The ASTER On-Demand L2 Decorrelation Stretch VNIR is an on-demand product with user-specified processing options. This product is a color-enhanced image of the VNIR radiance data, which itself is derived from ASTER Level-1B data. Decorrelation stretch is a process used to enhance the color differences in an image by removing the inter-band correlation in the radiance values of the input VNIR pixels. Such an image provides a general overview that emphasizes reflectance variations and restrains variations owing to topography and temperature. The general purpose of a decorrelation stretched image is to serve as a data visualization tool while reviewing and selecting ASTER image data for further analysis and research. It attempts to address three broad requirements of such a visualization tool:
The decorrelation stretch product algorithm calculates the principal components of a three-band VNIR image. Each component is rescaled or contrast stretched by normalizing the variances of the vectors, and rotated back into the RGB color space.
Area | ~60 km x 60 km |
Image Dimensions | 4200 rows x 4980 columns |
File Size | ~85 MB |
Spatial Resolution | 15 m |
Units | Centigrade (°C) |
Projection | Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) |
Data Format | HDF-EOS or GeoTIFF |
Vgroup Data Fields | 3 |
Vgroup Data Fields/ |
Units |
Data Type |
Valid Range |
Band Scale Factor |
---|---|---|---|---|
VNIR (15 Meters) | ||||
Band 1 (0.52–0.60) | None | 8-bit unsigned integer | 0–255 | 1.0 |
Band 2 (0.63–0.69) | None | 8-bit unsigned integer | 0–255 | 1.0 |
Band 3N (0.78–0.86) | None | 8-bit unsigned integer | 0–255 | 1.0 |
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Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57198-0001
Phone Number: | 605-594-6116 |
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