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QUESTION 339: hollinger@kalama.com (RICHIE RICH) wrote: > > Hello! I've got some awesome news that I think you need to take > two minutes to read if you have ever thought "How could I make > some serious cash in a hurry???" , or been in serious debt, ready > to do almost anything to get the money needed to pay off those > bill collectors. So grab a snack, a warm cup of coffee, or a glass > of your favorite beverage, get comfortable and listen to this > interesting, exciting find! > Let me start by saying that I FINALLY FOUND IT! That's right! > I found it! And I HATE GET RICH QUICK SCHEMES!! I hate those > schemes like multi-level marketing, mail-order schemes, envelope > stuffing scams, 900 number scams... the list goes on forever. I > have tried every darn get rich quick scheme out there over the > past 12 years. I somehow got on mailing lists for people looking > to make money (more like 'desperate stupid people who will try > anything for money!'). Well, when I was a teenager, these > claims to 'get me rich quick' sounded irresistible! I would shell > out $14.95 here, $29.95 there, $24.95 here, and another $49.95 > there. I had maxed out my new Circuit City Card AND my Visa...I > was desperate for money!! So, I gave them all a chance but > failed at every one of them! Maybe they worked for some people, > but not for me. Eventually, I just tossed that JUNK MAIL in the > trash when I got the mail. I recognized it right away. I can > smell a money scam from a mile away these days, SO I THOUGHT.... > I thought I could sniff out a scam easily. WAS I WRONG!! > .....I LOVE THE INTERNET!!! > > I was scanning thru a NEWSGROUP and saw an article stating to > GET CASH FAST!! I thought..."Here on the Internet?? Well, I'll > just have to see what schemes could possibly be on the internet." > The article described a way to MAIL A ONE DOLLAR BILL TO ONLY > FIVE PEOPLE AND MAKE $50, 0000 IN CASH WITHIN 4 WEEKS! Well, > the more I thought about it, the more I became very curious. Why? > Because of the way it worked AND BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY COST ME > FIVE DOLLARS (AND FIVE STAMPS), THAT'S ALL I EVER PAY....EVER!! > > Ok, so the $50,000 in cash was maybe an tough amount to reach, > but it was possible. I knew that I could at least get a return > of $1,000 or so. So I did it!! As per the instructions in the > article, I mailed out ('snail mail'for you e-mail fanatics) a > single dollar bill to each of the five people on the list that > was contained in the article. I included a small note, with the > dollar, that stated "Please Add Me To Your List." I then removed > the first position name of the five names listed and moved > everyone up one position, and I put my name in position five of > the list. This is how the money starts rolling in! I then took > this revised article now with my name on the list and REPOSTED IT > ON AS MANY NEWSGROUPS AND LOCAL BULLETIN BOARD > MESSAGE AREAS THAT I KNEW. I then waited to watch the money > come in...prepared to maybe receive about $1000 to $1500 in cash or > so.... > > But what a welcome surprise when those envelopes kept coming in!!! I > knew what they were as soon as I saw the return addresses from people > all over the world-Most from the U.S., but some from Canada, even > some from Australia! I tell you, THAT WAS EXCITING!! So how > much did I get in total return? $1000? $5000? Not even!!! I > received a total of $23,343!!! I couldn't believe it!! > > I now have a brand new black Acura Integra to speak for, due > to this!! Now after almost 8 months, I am ready to do it again!!! > So maybe it was possible to get $50,000 in cash, I don't know, > but IT COMPLETELY DEPENDS ON YOU, THE INDIVIDUAL! You > must follow through and repost this article everywhere you can think > of! The more postings you achieve will determine how much cash > will arrive in your very own mailbox!! It's just too easy to > pass up!!! > > Let's review the reasons why you should do this: The only > cost factors are for the five stamps, the 5 envelopes and the 5 > one dollar bills that you send out to the listed names by snail > mail (US Postal Service Mail). Then just simply repost the > article (WITH YOUR NAME ADDED) to all the newsgroups and local > BBS's you can. Then sit back and, (ironically), enjoy walking > (you can run if you like! :o ) down your driveway to your > mailbox and scoop up your rewards!! We all have five dollars to > put into such an easy effortless investment with SPECTACULAR > REALISTIC RETURNS OF $15,000 to $25,000 in about 3-5 weeks! So > HOLD OFF ON THOSE LOTTERY NUMBERS FOR TODAY,EAT AT > HOME TONIGHT INSTEAD OF TAKEOUT FROM McDONALDS AND > INVEST FIVE DOLLARS IN THIS AMAZING MONEY MAKING SYSTEM > NOW!!! YOU CAN'T LOSE!! > > So how do you do it exactly, you ask? I have carefully > provided the mostdetailed, yet straightforward instructions on > how to easily get this underway and get your cash on its way. > SO, ARE YOU READY TO MAKE SOME CASH!!!?? HERE WE GO!!! > > *** THE LIST OF NAMES IS AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE. *** > > OK, Read this carefully. Get a printout of this information, > if you like, so you can easily refer to it as often as needed. > > INSTRUCTIONS: > > 1. Take a sheet of paper and write on it the following: > "Please add my name to your list". This creates a service out > of this money making system and thus making it completely legal. > You are not just randomly sending a dollar to someone, you are > paying one dollar for a legitimate service. Make sure you > include your name and address. I assure you that, again, this > is completely legal! For a neat little twist, also write what > slot their name was in: "You were in slot 3", Just to add a > little fun! This is all about having fun and making money at > the same time! > > 2. Now fold this sheet of paper around a dollar bill ,(no > checks or money orders), and put them into an envelope and send > it on its way to the five people listed. The folding of the > paper around the bill will insure its arrival to its recipient. > THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT!! > > 3. Now listen carefully, here's where you get YOUR MONEY COMING > TO YOUR MAILBOX. Look at the list of five people; remove the > first name from position one and move everyone on the list up > slot one on the list. Position 2 name will now move to the > position 1 slot , position 3 will now become position 2, 4 will > be be 3, 5 wil be 4. Now put your name, address, zipcode AND > COUNTRY in position 5, the bottom position on the list. > > 4. Now upload this updated file to as many newsgroups and local > bulletin boards' message areas & file section as possible. Give > a catchy description of the file so it gets noticed!! Such as: > "NEED FAST CASH?, HERE IT IS!" or "NEED CASH TO PAY OFF > YOUR DEBTS??", etc. And the more uploads, the more money you > will make, and of course, the more money the others on the list will > make too. LET'S ALL TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER BY BEING > HONEST AND BY PUTTING FORTH 120 PERCENT INTO THIS > PROFITABLE & AMAZING SYSTEM!!! You'll reap the benefits, believe > me!!! Set a goal for the number of total uploads you'll post, such as > 15-20 postings or more! Always have a goal in mind!!! If you can UUE > encode the file when uploading, that will make it easier for the > people > to > receive it and have it downloaded to their hard drive. That way > they get a copy of the article right on their computer without > hassles of viewing and then saving the article from the File menu. > Don't alter the file type, leave it as an MS-DOS Text file. The > best test is to be able to view this file using Microsoft's > Notepad for Windows 3.x or WordPad for Windows '95. If the margins > look right without making the screen slide left or right when at > the ends of the sentences, you're in business! > > 5. If you need help uploading, simply ask the sysop of the BBS, > or "POST" a message on a newsgroup asking how to post a file, > tell them who your Internet provider is and PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE > GLAD TO HELP. I would try to describe how to do it but there are > simply too many internet software packages with slightly different > yet relatively simple ways to post or upload a file. Just ask for > help or look in the help section for 'posting'. I do know that for > GNN, you simply select 'POST' then enter a catchy description > under the subject box, choose 'ATTACH', selecting 'UUE' and NOT > 'TXT', then choose 'Browse' to go look for the file. Find your > text file CASH.TXT and click on it and choose 'OK'. Place a one > line statement in the main body section of the message post > screen. Something like "Download this to read how to get cash > arriving in your mailbox with no paybacks!" or whatever. Just make > sure it represents its true feasibility, NOT something like... > "Get one million dollars flooding in your mailbox in two days!" > You'll never get ANY responses! > > 6. And this is the step I like. JUST SIT BACK AND ENJOY LIFE > BECAUSE CASH IS ON ITS THE WAY!! Expect to see a little money > start to trickle in around 2 weeks, but AT ABOUT WEEKS 3 & 4, THE > MONEY STORM WILL HIT YOUR MAILBOX!! All you have to do is take it > out of the mailbox and try not to scream too loud (outside anyway) > when you realize YOU HIT THE BIG TIME AT LAST!! > > 7. So go PAY OFF YOUR BILLS AND DEBTS and then get that something > special you always wanted or buy that special person in your life > (or the one you want in your life) a gift they'll never forget. > ENJOY LIFE! > > 8. Now when you get low on this money supply, simply re-activate > this file again; Reposting it in the old places where you > originally posted and possibly some new places you now know of. > Don't ever lose this file, always keep a copy at your reach for > when you ever need cash. