| Abstract: | The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is the first true-color, high-spatial-resolution image of the seventh continent. It is constructed from nearly 1100 individually selected Landsat-7 ETM+ scenes. Each image was orthorectified and adjusted for geometric, sensor and illumination variations to a standardized, almost seamless surface reflectance product. Mosaicing to avoid clouds produced a high quality, nearly cloud-free benchmark data set of Antarctica for the International Polar Year from images collected primarily during 1999-2003. Multiple color composites and enhancements were generated to illustrate additional characteristics of the multispectral data including: the true appearance of the surface; discrimination between snow and bare ice; reflectance variations within bright snow; recovered reflectance values in regions of sensor saturation; and subtle topographic variations associated with ice flow. LIMA is viewable and individual scenes or user defined portions of the mosaic are downloadable at http://lima.usgs.gov. Educational materials associated with LIMA are available at http://lima.nasa.gov. |
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| Citation Author: | Bindschadler, R.; Vornberger, P.; Fleming, A.; Fox, A.; Mullins, J.; Binnie, D.; Paulsen, S. J.; Granneman, B.; Gorodetzky, D. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Remote Sensing of Environment |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica; 2008; Article; Journal; Remote Sensing of Environment; Bindschadler, R.; Vornberger, P.; Fleming, A.; Fox, A.; Mullins, J.; Binnie, D.; Paulsen, S. J.; Granneman, B.; Gorodetzky, D. |
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| Text: | The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica; 2008; Article; Journal; Remote Sensing of Environment; Bindschadler, R.; Vornberger, P.; Fleming, A.; Fox, A.; Mullins, J.; Binnie, D.; Paulsen, S. J.; Granneman, B.; Gorodetzky, D. |
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| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006 |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00 -0600 |
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