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THE REMOTE SENSING DATA GATEWAY
Citation:
SLONECKER, E., L. M. PETTERSON, AND J. DEW. THE REMOTE SENSING DATA GATEWAY. Presented at US EPA 2005 Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 16 - 18, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
The objectives of this task are to:
Assess new remote sensing technology for applicability to landscape characterization; Integrate multiple sensor systems data for improved landscape characterization;
Coordinate future technological needs with other agencies' sensor development programs;
Apply existing remote sensing systems to varied landscape characterization needs; and
Conduct remote sensing applications research for habitat suitability, water resources, and terrestrial condition indicators.
Description:
The EPA Remote Sensing Data Gateway (RSDG) is a pilot project in the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) to develop a comprehensive data search, acquisition, delivery and archive mechanism for internal, national and international sources of remote sensing data for the community of EPA Scientists and trusted collaborators. The RSDG will be a high-speed, high bandwidth Enterprise server designed for the purpose of enabling EPA Scientists to rapidly search and access global holdings of RS data. Through a series of unique collaborations with commercial remote sensing providers, and State, Federal and International government agencies, the RSDG will utilize comprehensive metadata search tools to rapidly define, research, locate, acquire and deliver aerial photos, satellite imagery, spectra, atmospheric data, multi- and hyper-spectral, thermal infrared, radar, LIDAR, microwave and other forms of data that are acquired via the science of remote sensing. The RSDG will be directly linked to the metadata records of the major remote sensing data servers in the federal government and in the global community of the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and well as many commercial imagery vendors. The RSDG will directly access and provide remote sensing data from the holdings of EPA's Remote Sensing Archive in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The RSDG is envisioned to provide enhanced acquisition services to a variety of imagery holdings and long-term archival storage or all EPA Remote Sensing information in accordance with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation
Program.