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT YOU > CAN ALWAYS RE-USE TIME AND TIME AGAIN WHEN CASH IS > NEEDED! > > 9. (This step added by Charles Reiley). Hello, This is exciting > isn't it?! While I'm on the list, just add a note saying "Please > include extra money tips" with your name & E-MAIL address, and I > will (FOR FREE) send you some neat methods to increase the money > you will receive with this plan. Why?... Why not? I'm not a selfish > jerk...I like helping out others. E-mail just makes it a touch > easier and cheaper, too! After I drop off the list, I can no > longer offer you this advice, obviously, but maybe someone else > who gets my tips will offer and simply replace my name on this step > number 9. Good luck and give this plan your all, it will definitely > pay off! Like Mike said, HAVE FUN WITH IT!!! > > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* > THE NAMES LIST THE NAMES LIST THE NAME LIST > ******************************************************************* > * HONESTY IS WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL!!! > * > * > * 1. Tony Phan > * Rm 7-361 Territorial Hall > * 417 Walnut St. SE > * Minneapolis, MN 55455 > * > * 2. Charles Reiley > * 1541 Cedar Bluff Trail > * Marietta, GA 30062 > * > * 3. Dustin Lowe > * P.O. Box 13431 > * Gainesville, FL 32604 > * > * 4. Bobby Williams > * 342 Shawnee Drive > * Wetumpka, AL 36092 > * > * 5. Jason Levin > * 7 Riverstone Court > * Riverstone Road > * Wynberg > * Cape Town > * 7800 > * South Africa > **************************************************************** > > > NOTE: > Try to keep a list of everyone that sends you a dollar and > always keep an eye on the local postings of this file...Just > to make sure that everyone is playing the game fairly. You know > where your name should be..... > > AGAIN, HONESTY IS THE BEST THING WE HAVE GOING FOR > US ON THIS PLAN. > > -Mike Dotson, Boulder, CO 7/ 1/96 - 0 responses
QUESTION 338: I'm looking for information about the Doppler Beam Sharpening (DBS) algorithm. Do you know where I can find any documents or web sites with this informations ? Thanks. 7/ 1/96 - 0 responses
Xavier Galland, ESIEE, Ecole Superieure d'Ingenieurs en Electrotechnique et Electronique, France, gallandx@esiee.fr
QUESTION 337: Can anyone tell me the difference between a pixel and a resolution cell? Is pixel-size the same as pixel-spacing? Thanks! 6/26/96 - 3 responses - [last response 6/30/96]
Jaron Samson, jsamson@geo.tudelft.nl
QUESTION 336: Is SIR-C data suitable for raytring for 3D rendering? Does JPL have data from Israel and surroundings? I`m trying to built an educational tool for the history of the land and its people and wonder if it could be achieved by these means. Truly. 6/25/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/30/96]
Marc St-Jacques, Université de Montréal, stjacque@ere.umontreal.ca
QUESTION 335: I am trying to locate images of the south shore of mass. usa. from a satellite that is as close and clear as can be. Is there any web site out there? Looking for images of Hingham, MA and Boston Harbor. Thank you for some help. 6/22/96 - 0 responses
Dana S. Baxter, Hingham school system, dbaxte19@mail.idt.net
QUESTION 334: Hi there! I am a student in Ireland currently confounded by searches for imagery! Could anybody help me to locate Radar imagery of the west coast of Ireland. Any comments on the intergration of such imagery into ARC/INFO for use in a vegetation mapping project would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a million in advance.Reamonn. 6/21/96 - 0 responses
Reamonn Fealy, ge91079683@may.ie
QUESTION 333: Hi. I'm a graduate student at the University of Canberra in Australia. I would like to know why C-band HH polarization SAR was chosen for Radarsat 1. Is it a good general purpose setup? Is it particularly useful for some applications? How useful is it for hydrology? Thanks in advance. 6/18/96 - 0 responses
Neil Sims, UNiversity of Canberra, u896296.canberra.edu.au
QUESTION 332: Earth Observatorium STS68 CD-ROM will soon be available. Reserve a copy now and take advantage of some pre-release discounts, esp. for owners of STS59 CD-ROM. Over 12,500 images plus most of the JPL Radar images here are available. http://www.csn.net/malls/rmdp 800-266-7637 6/18/96 - 0 responses
James Perdue, Rocky Mountain Digital Peeks, rmdp@csn.net
QUESTION 331: I am trying to locate a friend, Ruth ? (nee:Neilan). She was working @ JPL in early '80s and married another person working there. 6/17/96 - 0 responses
Charles Boyer, Palm Beach Atlantic College, boyer@goliath.pbac.edu
QUESTION 330: Speckle in SAR images are usually modelled by a multiplicative noise model where the intensity (power) has a negative exponential distribution. For complex images, the phase is modelled by an uniform distribution between -pi and pi. We know that in cases where the sampling frequency is higher than the system bandwidth, speckle is correlated between pixels in the resultant intensity image. If I have a complex image instead, would the phase also be correlated? Any response or reference would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 6/11/96 - 0 responses
Ivan Lim, elelimwk@leonis.nus.sg
QUESTION 329: Can anyone help locate any radar or photographic images of area Lat/Lon. +26deg 8min N / +118deg 19min E ; this is an archaeological site, Fujian Province in southwest China. 6/ 8/96 - 2 responses - [last response 6/17/96]
Peter Holmes, Auckland University, New Zealand, pdh@antov1.auckland.ac.nz
QUESTION 328: pls help me to find a photo of singapore 6/ 7/96 - 0 responses
orion@pacific.net.sg
QUESTION 327: I am plannig to process ERS-1 data; radiometric correction, geometric correction. I think that there are many people who have processed ERS-1 data. I need knowledge and technique based on experience. I would like to get documentations which describe the method to process ERS-1 data. ( radiometric correction, geometric correction ) Would you advise me? Thank you! 6/ 6/96 - 0 responses
Shingyoon Roh, roh@cafe.postech.ac.kr
QUESTION 326: I am trying to discover what remote imaging can reveal about geological features and mineral deposits (primarily gold) in the the specific region enclosed within 38.25 to 38.20, -120.30 to -120.25. It seems that this area is unmapped. Is there another data series? Seems unlikely that there are unmapped locations. 6/ 5/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 5/96]
Bill Sorensen, geology student, Bill_Sorensen@FC.etec.com
QUESTION 325: I'm looking for info on the use of ground penetrating radar images for use in farming. (soil compaction, moisture, etc) Can anyone direct me to someone using radar imaging in this way? Thanks. 6/ 4/96 - 2 responses - [last response 6/ 5/96]
KR, kreins@aol.com
QUESTION 324: Hello! I'm trying to find a NASA/JPL scientist named Pascale Dubois. Can anyone help me to find her email address?? 6/ 3/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 4/96]
Orlando Maximo, maximo@ieav.cta.br
QUESTION 323: What I have read about multilook SAR says that the antenna is sudivided into regions that image the same area separately to reduce speckle. Does that mean the real antenna pattern stays the same and that we just synthesize two 1/2 length arrays for two looks, etc. ? I'm confused... 6/ 2/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 7/96]
Kevin R. Duemmel, OSU Dept. of Astronomy Imaging Sciences Laboratory, duemmel@mps.ohio-state.edu
QUESTION 322: why do most of your continental U.S. images (which are funded by folks from all over the country)cover areas of California? who decides what is covered? 5/30/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/30/96]
D Cohen
QUESTION 321: I am looking for some global images to download for my nephew. I found 1 global topographic map which was courtesy of Marine Geology and Geophysics division of the National Geophysics Data Center once. It was a map that you could either display the a) map b)from sun, c) from moon, d) night side it also showed the longtitude and latitude It also had the option of either no night, w/clouds, topo map, or ir clouds. I would either like to find that one again on the computer or some other current images to print out for my nephew. Can you please direct me in the right direction? 5/30/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/18/96]
Darleen Stry, bstry@buffnet.com
QUESTION 320: I would like to know if there is any way a cave can be imaged in 3-D using radar, and graphically displayed on a PC (pentium) for further analysis. I am a Ph.D. student at the Univ. of Missouri in Rolla and this may be a possible dissertation topic, if it hasn't already been researched. 5/28/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/29/96]
Robert W. Dillon, University of Missouri at Rolla, rdillon@umr.edu
