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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 12:37:30
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From: Rick Wessels <rwessels@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov><br>
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To: Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa <sjsk@nsidc.org><br>
Subject: Re: GLIMS ASTER data update<br><br>
Hi,<br><br>
username: glimsguest<br>
password: ber1ng789 (note that the middle character is
a "one" and NOT a<br>
capital I : )<br><br>
I hope you have a good long weekend...<br>
Rick<br><br>
Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa wrote:<br><br>
> Hey Rick,<br>
><br>
> can I get the username, password for the how-to guides section of
the glims<br>
> website?<br>
><br>
> thanks<br>
><br>
> sjs khalsa<br>
><br>
> At 01:50 PM 5/11/2001 -0700, you wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Dear GLIMS Colleagues,<br>
>><br>
>> We are pleased to announce that by the end of next week,
glims.org will<br>
>> become<br>
>> our official website address. We will also be reached by
glims.net, but<br>
>> glims.com is already use by a private software company.
Several additions<br>
>> have<br>
>> been made to both our main GLIMS website and our protected
website. The<br>
>> biggest addition is a link to a new web page with an interactive
map<br>
>> showing<br>
>> ASTER scenes for all Regional Centers at:<br>
>>
<a href="http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/GLIMS/astermaps.html" eudora="autourl">http://wwwflag.wr.usgs.gov/GLIMS/astermaps.html</a>
This map presents a<br>
>> web-based<br>
>> searchable version of our Flagstaff ASTER database in ArcView. For those<br>
>> of<br>
>> you who have the latest version of ArcView or ArcExplorer, you may also<br>
>> access<br>
>> this data as a map service to add the map layers to your existing ArcView<br>
>> maps. Please check the linked ArcIMS help files if you are unfamiliar with<br>
>><br>
>> ArcIMS or ArcView.<br>
>><br>
>> As reflected in the above map service, the ASTER scene lists by Regional<br>
>> Center<br>
>> have finally been updated for each regional center on our protected website<br>
>> (We<br>
>> have added a link to the protected site on the GLIMS homepage). As of<br>
>> April<br>
>> 25, there were over 9400 images over glaciers with 4100 acquired using<br>
>> GLIMS<br>
>> appropriate gain settings. Due to a major system upgrade at EDC, few<br>
>> scenes<br>
>> were added to the EDG since April 26. They should be back up to speed<br>
>> soon.<br>
>> We've also added a new example of ASTER data (in a gzipped HDF format)<br>
>> acquired<br>
>> with GLIMS gain settings from the North Patagonia Ice Field in Chile.<br>
>><br>
>> In addition to the image lists for each regional center, we've again posted<br>
>> a<br>
>> table (procrc.tab) that contains scene statistics for all glacier areas and<br>
>><br>
>> each Regional Center. The first entry of the procrc.tab file represents a<br>
>> count<br>
>> of all ASTER scenes listed at EDG that cover glacier areas(see below). This<br>
>><br>
>> entry is followed by a block for each RC. This file is the best place to<br>
>> find<br>
>> each area's RC number so that the appropriate RC#.tab file may be<br>
>> downloaded by<br>
>> individual groups.<br>
>><br>
>> File=/farm/hhk1/aster/GLIMS/searches/glacierbyregion_oct11-apr25.txt<br>
>> # scenes: total, 1A, 1B, other= 9435 8916 519 0 GLIMS=4101<br>
>> OFF HIGH NORM LOW Low1 Low2 ON<br>
>> Sub 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br>
>> VNIR 0 4467 4831 75 0 0 62 0 0 0<br>
>> 3aft 62 37 9261 75 0 0 0 0 0 0<br>
>> SWIR 62 4175 5123 0 0 75 0 0 0 0<br>
>> TIR 62 0 0 0 0 0 9373 0 0 0<br>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------<br>
>><br>
>> As we've stated before, many of these scenes may be cloud-covered. The<br>
>> listed<br>
>> cloud values in the image list are not dependable except that very low<br>
>> values<br>
>> often accurately reflect clear scenes.<br>
>><br>
>> PLEASE NOTE: The format for the ASTER image lists (RC#.tab) has changed<br>
>> slightly from the previous files. Instead of center lat/long and scene<br>
>> twist,<br>
>> we now list the four scene corners. This provides more accurate plotting<br>
>> of<br>
>> scene boundaries within GIS applications. We have also listed the four<br>
>> instrument gain settings as four numbers in the V3ST column. The file<br>
>> format<br>
>> and values are explained in theRC_header_description.txt file on the web<br>
>> page.<br>
>><br>
>> We are sorry for the delay in posting new data and any inconvenience we may<br>
>><br>
>> have caused for you. Please contact us if you have any questions.<br>
>><br>
>> Sincerely,<br>
>> -- Rick Wessels<br>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
>> Rick Wessels, Ph.D. rwessels@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov<br>
>> U.S. Geological Survey Phone (520)-556-7022<br>
>> 2255 N. Gemini Drive FAX -7014<br>
>> Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Main Office -7000<br>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
><br>
> Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. %%% Emergent Technology Services, Inc.<br>
> ECS Science Coordinator for the National Snow and Ice Data Center<br>
> Campus Box 449 / 1540 30th St.<br>
> Boulder, CO 80309<br>
> Phone: (303) 492-1445 FAX: (303) 492-2468<br>
> <a href="http://spot.colorado.edu/~khalsa" eudora="autourl">http://spot.colorado.edu/~khalsa</a><br><br>
--<br>
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br>
Rick Wessels rwessels@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov<br>
U.S. Geological Survey Phone(928)-556-7022 <-- Note new area code<br>
2255 N. Gemini Drive FAX -7014 as of June 2001<br>
Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Main Office -7000<br>
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Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Ph.D. %%% Emergent Technology Services, Inc. <br>
ECS Science Coordinator for the National Snow and Ice Data Center <br>
Campus Box 449 / 1540 30th St. <br>
Boulder, CO 80309 <br>
Phone: (303) 492-1445 FAX: (303) 492-2468 <br>
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