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The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica

Bindschadler, Robert; Vornberger, Patricia; Fleming, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0143-4527; Fox, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7477-0671; Mullins, Jerry; Binnie, Douglas; Paulsen, Sara Jean; Granneman, Brian; Gorodetzky, David. 2008 The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112 (12). 4214-4226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006

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Abstract/Summary

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://Iima.usgs.gov. Educational materials associated with LIMA are available at http://Iima.nasa.gov.

Item Type: Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2008.07.006
Programmes: BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Long-Term Monitoring and Survey (MAGIC - Mapping and Geographic Information Centre)
ISSN: 0034-4257
Additional Keywords: Landsat; Antarctica; Ice sheet
NORA Subject Terms: Glaciology
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Date made live: 18 Nov 2010 14:37 +0 (UTC)
URI: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11398

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