QUESTION 319: We have used the CVERT2 software to convert sir-c slc to data in airsar CM format in order to process them into PCI polarimetric radar module. We have used PCI programs to generate the 10 channel of the scattering matrix. By viewing the dynamic range of the HH, HV and VV polarized power (8 bit), we realized that there is an unknown scaling factor. For example, the dynamic range of the hh image was 23.4 - 38.6 over an agricultural site. We also looked at the header of the converted data and found out that the "comp scale factor" was set to 1.0000. Obviously, the power values displayed in the polarimetric signatures are also scaled. Where can we find any information about this scaling factor? Can we remove it easily? 5/27/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/27/96]
Heather McNairn/Yves Crevier, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, heather.mcnairn@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca / yves.crevier@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca
QUESTION 318: I am looking for satellite images of North Carolina, High Point, N.C., Charlotte, N.C., and/or Greensboro, N.C. 5/24/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/10/96]
Michael D. McGaha, mcmail@nr.infi.net
QUESTION 313: Is it possible to measure the thickness of sea ice, and tell how thick the water is beneath it from satellite imagery? 5/20/96 - 2 responses - [last response 5/29/96]
Kevin, Student at U.Washington, brockway@u.washington.edu
QUESTION 312: We are looking for an operational method to measure bare ground surfaces with cm-accuracy or better in 3D. The area covered should be a couple of square meters. A scanning laser profilometer or stereo camera system could be something that we are looking for. 5/20/96 - 0 responses
Teemu Tares, CEC Joint Research Centre, Italy, teemu.tares@jrc.it
QUESTION 311: I am working with the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. Has anyone used rader technology in assessing wildland fuels under forest stands? 5/19/96 - 0 responses
firefly1@cdsnet.net
QUESTION 310: Hi, I'm a Phd , working on radar remote sensing (SAR) of intertidal zone. Does anyone knows of a good source that contains a description of the spectral signature of this areas? thanks in advance. 5/19/96 - 0 responses
Gerald Bonnaffoux, Geosystemes, bonnafou@univ-brest.fr
QUESTION 309: I would like ideas about locating the graves of a small cemetery that had its markers destroyed in 1941. The known general location is within a 5 acre area. I would prefer an aerial flyover. Could infra-red imaging be successful? GPR equipment is costly and bulky so prefer other alternatives. Has NASA done any GPR imaging in the US? Thanks. 5/17/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/17/96]
H. Walker, hwgroup@execpc.com
QUESTION 307: Re: DRA jobs. Humble apologies to any who tried to contact me in response to question 300. My real e-mail address is as given here---> 5/14/96 - 0 responses
Mark Williams, DRA - Malvern/England, MLWILLIAMS@taz.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 306: How are the SAR interferometry satellites tracked? What role does doppler rangine play in a side-looking SAR satelitte--is this for tracking? 5/13/96 - 0 responses
Paul Vincent, University of Colorado, vincentp@ucsu.colorado.edu
QUESTION 305: What are the different SAR wavelengths of the satellites currently producing surface deformation images? ERS-1 (5.6 cm); ERS-2 (5.6 cm?); JERS ?; ...and what are the tradeoffs between different wavelenghts? 5/13/96 - 2 responses - [last response 6/ 7/96]
Paul Vincent, University of Colorado, vincentp@ucsu.colorado.edu
QUESTION 304: Does anyone have any information on using SAR techniques with ultrasound for surface imaging? 5/11/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/22/96]
Del Miller, Symtrex Technologies, 76221.2310@compuserve.com
QUESTION 303: I'm looking for a radar and/or 3D image of the Las Vegas, NV. area. Any help will be much appreciated. 5/ 9/96 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 7/96]
Darryl Hancock, US Army Electronic Tech - Ft Huachuca, AZ.
QUESTION 301: I'm attemptng to develop algorithms (as automatic as possible) for an oil slick detection that uses Radarsat SAR data, although probably not exclusively. One of the problems to overcome is differentiating between natural oils put out by organisms (fish, algae, etc) and man-made spills. Another is the fact that wind and rain shadows have the same signature. Also, the damping effect on the capillary waves which makes the slick visible only occurs over a narrow range of wind speeds (~1.5 - 13 knots). If anyone could offer me any advice as to how to proceed in this relatively new area of research, or could point me towards any papers written on this subject, I would be extremely grateful. Gord 5/ 7/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/ 7/96]
Gord Bowman, Atlantis Scientific Systems Group Inc. (http://www.atlsci.com), gbowman@atlsci.com
QUESTION 300: I work for the Defence Research Agency (DRA) at Malvern England, (formerly RSRE). We are currently recruiting people to join the Millimetre Wave Radar group to work on problems concerning the analysis of data gathered on Doppler Beam Sharpening (DBS) radars. Anyone with programming skill and experience in computer vision or radar modelling should feel free to e-mail me their CV. 5/ 5/96 - 0 responses
Mark Williams, DRA/DERA UK, MLWILLIAMS%TAZ.dnet@hermes.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 299: Can magnetic anomolies such as a kimberlite pipe be detected by radar? 5/ 4/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/ 8/96]
hudson, hudsonw@direct.ca
QUESTION 298: Hello, I hope someone can answer a question about SIR-C's decibel scale for measuring backscatter. I understand that it is a logarithmic scale, but on what value is it based? In other words, if ALL the radar was backscattered, what dB would that be? Is it zero? 4/25/96 - 2 responses - [last response 4/29/96]
John Chadwick, Goddard, chadwick@sensor.gsfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 297: We are an Engineering company in Kingston, Ontario Canada, and would appreciate it if you could help point us in the right direction. We would like to use some sort of air born, or water craft to locate a 42" concrete and steel pipe. The pipe is buried under 0-15' of water along with 0-5' of silt. We want to be able to tell location and alignment of the pipe by some type of imageing, the degree of accuracy would need to be in the order of inchs. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as we have had no luck in obtaining information on this subject. Thank You Dale White 4/25/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/ 4/96]
Dale White, Frontech Ltd., aross@adan.kingston.net
QUESTION 296: I am using IFSAR imagery for terrain classification and looking for references on unsupervised training (clustering) algorithms. In particular references by Yiu-fai Wong and Edward Posner. 4/25/96 - 0 responses
Jeff Donovan, Technology Service Corporation, jdonovan@tsc.com
QUESTION 295: I have just had a very frustrating time trying, eventually successfully, to download the map of Seasat, Sir-a and Sir-b coverage. The data transmission, was so erratic that long pauses were causing my modem to drop the line. Would it not be possible to provide a simple, user- friendly search facility, whereby I could simply enter co-ordinates, and your computer could tell me what coverage was available for those co-ordinates. It would be so much simpler. 4/24/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/29/96]
Jon Guite, jon@skcldv.demon.co.uk
QUESTION 294: Hello, I am trying to find a nasa/jpl scientist named Sasan Saatchi. Can anyone help me find his email address, etc. ? Sheila Haggerty, Providence, RI shaggerty@risd.edu 4/23/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/23/96]
Sheila Haggerty, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, shaggerty@risd.edu
QUESTION 293: In search of radar characteristics and specifications of the APN-241 and APG-66 (V) airborne radars. We do radar simulation and need this data for simulator development. Thanks 4/18/96 - 0 responses
Jim LaSalvia, SAIC, Dayton, Ohio, Jim_LaSalvia@dayton.saic.com
QUESTION 292: In search of racar characteristics and specifications of the APN-241 and APG-66 (V) airborne radars. We do radar simulation and need this data for simulator development. Thanks 4/18/96 - 0 responses
Jim LaSalvia, SAIC, Dayton, Ohio, Jim_LaSalvia@dayton.saic.com
QUESTION 291: I need to calibrate a JERS-1 image to obtain the radar cross section image. I found the formula sigma-0 = 10 * log(Sum(DN*DN)/n) + CF where CF = -68.5. I didn't find how the CF (-68.5) was obtained. Does anybody know how can I find it?? 4/18/96 - 2 responses - [last response 4/22/96]
Orlando Alves Maximo, maximo@ieav.cta.br
QUESTION 289: The 27 March Aerospace Daily noted that NASA is 2 years away from a new start for a small commercial radar Earth remote sensing satellite that would use advanced technology developed at JPL to generate data for NASA's MTPE. Who knows what plans NASA has for this new start, and what plans NASA has to commercialize JPL's technology? Is anyone aware of any purely commercial radarsats under development? 4/14/96 - 0 responses
CRReed, CRReed1111@aol.com
QUESTION 288: I need a way of converting imagry files into DEMs using ARC/INFO 7.3. Also, would anyone using radar imagry to identify tree stands, tree height, ground surface, or penetration of water, sand, gravel please contact me. Also, what images are available for southeast Alaska? Finally, how do I obtain printed copies of the reports foound in your library. I hate doing work at home like this, so please send email. These web pages are outstanding, except they could use another textured and more colorful background other than battleship gay. More color would help. Need program information on forest/tree/vegetative structure information. 4/11/96 - 3 responses - [last response 6/ 8/96]
