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User's Guide
Reference Guide
ASTER User's Guide is provided in both of the HTML edition and the PDF edition.
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PART-1 : General
PART-2 : ASTER Level1 Data Product
PART-3 : Standard and Semi-standard data products (DEM)
PART-3 : Standard and Semi-standard data products (3D Ortho)
1. Introduction
1.1.
Document purpose
1.2.
EOS project
1.3.
Background of ASTER
1.4.
Science objectives
1.5.
Application of ASTER data
2. ASTER Instrument
2.1.
Terra Spacecraft and ASTER Instrument Overview
2.2.
Baseline Performance
2.3.
System Layout
2.4.
System Components
2.5.
Spectral Performance
2.6.
Radiometric Performance
2.7.
Geometric Perfornance
2.8.
Modulation Transfer Function
2.9.
Polarization Performance
2.10.
ASTER World Reference System (WRS)
2.11.
Orbit Characteristics
2.12.
Path Calender
3. ASTER ground data System
3.1.
Overview
3.2.
Features of ASTER Ground Data Systems
3.3.
Configuration of ASTER GDS
4. Data products
4.1.
Definition of data products
4.1.1.
Standard data products
(1)
L1A
(2)
L1B
(3)
Relative Spectral Emissivity
(4)
Relative Spectral Reflectance
(5)
Surface radiance
(6)
Surface temperature
(7)
Surface emissivity
(8)
Surface reflectance
4.1.2.
Semi-standard data products
5. Data product request and data distribution
6. Calibration/Validation activity
6.1.
Introduction
6.2.
Calibration data to be validated and the procedures to be used
6.3.
Validation and calibration
6.4.
Confirmation of precision and accuracy
6.5.
ERequired EOS and non-EOS experimental activities
6.6.
Required operational measurements
6.7.
Archival plans for validation information
6.8.
Inflight Validation Activities
7. Instrument Operation
7.1.
Instrument modes and activities
7.2.
Constraints on sensor operation
7.3.
User categories
7.4.
ASTER Data Categories
7.5.
Requesting Data
7.6.
ASTER Scheduling
8.
Related URL
9.
Glossary
10.
Acronym
PART-1 : General
PART-2 : ASTER Level1 Data Product
PART-3 : Standard and Semi-standard data products (DEM)
PART-3 : Standard and Semi-standard data products (3D Ortho)
