SinusoidalVs.GeographicProjec6on

NimaPahlevan1,2,SudiptaSarkar1,2,VirginiaKalb2,EricVermote2,SadashivaDevadiga1,2,,GaryLin1,RobertE.Wolfe2,

MiguelRoman2,andChrisJus6ce3

1Science,Systems,AndApplica6ons,Inc.(SSAI)2NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter(619)

3DepartmentofGeographicalSciences,UniversityofMaryland

MODIS/VIIRSScienceTeamMee1ng,LandbreakoutSilverSpringMD

June2016

Introduc6on

•  Sinusoidalprojec6onwasadopted…–  Itwasrecommendedbyclimatemodelers–  Itpreservesthearea–  Thereislessdistor6onovertropicalareas–  Thereislesscomputa6onoverhigh-la6tudeareas

•  Geographicprojec6on,ontheotherhand,facilitateseasierintegra6onwithvariousgeo-visualiza6ontoolsavailablenowadays

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SinusoidalProjec6on

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RasterMosaicDatasetfromscaledEVITOC,defined'nodata’,withunderlyingshadedreliefDEMat30arcseconds(USGS)

GeographicProjec6on

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RasterMosaicDatasetfromscaledEVITOC,defined'nodata’,withunderlyingshadedreliefDEMat30arcseconds(USGS)

Objec6ve

•  Evaluatetheimpactofchangeinprojec6ononLandSurfaceReflectanceandNDVIProductsover“GoldenTiles”

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Method:SimulateDailyMODIS/VIIRSProducts

MODIS

OLIscene

185km

185km

OLI-derivedsurfacereflectanceproducts

ScanOLIdataaccordingtoVIIRSandMODIS

•  ViewinggeometriesforoneorbitcycleAND•  ThePointSpreadFunc6ons

1kmgridding(GEOVS.SIN)

intercomparison

Swath-levelsimulatedMODISandVIIRSproducts

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Spa6alSamplingUsedinSimula6ons

Agg.3X1 Agg.2X1 Agg.1X1

MoredetailsonthemethodinPahlevan,N,Sarkar,S.,Devadiga,S.,Wolfe,R.E.,Román,M.O.,Vermote,E.,Lin,G.,andXiong,X.(2016).ImpactofSpa6alSamplingonCon6nuityofMODIS-VIIRSLandSurfaceReflectanceProducts:ASimula6onApproach.Submi&edtoIEEETransac4onsofGeoscienceandRemoteSensing(underreview).

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SampleSimulatedNDVIs(SINVs.GEO)

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Metrics•  Histogram-basedanalysisofdifferencegridsofSINandGEOforLSRandNDVI

–  Per-pixel(i):PercentDifference(PD)andAbsolutePD(APD)

–  Per-area:histogrammean(PD&APD)andRMSD–  Median/min/maxofmeanvalues(mul6pleSIN-GEO)

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Bias = 0.005%Kurtosis = 3.3PoP @ ±1% = 37.1%

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Australia(barren)

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NWCanada(boreal)

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NorthernChile

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NDVI

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•  Ensembleofsimulateddifferenceimages(variousorbitsandlandcovers)

Conclusion

•  SIN>GEOyield,onaverage,insignificantdifferences(PD<0.5%&difference<1e-3)inLSRandNDVIproducts.

•  RecommendaMon–  Dependingonuserneeds,itispossibletotransiMontogeographicprojecMonwithveryminimalimpactonlandproducts.

–  FurtheranalysesoftheimpactcanbedonebysciencePIs(ifneeded)

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Backup

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SampleSimulatedSwaths

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ThesimulatedMODISLSRswathsre-projectedandoverlaidontogriddedMODISLSRs(MYD09)showninRGBfortheSWUSA(left)andNEChina(DOY=247)sites.CourtesyofPeteMa(NASAGSFC/SSAI).

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MoredetailsonthemethodinPahlevan,N,Sarkar,S.,Devadiga,S.,Wolfe,R.E.,Román,M.O.,Vermote,E.,Lin,G.,andXiong,X.(2016).ImpactofSpa6alSamplingonCon6nuityofMODIS-VIIRSLandSurfaceReflectanceProducts:ASimula6onApproach.Submi&edtoIEEETransac4onsofGeoscienceandRemoteSensing(underreview).