Paul Zellmer, USDA Forest Service, Ketchikan Area, ktnzap@ptialaska.net
QUESTION 284: Does anyone know where there are any images of Cozumel, Mexico (an island east of the Yucatan Peninsula)? 4/ 6/96 - 2 responses - [last response 4/18/96]
prwd@az.com
QUESTION 283: HELLO Thanks for providing the great views of Tx. I am wondering if Ya'll have any views of the Dallas FtWorth Metroplex? I live about 7 miles southof FtWorth. I have seen some Images hanging on the walls of my high school & where work there have a Image of the northern Half of the DFW metroplex If there are any on the net please let me know Thanks, Bryan. 4/ 4/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/18/96]
Bryan Fair, Student, brfair@flash.net
QUESTION 282: Does anyone have any screen-size pictures of a space shuttle in space that I can download? If so, where? 4/ 4/96 - 0 responses
Tony Bianco, none
QUESTION 281: I am exploring techniques in fusing SLAR data with TM data to possibly enhance classification procedures in urban areas and am having trouble locating relative documentation, if you know of any I would appreciate tour direction. Thanx. 4/ 3/96 - 2 responses - [last response 4/18/96]
John Evers, Louisiana State University, Jevers@tiger.lsu.edu
QUESTION 280: hello? 4/ 3/96 - 5 responses - [last response 4/17/96]
je, lsu, jevers@tiger.lsu.edu
QUESTION 278: Would like more info on the land based radar complexes in Alaska and Russia which reportedly heat the ionosphere to +/- 400c(?) to create radar reflective mirror. Could this system be responsible for radar blackouts in Pittsburgh and San Diego? 3/30/96 - 0 responses
QUESTION 277: I find myself wishing we'd had SAR technology on the Viking orbiters for exploring what the regoliths on Phobos and Deimos effectively masked. Has SAR technology evolved enough at this point to afford control and understanding of depth penetration is such material, and does the data product afford any additional under- standing of the character of that surface? 3/29/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/10/96]
Duke B. Reiber, Research Writer, dreiber@iu.net
QUESTION 276: Do you have any high-res radar of the Pasadena area? I didn't see Any radar for Omaha, Nebraska. Just a comment about the color schemes. Some of us older folk have trouble reading red text on black background. 3/28/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/ 3/96]
Mike Martin, JPL, mmartin@jplpds.jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 275: I am looking for information about the satelite currently being used to map the topography of the USA using GPR. I would like to know the name of the satelite and the name of the mission. Are there any web sites with this info? Thanks. 3/27/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/ 3/96]
Matt Neutra, Masters program, DGL Salem State College, mrdedalus@aol,com
QUESTION 274: I'm completing the Earth Observatorium STS68 CD-ROM (visual and radar images) and I'm looking for additional science data and results to include on the CD-ROM from both of the SRL missions. Anyone with science results from these missions please contact me at perdue@csn.org. Check out the web page for more info http://www.csn.net/malls/rmdp/ee.html Thanks in advance 3/27/96 - 0 responses
Newt Perdue, Rocky Mountain Digital Peeks, perdue@csn.org
QUESTION 273: I'm interested in developing an information base around the Puget Sound (WA State) area. I have been unable to locate and SIRS/C or AIR data of that area. Can you point me to available data sources of that area, media, costs, software? Thanks for the help. 3/22/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/10/96]
Bill Nicholls, Independent researcher, billn@bix.com
QUESTION 272: I saw a large comet while I was in Botswana sometime between Dec. '69 and Jan. '71. It appeared low on the horizon, as large as the moon with a long tail. It appeared smaller and higher each night for about a week when it finally disappeared. Does anyone know which comet it could have been? 3/21/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/11/96]
QUESTION 270: We are putting on a conference at which people will be displaying SIR-C images. Rather than potentially get complicated, is it advisable to ask presenters to simply save their images from ERDAS as TIFF files and display them at our meeting in Photo Shop? Since large TIFF files can be a problem, should they be limited to something like 50 megs? 3/20/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/20/96]
Scot Smith, University of Florida, ses@ce.ufl.edu
QUESTION 269: Is the software that drives this bulletin board commercially available? I work for a museum in Western Mass and we'd like to set up a similar Q & A format on our site. 3/20/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/20/96]
Doug Bartow, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, doug@massmoca.org
QUESTION 268: Is the software that drives this bulletin board commercially available? I work for a museum in Western Mass and we'd like to set up a similar Q & A format on our site. 3/20/96 - 0 responses
Doug Bartow, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, doug@massmoca.org
QUESTION 267: Does anybody know what a Wallis adaptative filter is and how does it work? 3/20/96 - 2 responses - [last response 3/20/96]
Alvaro Marquez, Univ. Complutense Madrid (Spain), alvaromg@eucmax.sim.ucm.es
QUESTION 266: What radar technology was available in the seventies for tracking airborne intruders? 3/19/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/19/96]
Amy, pcapappi.ihc.com
QUESTION 265: Has anyone done a rough calculation of the processing and storage requirements for developing terrain elevation data from SAR interferometry? I am embarking on such an estimate but feel that this must have been done many times before. Help? Thanks 3/19/96 - 2 responses - [last response 5/ 7/96]
Jim Antonisse, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, jima@bah.com
QUESTION 264: I'm looking for the source of a radar image mosaic of the entire state of California. Saw it on a wall at the USGS-MP years ago; believe it was assembled by JPL in Flagstaff (?). Anyone know where I can track this image down on the web? Thanks. 3/18/96 - 2 responses - [last response 4/10/96]
p. mcclellan, EQE International, phm@eqe.com
QUESTION 263: I coordinate a team of volunteers monitoring conditions in Maui, HawaiŒi coastal waters. We are investigating the use of satellite data for the monitoring of turbidity and macroalgal blooms which are occuring in our coastal waters. I would like advice from persons with experience in the use of satellite data for turbidity and/or algal bloom monitoring purposes. Thanks very much. 3/14/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/14/96]
Marc Hodges, Na MakaŒala Volunteer Coastal Monitoring Team, march@aloha.net
QUESTION 262: I have been conducting research on the implications of the northern Ecuadorian volcanic eruptions for the prehistory of the western foothills of northern Ecuador. We have been doing source analysis of glass separates in tephras interbedded in cultural deposits all over the western foothills and coastal plain of Ecuador. I am particularly interested in eruptions around Quito. Can I get access images of Ecuadorian volcanoes between Quito and Otavalo? Does imagery exist for areas to west of the interandean valleys?? This data would be very useful in our analysis. Who can I discuss this with and who are the relevant points of contact for this data?? 3/13/96 - 2 responses - [last response 3/16/96]
John Isaacson, Ph.D., U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Lab, Champaign, IL, j-isaacson@cecer.army.mil
QUESTION 261: I've downloaded a seg.img file using netscape 2.0, but i can't look at the image (it appears as a page full of symbol). Do i need a special software? Where i can dowload it? Thx in advance 3/ 9/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/11/96]
sirtori.energia@iol.it
QUESTION 259: I want to know more about the radar. 3/ 6/96 - 0 responses
Bruno Henrique, scott@br.homeshopping.com.br
QUESTION 257: I've been trying to download the recent TIFF image of Santa Cruz Island (P-46629, or more specifically, http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/files/images/hi-res/p46629.tif) using Netscape 2.0. The download regularly fails after 20 minutes, and given that the file is 22Mb, there's no way I'll ever be able to download it in under 20 minutes. I've also tried directly ftp-ing to www.jpl.nasa.gov and downloading /pub/images/hi-res/p46629.tif, but the file is inaccessible. Is there any way I can get this file? Thanks. 3/ 4/96 - 2 responses - [last response 3/14/96]
Greg Janee, GRC International, Inc., gjanee@sb.grci.com
QUESTION 256: I am an M.Sc. student in Basin Evolution and Dynamics at Royal Holloway, UK. I am looking for radar imagery from central Chile (appr. 20 to 40° S) but have problems in downloading images from the UK due to limited bandwidth. Does any one know of a suitable repository in the UK or Europe for such data? Thank you in advance. 3/ 2/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/ 4/96]
Umberto Fracassi, Dept. of Geology, Royal Holloway, University of London, U.Fracassi@rhbnc.ac.uk
