E+06 2.1073E+05
URCorner: 4.4307E+06 4.5480E+05
LLCorner: 4.1849E+06 2.1073E+05
LRCorner: 4.1849E+06 4.5480E+05
4313 Lines 4283 Samples [57 Meter Pixels] 8-bit data


File 10: 04/25/1991 = 5015033009111590 (P15/R33) Band1 18472579 Bytes
File 11: 04/25/1991 = 5015033009111590 (P15/R33) Band2 18472579 Bytes
File 12: 04/25/1991 = 5015033009111590 (P15/R33) Band3 18472579 Bytes
File 13: 04/25/1991 = 5015033009111590 (P15/R33) Band4 18472579 Bytes

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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD TM Tape 1 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:
SSatellite
PPPPath
RRRRow
FFWRS offset (default to 00)
YYYear
DDDJulian date of acquistion
M Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
NInstrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7609 bytes

[TM Data records info:]
Scene Id = 5015033008522610
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4211E+06 2.1190E+05
URCorner: 4.4211E+06 4.4979E+05
LLCorner: 4.1936E+06 2.1190E+05
LRCorner: 4.1936E+06 4.4979E+05
7985 Lines 8348 Samples [28.5 Meter Pixels] 8-bit data


File 2: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band1 66658780 Bytes
File 3: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band2 66658780 Bytes
File 4: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band3 66658780 Bytes
File 5: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band4 66658780 Bytes
File 6: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band5 66658780 Bytes
File 7: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band6 66658780 Bytes
File 8: 08/14/1985 = 5015033008522610 (P15/R33) Band7 66658780 Bytes

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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD TM Tape 2 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:
SSatellite
PPPPath
RRRRow
FFWRS offset (default to 00)
YYYear
DDDJulian date of acquistion
M Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
NInstrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7609 bytes

[TM Data records info:]
Scene Id = 5015033009611310
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4211E+06 2.1902E+05
URCorner: 4.4211E+06 4.5737E+05
LLCorner: 4.1907E+06 2.1902E+05
LRCorner: 4.1907E+06 4.5737E+05
8084 Lines 8364 Samples [28.5 Meter Pixels] 8-bit data


File 2: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band1 67614576 Bytes
File 3: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band2 67614576 Bytes
File 4: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band3 67614576 Bytes
File 5: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band4 67614576 Bytes
File 6: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band5 67614576 Bytes
File 7: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band6 67614576 Bytes
File 8: 04/22/1996 = 5015033009611310 (P15/R33) Band7 67614576 Bytes

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USDA Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD TM Tape 3 Directory

Landsat Scene ID Definition:

Format = SPPPRRRFFYYDDDMN
Where:
SSatellite
PPPPath
RRRRow
FFWRS offset (default to 00)
YYYear
DDDJulian date of acquistion
M Instrument mode (1 = TM, 9 = MSS)
NInstrument multiplexor (0 = satellites 1-5)

[HEADER Data record info:]
File 1: Readme Header File, 7609 bytes

[TM Data records info:]
Scene Id = 5015033009619310
Projection = UTM Zone = 18 vm Datum = Clarke 1866
ULCorner: 4.4199E+06 2.2401E+05
URCorner: 4.4199E+06 4.6219E+05
LLCorner: 4.1907E+06 2.2401E+05
LRCorner: 4.1907E+06 4.6219E+05
8077 Lines 8358 Samples [28.5 Meter Pixels] 8-bit data


File 2: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band1 67507566 Bytes
File 3: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band2 67507566 Bytes
File 4: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band3 67507566 Bytes
File 5: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band4 67507566 Bytes
File 6: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band5 67507566 Bytes
File 7: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band6 67507566 Bytes
File 8: 07/11/1996 = 5015033009619310 (P15/R33) Band7 67507566 Bytes

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