QUESTION 255: Can you place on this page which constellation or cluster is suggested to be the model for the configuration of the pyramids of Giza? Thanks, Dave Burton 2/29/96 - 0 responses
David Burton, Computer Consultant for Eli Lilly & Company
QUESTION 254: Im a graduate studant from University of Brasilia -BRASIL ( see our home page => http://www.ene.unb.br/gpds/ ). I am looking for SAR IMAGES with SPECKLE NOISE, (512x512 ,gray scale, it is Ok ). Who can help me ? 2/28/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/15/96]
Weneidner Moura de Souza, DSPGroup of the University of Brasilia, wnei@guarany.cpd.unb.br
QUESTION 253: I would like to find a radar/photo image of the upper 200/300 miles of Baja California.Would like it to be detailed enough to use it for GPS nav- igation. 2/28/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/28/96]
Dalton. k. Tarver, JPL, Dalton.,k. tarver@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 252: Whit reference to question 250,We are searching, in particular,high detailed maps and photos,even to purchase,of: MERCADITO (Chiapas-Mexico). zone around lon93°48'00" lat16°59'08" We are going there in April and them could be very helpful for us. 2/27/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/28/96]
Circolo Speleologico Romano (Roma Italy), sirtori .energia@iol.it
QUESTION 251: What are the NASA two-line orbital elements for STS-68? I would like to run an orbit-track generator for the mission. 2/27/96 - 1 response - [last response 3/11/96]
Jack L. Bufton, NASA/GSFC/Code 920, jbufton@ltpmail.gsfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 250: I am searching for any image, landsat, topic avalaible concerning the following zone: MEXICO;CHIAPAS;MERCADITO long 93°48'25" lat 16°50'03" Please reply as soon as possible Thank you 2/27/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/28/96]
Federico Sirtori, Circolo Speleologico Romano - Rome ITALY, sirtori.energia@iol.it
QUESTION 249: Hi Is there any info available on imagery of Ancient river beds? Thank-you Heather 2/26/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/27/96]
Heather Berg, interested, hjberg@yknet.yk.ca
QUESTION 248: Does there exsist the radar satellite imaging technology to look below the surface to determine soil density, moisture content, root systems, insects, and whatever else that maybe useful for agricultural, environmental, ecological resource management. If this information is available, where do i go to get it. Thank you 2/23/96 - 2 responses - [last response 3/15/96]
Tom Sandman, Avitronics, Inc., qpjx64a@prodigy.com
QUESTION 247: We would like to use ERDAS IMAGINE to import a SIR-C 5-byte/pixel image. We ran it through CEOS ver 2.3 using COPY and DECOMPRESS and have been unable to import image. We have used IMAGINE with generic binary inport and appropriate info from the image header file. Are we limited by the 5-byte/pixel format? 2/23/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/26/96]
Scot Smith, University of Florida, ses@ce.ufl.edu
QUESTION 246: I am looking for the coregistered images taken by infrared and panchromatic bands. Please show me the sources where I can access. Thank you. 2/21/96 - 0 responses
Peter Cheng, University of California, Davis, cheng@ece.ucdavis.edu
QUESTION 245: What is the dielectric constant of asphalt at, say, UHF? My usual reference, Ulaby, Moore, and Fung, does not list man-made materials. Can anyone recommend another reference? 2/21/96 - 0 responses
scoutts@ll.mit.edu
QUESTION 244: I attempted to download the New York City Tiff image (p45621) twice on both a Mac and PC and in both instances the resulting file was corrupt. One program, JPEGView on the Mac, was able to open the file up to about the first 100 lines before encountering an end of file. Has anyone successfully downloaded this file or is the problem in the original file on this site? I need an image of Governor's Island and the tip of Manhattan for a friend's architecture school project; any suggestions on where I might find a better image than this SIR-C/X-SAR file? 2/19/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/20/96]
Douglas Yasso, yasso@interport.net
QUESTION 243: A recent TV broadcast talked about a Livermore Radar device that could be used to view the structures inside concrete walls! What is it? Is there a contact? Since I didn't see the article, did anyone get any info that can be used? 2/19/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/26/96]
gpataa@onramp.net
QUESTION 242: Our laboratory (Laboratory for Teledetection, University Gent, Belgium) is presently working on a catalogue named TELSAT Guide: a guide to satellite data, products and services, which aimes to provide users with the nessecary information to choose the products and services most adapted to their needs. The guide is in a test phase but already on-line under the URL= http://www.belspo.be/telsat/ One of the satellites described in the guide is SEASAT. I already have included most of the topics,but I would be grateful if you could provide me with i information on the copyright modalities for the SEASAT products. Thanks! 2/19/96 - 0 responses
Carine Verslype, University Gent, Fac.Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Belgium, Carine.Verslype@rug.ac.be
QUESTION 240: We are using an MSC-product (run#11716), L-band. We have used CEOS_reader to unload the data. We would like to use ERDAS IMAGINE to import. Need: record length, number rows, number of columns, number of bands. But, ASCII header for image is confusing, since it reports a record length of 23020, but pixels/line is only 4604. HELP. How do we IMPORT? Also, what does "bytes per data group" mean? Is this 16 bit data? 2/16/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/16/96]
joe aufmuth, university of florida, ses@ce.ufl.edu
QUESTION 239: I am doing archaeology in Ningxia, China and am look- ing for radar and other images of my research area centered on 38N lat, 106E long. 2/15/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/16/96]
Robert Elston, Intermountain Research, elston@unr.edu
QUESTION 237: I thought the jpl nih image software had been opened to the public as freeware. The only place I seem to be able to find it is through a very expensive ipt training program--my school district can't afford it. 2/11/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/12/96]
MORGAN, Mexico Public Schools, xij025@mail.connect.more.net
QUESTION 236: Is it possible to bounce a radar-wave off a radar-wave? 2/10/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/21/96]
QUESTION 232: Looking for any and all images of pacific northwwest, especially idaho... for use in project involving GIS, remote-sensing and education. Check out web pages at http://coehp.idbsu.edu//globe-id/idahoglobe.html. Thanks... 2/ 8/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/11/96]
scott graves, ecoguild / Univ Idaho / GLOBE Idaho, ecoguild@micron.net
QUESTION 231: Dire straits! I was wondering if anyone could assist me in finding some satalite images of Bolivia, S.A. so that I could digitize them for my GIS project. (Because in six months I will be traveling to Bolivia to do my master thesis on use of GIS in a third world planning enviornment.) I would appreciate any kind of help. Thank-you Shannon D. Hondl 3280 Kins Row Apt #245 Eugene, Oregon 97401 2/ 6/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/ 9/96]
Shannon D.Hondl, Graduate Student at the University of Oregon, shondl@darkwing.edu.uoregon
QUESTION 230: When radar has a dihedral (double bounce) interaction with the ground and a tree trunk or corn stalk, will a vertical polarization produce a stronger return due to the vertical nature of the vegetation? Or will VV and HH be equally efficient at double bouncing? 2/ 6/96 - 1 response - [last response 2/11/96]
John Chadwick, Hughes STX/Goddard, chadwick@sensor.gsfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 229: Hello, I'm trying to reach a gentleman, first name Mike, who was the PAYCOM during STS-68 mission operations at JSC, goes by nickname of Mikey. I would appreciate info on his e-mail, phone. thank you. 2/ 4/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 5/96]
David O. Garcia, dogarc@facstaff.wm.edu
QUESTION 228: Does anyone know ware I can get a good used Ground Penatrating Radar at a real real good price?. It does not have to be modern, just something that works that I can use in the back yard. :) 2/ 3/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/ 3/96]
Len Fluhrer, FluhrerL@admin.fanshawec.on.ca
QUESTION 227: How precise is radar imaging? Pertaining to a story I'm writing: would imaging radar from a satellite platform be able to distinguish human forms on the ground underneath significant cloud cover? What about distinguishing human forms underneath a very heavy storm, such as a hurricane? 2/ 2/96 - 3 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
John, 103617.3410@compuserve.com
QUESTION 226: SIR-C collects only high incidence angle data, right? That is, the reflected signal has to bounce essentially straight back to be detected. Now Magellan obtained low incidence radar data by glancing a reflection from the Venetian surface back to Earth for detection. The January 5, 1996 issue ofScience asserts that low incidence radar data contains information not accessible otherwise, here, enough to interpret specularity in the Maxwell Montes highlands as tellurium frost. My questions:
  1. What new sorts of information does low incidence radar data contain?
  2. Is there terrestrial low incidence data, what was it good for, and where can I find it?
tom @ emerald
2/ 1/96 - 3 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
QUESTION 225: How can I get a hold of SAR processing s/w for the MAC for use in surface displacements of EQs., volcanoes, etc. Also, sample data of Landers, etc. for benchmarking? Paul Vincent (vincentp@ucsu.colorado.edu) 1/30/96 - 4 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Paul Vincent, University of Colorado/CIRES (Crustal Deformation), vincentp@ucsu.colorado.edu
QUESTION 224: Your shuttle shop of the San Fransisco area was outstanding!! I now live in Hawaii. Got one of the Hawaiian Islands? 1/30/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/31/96]
John Schneck, U.Hawaii, custom@hula.net
QUESTION 222: Are there any images of Cygnus X-1 anywhere, it can be a radar image or an image by the Hubble space telescope. Thank You. 1/30/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/30/96]
Deniz Hetfield, hd002@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
QUESTION 220: I'm a graduate student. I urgently need materials as to the flow(during decades) and the current level of technologies in the following fields; 1) geometric calibration(correction) 2) radiometric calibration(correction) 3) SAR image interpretation. I would be glad if I could have easy access to those materials. I long for your precious advices. 1/29/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
Shin-Gyoon Roh, roh@cafe.postech.ac.kr
QUESTION 219: Have they done any radar imaging of any of the large gas planets? If not why not? Would it be of any use? If not why not. Thank you. 1/28/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/30/96]
QUESTION 218: I am a 3-D animator and have been searching for a flat satellite quality image of earth for a long time! I often need to create animations of earth, and hate using cheesy painted maps of earth. It is important that the map is flat so that I can wrap it around a sphere. Does anyone know of such an image ????? 1/28/96 - 2 responses - [last response 1/30/96]
Martin, 3-D Animator, poweronx@docnet.infolink.co.za
QUESTION 217: how do i get the radar image of turkey on my computer 1/25/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/30/96]
deniz hetfield
QUESTION 216: The cross-range doppler bandwidth of resolution cells in SAR imagery is often lower than the doppler spreads measured for the internal motion of various kind of vegetation. Does anyone have a good explaination why the returns from trees in SAR images do not spread out over many resolution cells and lead to poor quality images? My calculations indicate that in mildly windy conditions the return from an isolated tree should be visible in 5-10 cells to either side of the tree. Obviously this result is specific to one system (x-band 1.5m x-range resolution) The doppler bandwidth estimate for the tree canopy comes from several different sources and exceeds the resolution cell bandwidth by a factor 10. 1/24/96 - 3 responses - [last response 4/25/96]
mark williams, DRA - Malvern - England, mlwilliams%taz.dnet@hermes.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 215: I am using Cloude's decomposition to obtain the power of single (odd) and double (even) bounce returns in SIR-C images, but I'm not sure how the decomposition works. How does it separate the two returns and what is the difference between the two when they arrive back at the antenna? 1/23/96 - 2 responses - [last response 1/24/96]
John Chadwick, Goddard Space Center, chadwick@sensor.gsfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 214: We publish guidebooks and posters of the radio spectrum. We need to know the frequencies on which NASA's current imaging radars operate. It is not enough to know "L-band" or "S-band" or broad ranges such as "30-300 GHz". Please be as specific as possible so that we can place the operation in the correct allocated band. Thanks - (we're at http://home.navisoft.com/nspi). 1/23/96 - 3 responses - [last response 1/27/96]
Bennett Kobb, Spectrum Guide/America's Airwaves, bkobb@newsignals.com
QUESTION 213: since we have the hubble telescope can we find the voyger probe and if so could we build small verision to to send in series to explore black holes and white draf stars and monitor it from the space platfrom we are currently working on. Also can you tell me if this galaxy is and x and y plane or is there a z plane involed with the new comet. please send repsonse to choochoo@flash.net thanks 1/22/96 - 1 response - [last response 5/13/96]
mark a yarborough, none, choochoo@flash.net
QUESTION 212: Can the space shuttle change into a polar orbit at will? 1/20/96 - 4 responses - [last response 2/18/96]
presti, emmonst@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
QUESTION 211: I am 11years old. I was wondering what kind of radar can detect the SR-71 and whatkind of radar is used on it? 1/18/96 - 3 responses - [last response 5/ 6/96]
Matthew Paulesn, davep@garlic.com
QUESTION 210: The SIR-C calibration article by Freeman et al. (IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 33: 848-857) shows various calibration uncertainties for the 2 SRL flights (tables 8 and 9). For instance, the pass-to-pass uncertainty at L-band for SRL-1 is +-1.3dB. How exactly should this uncertainty be interpreted? Is it a confidence interval so that one can assume, for instance, that backscatter from identical targets at the same incidence angles on two different passes will be within +-1.3dB 90% of the time? Or 95%, or 100% of the time? Is the calibration uncertainty to be interpreted differ- ently for point and distributed targets? Also, is the co-pol to cross-pol amplitude uncertainty equal to the sum of the HH/VV amplitude imbalance and the HV/VH amplitude imbalance? 1/18/96 - 2 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
Laura Hess and John Day, Dept of Geography, UC Santa Barbara, lola@icess.ucsb.edu
QUESTION 209: I'm interested in the processing required for SAR imaging. For the SIR-C what is the reconstructed pixel rate(pixels per second), the number of floating point operations per final pixel, and the number of bits per pixel? What type of processor is used, special purpose or general and what chip types/vendor, and is it on-board or ground based. Thanks for any assistance 1/15/96 - 2 responses - [last response 1/16/96]
tom trinko
QUESTION 208: Is anyone familiar with the HARP project 250 miles N.E. of Anchorage and S.W. of Fairbanks, Alaska? This is supposed to be an extremely high energy, low frequency imaging system. I heard about it on Las Vegas radio station KVEG. I specialize in geophysical survey instrumentation, such as ground penetrating radar, and would find anything on this subject of interest. 1/10/96 - 1 response - [last response 4/11/96]
Charles Hardin, Synergon Research division of Consolidated Industries, NevadaChar@aol.com
QUESTION 207: Has there been a composite image created of Antartica from SARS imagery? I would like to find a recent image or map that shows no ice if possible. What is the resolution of such imagery? What is the penetration depth of the images? 1/ 6/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/ 9/96]
Steve Foster, sfoster@usit.net
QUESTION 206: Is it possible to receive NDVI data on a daily basis for crop monitoring and pollution detection? If so is the data expensive and can I get the raw data and process it myself. Thanks. 1/ 5/96 - 1 response - [last response 1/ 9/96]
QUESTION 205: Could you please tell me where I can access (perhaps STS-quality) photos of the moon, perhaps with areas labeled? Thank you, jgsmith@puc.texas.gov 1/ 4/96 - 2 responses - [last response 1/ 9/96]
QUESTION 204: Rwanda: nature reserve border? Does anyone know what the straight-edge boundaries on the wonderful, recent "gorilla habitat/karisoke" (Rwanda/Zaire border) radar image are? ONC charts (1:1m) indicate that the inter- national boundary, from volcano peak to volcano peak, is mainly invisible. The prominent edges seem to be nature parks/preserves (for the gorilla habitat??) boundaries, ut I'd like any info on this. Many thanks. 12/27/95 - 2 responses - [last response 12/28/95]
Justin Wilkinson, Space Shuttle Earth Observations, NASA-JSC, wilkinson@snmail.jsc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 203: I'd like to know what the proposed final list of processed radar images will be, especially from from the last two SIR Shuttle msns. Specifically I'm interested to know how many Namib images will finally be available. Is there a quick way to find out what prior (pre-STS-59) radar imagery of the Namib there is? Appreciate any info! Many thanks. 12/27/95 - 2 responses - [last response 1/10/96]
Justin Wilkinson, Space Shuttle Earth Observations, NASA-JSC, Houston, wilkinson@snmail.jsc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 202: Can these sattelites find water in certain places in the desert? 12/22/95 - 1 response - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Donald Zamboni, fax (310) 804-1324
QUESTION 201: Thank you very much for posting a image of West Texas. It has been a great help. I wish you had information, so you could post a picture including infteferometry. Again, thanks !! Joel L. Adams M.D.(formerly of Glendale, Ca - and a physician to several of the scientists who worked at JPLL and Cal Tech.) 12/20/95 - 0 responses
Joel L. Adams M. D., Pulmonologist and Internist - Monahans, Tx
QUESTION 200: Information requested on the use of spaceborne SAR for ship detection, ship wake detection, and ship surveillance. Of particular interest are the SAR imaging issues/constraints associated with these activites. 12/15/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Gordon Staples, RADARSAT Internatioanl, staples@ocgy.ubc.ca
QUESTION 199: Very little of the x-band imagery (if any) is on the JPL site. The German site which has the imagery is very slow to access from the US.(http://www.dfd.dlr.de/xsar/Welcome.html) would it be possible to mirror the xsar site at JPL, or add the images to the archive at JPL or the EROS data center? 12/13/95 - 0 responses
r c olsen, naval postgraduate school, olsen@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 198: WHERE CAN I GET SOME STELITE PICTURES OF GOTLAND (SWEDEN) 12/13/95 - 1 response - [last response 2/ 1/96]
DENNIS CARLSSON, 193.13.13.57
QUESTION 197: What is the color-coding used in the image p45881.tif - from the San Francisco, CA x band (and others?) image found in http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/sircxsar/sanfr.html 12/12/95 - 3 responses - [last response 12/13/95]
r c olsen, Naval Postgraduate School, olsen@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 196: How much and what kind of mathematics are involved with some of the projects that JPL conducts 12/12/95 - 1 response - [last response 2/11/96]
JD Hettema
QUESTION 195: Attn: whomever is responsible for the 3D images, The spelling of Anaglyph is incorrect in many instances. It should be ANAGLYPH, not ANALGLYPH. Thanks. 12/12/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/14/95]
Ray Zone, The 3-D Zone, r3dzone@leonardo.net
QUESTION 194: I read in the paper that Galileo's jupiter mission could be followed at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo/index.htm but nothing comes up. Anyone know what gives? 12/11/95 - 2 responses - [last response 12/14/95]
QUESTION 193: I am a PhD student interested in applying to the 1996 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program. The contact listed for the JPL Radar Remote Sensing of the Earth group is Howard Zebker. However, Howard Zebker is now at Stanford. Could someone email me the name and telephone number of the new contact person? Thank you. 12/11/95 - 2 responses - [last response 12/21/95]
Sean Buckley, Center for Space Research, buckley@csr.utexas.edu
QUESTION 192: I would like to know how to convert the information contained in an AIRSAR Stoke's matrix format (frame product) to dB. 12/10/95 - 2 responses - [last response 12/13/95]
Marvilyn P. Palaganas, UNSW, P2031264@geog.unsw.EDU.AU
QUESTION 191: Does anybody know where I can get some images of Darmstadt, Germany? 12/ 9/95 - 4 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
J.Widup, www.winvortex.com
QUESTION 190: Can anybody tell me how does the JPL Byte_image code scale SIR-C MLC data and how I can get back either power or sigma-o from the 8-byte files produced by this code if I know the scale factor originally used? 12/ 9/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/11/95]
P.Clemente-Colon, NOAA/NESDIS, pablo@orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov
QUESTION 189: I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECIEVE VIDEO, ONLY STILL IMAGES. mESSAGE COMES UP NO VIEWER AVAILABLE. IS THIS MY PROBLEM OR YOURS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. 12/ 9/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/11/95]
LOU MACARI, macari@haven.ios.com
QUESTION 188: What is the difference between the COHO (coherent oscillator) and the STALO (stable local oscillator)? I understand that they are used for frequency translation, but do the terms imply a unique type of oscillator? 12/ 8/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/21/95]
QUESTION 187: hi, Although L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radars have been used to produce high quality images, has there been any attempt to use the Ultra Wide Band UHF. In an earlier paper I had argued that with large band width avaliable, the number of independent samples that can be averaged are high. Consequently averaging these "indepentent samples" can produce a sharper image, even when the entire aperture is not used. (ie smallest possible resolution is not used). I was looking to see if there had been similar work done at UHF for foilage penetarting, imaging radar. Pointers to sources and refrences will be greatly appreciated. 12/ 8/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
Atiq Ahamad, Architecture Technology Corporation, aa@atcorp.com
QUESTION 186: Sorry for the previous void question : I was too quick on the return button ! Anyhow, here is the question : I would like to be able to create layover and shadows masks given a DEM and info on the viewing geometry (bearing, altitude ...) and also given some conventional backscatter function. Does anyone know of software and/or approaches (e.g. ray tracing ?) to do that ? 12/ 7/95 - 3 responses - [last response 6/ 8/96]
Yves Moisan, Universite de Sherbrooke, ymoisan@magellan.geo.usherb.ca
QUESTION 185: I am attempting to gather images of the following places and their environs. Could anyone point me in the direction of any that may be stored or gathered.. Areas of interest are Rockhampton (Queensland, Australia) Wellington (New Zealand) Britain (Any images would be a bonus) Thanks in anticipation for your assistance 12/ 7/95 - 3 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Alan Penney, Alan@hqnorad.demon.co.uk
QUESTION 184: deep river in world 12/ 7/95 - 0 responses
yoko
QUESTION 183: A BASIC QUESTION : As the moisture content of a material increases, the dielectric constant also increases .OK. BUT WHY the backscatter coefficient also increases ??? Is there someone to explain me that? Bye. 12/ 6/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/ 6/95]
Bonnaffoux Gerald, bonnafou@univ-brest.fr
QUESTION 182: I'm looking for general information and 'imediatly available' references about REMOTE SENSING IN COASTAL ZONE. Especially, I want to study RADAR SIGNATUTE and BACKSCATTER (SAR,...)in INTERTIDAL ZONE (beaches and mudflats), in accordance with SOIL MOISTURE, ROUGHNESS, and SEDIMENTARY units. Thanks in advance. 12/ 5/95 - 2 responses - [last response 1/19/96]
Gerald Bonnaffoux, bonnafou@univ-brest.fr
QUESTION 181: I understand that SAR requires coherent signal processing. My question is: Must the carrier be a coherent waveform or must only the modulation be coherent? 11/30/95 - 2 responses - [last response 12/21/95]
l131764@lfwc.lockheed.com
QUESTION 180: I am looking for images of Northeastern Siberia, especially above 66N. The area below the eastern end of the Lomonsov ridge would be particularly useful. Thanks. 11/29/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
becky@legs.gps.caltech.edu
QUESTION 179: Does anyone know where I might find satellite images of either the Joradn- Saudi Arabia border or the area surrounding Chechnya? I am attempting to find these images for use in the 1996 Model U.N. Conference at the University of Chicago. Any help would be appreciated. 11/29/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/30/95]
Paul Gettings, MUNUC - University of Chicago, pegettin@midway.uchicago.edu
QUESTION 178: with ref to release 95-201 question - what is the name of the images used to generate the info for the sahara desert. please reply to jim.cunningham@almac.co.uk regards. 11/28/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/ 1/95]
jim cunningham, jim.cunningham@almac.co.uk
QUESTION 177: I am looking for information on the following proposed SAR satellites: Almaz II (Russian); PRIRODA (Russian); EOS-SAR (JPL); SAR-2000 (French); RADARSAT II (Canadian) and Envisat-1/ASAR (ESA). If Anyone has *any* information at all (No matter how trivial) then I would be pleased to hear from you. Pointers to the relevent papers would also be much appreciated. 11/27/95 - 3 responses - [last response 2/21/96]
Darren Muff, Defence Research Agency, Malvern, UK., dgm@sar.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 176: I'm an archaeologist working in the Sultanate of Oman, on the eastern coast (the Jaalan region). The Joint Hadd Project (a franco-italian team) has been working there since 10 years, mainly on protohistorical sites (around the Ra's al-Junayz village). I'd like to now if there are any Radar images available for this area? The geographic coordinates are : 22d00'N-59d30'E to 22d40'N-60d00'E. Thank you by advance. 11/26/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Jean-Marc CHOFFLET, ERA 41 du CNRS (Paris, France), chofflet@asterix.univ-paris1.fr
QUESTION 175: SAR imagery was obtained of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines in October 1994. Are there any plans to obtain new imagery of this site? Thanks 11/23/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/28/95]
Vincent Porrazzo, Earthquake Reconstruction Project, DPWH Philippines, porrazzo@mnl.sequel.net
QUESTION 174: SAR imagery was obtained of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines in October 1995. Are there any plans to obtain new imagery of this site? Thanks 11/23/95 - 0 responses
Vincent Porrazzo, Earthquake Reconstruction Project, DPWH Philippines, porrazzo@mnl.sequel.net
QUESTION 173: Given the current technology, is it possible to trace individual movements via your technology? I was thinking of the crime scene of the O.J. Simpson murder on the night in question. If available, it would at least answer whether there was only one perpretrator. 11/22/95 - 5 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
John Jasmin, Contractor:AT&T ME, Orlando,FL, orjmj@attme.cnet.att.com
QUESTION 172: I'm planning a trip to Northern Nevada to search for minerals. Are there any airborne spectograpghic images available for this area. I will will be focusing on the Black Rock Desert area north of Reno. Respond via e-mail if possible. (johnd@en.com) Thanks, John Dill Westlake, Ohio 11/19/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/27/95]
John Dill, F.A.A., johnd@en.com
QUESTION 171: Has SIR-C/X-SAR obtained any image data in a spotlight mode? (I dont think so). Are there any plans to obtain any spotlight SAR data? Are the raw SIR-C/X-SAR data available to the scientific community? (ie uncompressed in range and azimuth) 11/17/95 - 1 response - [last response 12/ 8/95]
Darren Muff, Defence Research Agency, Malvern, UK, dgm@sar.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 170: I seem to have forgotten, does a 10 meter resolution allow for the detection of large ships (like supertankers and aircraft carriers)? If this is possible has it been tried? And are there plans for getting a higher resolution return? Thanks in advance. 11/16/95 - 3 responses - [last response 3/20/96]
Steven J Forsberg, Arizona State University, aufsj@imap2.asu.edu
QUESTION 169: This question concerns antenna gain. What is the definition of "dBi" as it relates to antenna gain? I am familiar with dB gain. 11/13/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/15/95]
Tad M. Blanchard, National Health Services, Inc., Tad_Blanchard@ccmail.GSFC.NASA.gov
QUESTION 168: what is the window the shuttle uses to go to space 11/11/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/15/95]
Dan, joslin@pop.woodtech.com
QUESTION 167: Hello? I'm a graduate student at POSTECH in Korea. I have been studying geometric correction of SAR images distorted by SAR imaging characteristics & terrain height. I have concluded that the following procedure is usually used ; location of image pixels, geocoding, mosaicking. In terms of an algorithm implementation, I have some questions. 1) In the location procedure, how can I get Doppler frequency of each pixel. 2) In the image rotation, the rotation angle is said to be determined by inclination of the obital plane & latitude of the scene center. What does incli- nation of the obital plane mean? 3) I want to know the format and the contents of platform ephemeris data and raw data hearder. I'm sorry for my ignorance. I would appreciate your precious reply. 11/11/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/11/96]
Roh Shin Gyoon, roh@cafe.postech.ac.kr
QUESTION 166: I have a basic question about how radar interacts with the ground. I know that as surface roughness increases, less radar energy is specularly re- flected and more is backscattered to the sensor. Is it the same for soil moisture? Specifically, as you reduce soil moisture, do you get more specular reflection (I know less energy is scattered back to the sensor, but is this due solely to soil penetration?)? Also, how would the response vary between HH and VV polarizations? 11/10/95 - 3 responses - [last response 12/ 5/95]
John Chadwick, chadwick@sensor.gsfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 165: Are there any images for the Albuquerque New Mexico area 11/ 8/95 - 2 responses - [last response 11/15/95]
Donald F. Vonderhaar, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, dfvonde@sandia.gov
QUESTION 164: This is an entry question - Are there images available for the Tularosa Basin on New Mexico? There are a number of questions for which radar might provide answers: Location of old Spanish roads and pre-Spanish cultural sites and trails, location of recent (ca. 1880-1910) ranch sites, dune structure and motion over the (ca.600 sq.km) field, water table (which profoundly influences both veggies and dunes), effect of the "Dunes Road" on surface water table, etc. Bill 11/ 8/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/ 8/95]
William H. Reid, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, wh_reid@ccmail.pnl.gov
QUESTION 163: HELLO! WHERE CAN I FIND PICTURES OF AIRPORTS ? (FOR EXAMPLE NEAR THE DEATH VALLEY). 11/ 8/95 - 1 responses
FLAVIU DELEANU, ?, NONE
QUESTION 162: Is it possible to use SAR for determination of areas affected by drought (low soil moisture)? I am involved in drought relief programmes in South Afriuca Africa and such information would enable us to target relief aid to areas most in need. 11/ 7/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/14/95]
Charles Carr, KwaZulu-Natal department of Agriculture, pak03584@pixie.co.za
QUESTION 161: Two questions about SIR-C survey images. 1) How are the different polarizations combined to produce one image? 2) In converting from slant-range to ground range, is elevation taken into consideration? If it is not, is this equivalent to assuming that the ground is flat? I would be interested in any references on how to correct for this or any other distortions in order to get a more orthographic image. 11/ 6/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/ 7/95]
David Oliver, Rocky Mountain Nasa Space Grant Consortium, doliver@sysdiv.sdl.usu.edu
QUESTION 160: Hi, Is there a package out there that has TM, GLIS, TigerLine or any other image/data on one particular area (eg. La Basin). Basically I just need a whole bunch of data for one particular area to demo a product (software) that would use all these images/data. Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks 11/ 3/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/ 3/95]
QUESTION 159: I have heard of "microradar" that might be useful for navigational purposes by blind persons. Does anyone know where I can find such information? Thanks! 11/ 3/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Mike Corbett, NC Division of Services for the Blind, Mikeeta@aol.com
QUESTION 158: I Need to find a Hi-Res image of Charlotte NC (No Clouds) from about 10 Miles up (10 mile radius of Charlotte). where can I get my hands on this? 11/ 2/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/ 3/95]
LT Joshua G. Newsteder, badneus@jax-inter.net
QUESTION 157: I want to know if airborne SAR is an appropriate technology for the location of buried ordinance, specifically on the Island of Kahoolawe Hawaii ? 10/26/95 - 3 responses - [last response 3/15/96]
Charles Busby, CHARLES M. BUSBY P.E., cbusby@aloha.net
QUESTION 156: What is the price of one launch???? 10/26/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/20/95]
Jacob Beidler, School education, www.panther.lfcds.lfc.edu
QUESTION 155: Do you know the accuracy of ERS-1 orbit data (satellite position and velocity for a time t=to)? Which is error's standard deviation? 10/25/95 - 2 responses - [last response 11/17/95]
Alessandro Ferretti
QUESTION 154: I would like to find out if SAR (airbourne or satellite) has the potential to be used in biomass determination, species diversity surveys, or land use pattern determination in tropical areas ( or any areas ). Any information on these, and related applications will be greatly appreciated.Contacts and literature references would be welcome. 10/23/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/24/95]
Luis Fernandez, SNRE, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, luisf@umich.edu
QUESTION 153: Does the radar system work with veiwing the shuttle? If not, what views the space shuttle. 10/22/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/24/95]
Rick Lawson, Age 13 north lake middle school, chuck@everett.com
QUESTION 152: 1. Is it feasible to place imaging radar technology onboard Airships? 2. Could you see its application in these platforms in such areas as coastal surveillance, artic surveillance, pollution monitoring and drug interdiction? 3. What sort of telemetry/communications system is required to link the information from these systems to shore based monitoring stations? 4. Is the cost of this technology comparable to synthetic aperature radars, phased array or conventional radar systems? 10/22/95 - 2 responses - [last response 5/ 6/96]
LCdr Peter P. Southam, Canadian Forces Command and Staff College Toronto Ontario, psouthm@io.org
QUESTION 151: Is there any information available on space environment or thermal induced effects on space based planar SAR antennas (e.g. SIR-C/X) and thier impact on subsequent image resolution? 10/20/95 - 0 responses
Joe, jpnicholas@tasc.com
QUESTION 150: Having noted a number of editorials on the need to conduct post-war mine removal, I was wondering whether airborne or space based SAR could contribute to assisting with this problem. Mine filelds could be in any type of terrain, including under forest caopies. 10/20/95 - 3 responses - [last response 11/ 8/95]
Joe Nicholas, jpnicholas@tasc.com
QUESTION 149: Cardbox is a Package for reference management. The format I need should be of the type: a:Author b:Title c:Year d:Publication (empty line) a:Author ...and so on, with each item (a:,b:..)on a new line.Thanks. 10/20/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/20/95]
Stefania Usai, TU Delft, usai@dutgs1.tudelft.nl
QUESTION 148: Hallo, I'm a PhD student on SAR, and I would like to add the file SAR_REFS.html (http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/science/SAR_REFS.html, to be precise) to my database, but it would take too much time to rearrange it in the proper way, i.e. in CARDBOX format. My question is: is there another version of this file which is compatible with Cardbox? 10/19/95 - 3 responses - [last response 10/20/95]
Stefania Usai, TU Delft, usai@dutgs1.tudelft.nl
QUESTION 147: I will be giving a seminar on the topic of organic photochromes - specifically molecular devices, such as switches and wires. Is there anyone capbale of assisting me with some questions I have regarding optical memory media? Please reply via email to rhussain@fullerton.edu 10/13/95 - 0 responses
rhussain@fullerton.edu
QUESTION 146: When is the next shuttle launch and what is the purpose of its mission? 10/13/95 - 2 responses - [last response 10/23/95]
Carl Louis Brida, Bucknell University, brida@bucknell.edu
QUESTION 145: what is the ratio of gravty on Mars compared to earth 10/12/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/10/95]
QUESTION 144: I am interested in sharing information on antenna development for broadband near field imaging of geological targets. The problem is that movement of the antenna phase center with frequency degrades the image. The bandwidth in use now is 200 to 2000 Mhz. Planar antennas where the antenna geometery is defined in terms of angle and distance seem to work fairly well. The distorting effects of the media being in close proximity to the sensor antenna and the problem of media and antenna dispersion have been effectively delt with. 10/11/95 - 0 responses
Bob Chufo, bob@silver.usbm.gov
QUESTION 143: Does anyone have any information on the success of ground penetration by the radar signal, eg. for detection of archaeological remains. Where can this type of processing be carried out ? 10/10/95 - 3 responses - [last response 1/10/96]
QUESTION 142: Hi. I am trying to get information on the Italian Space Agency's User Desk program for locating SIR-C images. I have not been able to get the program to work properly and have been unsuccessful in my attempts to contact ASI by fax. My questions are as follow: 1) Does anyone have any experience using this program to locate images of a study site? 2) Does anyone know how to comunicate with ASI via e-mail or otherwise? (I couldn't find e-mail on their web page). Thanks. 10/ 9/95 - 2 responses - [last response 10/17/95]
Thomas Albright, Institute for Computational Earth System Science, UCSB, albright@icess.ucsb.edu
QUESTION 141: Has anyone done, or is their available Side Scanning Radar images ofthe antarctic polar caps? If so, I'd be interested in obtaining more information. I would like to get some images if possible? Thanks 10/ 6/95 - 3 responses - [last response 11/ 4/95]
Steve Foster, sfoster@usit.net
QUESTION 140: would like to know how early sat data is available for Prince of Wales Island Alaska 56N 5620N x 133 W 13340W. EROS sent a listing from 1948. Is it possible early sats or high altitudes gave data that early? Anyway want to aquire radar and landsat or spot images that reslove down as far as possible. the 10 meter resolution of topsar looks great but is it available for those coordinates and if so for what dates. The object is to show time changes as deforestation proceeds in the Tongass National Forest-- the largest temperate rainforest in the world which is being logged heavily. Want to be able to show turbidity and temperature effects to salmon streams of which there are 2500. Don't have email yet so sned snail mail 10/ 5/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/ 5/95]
alan stein , salmon bay protective association, 152 8th st del mar ca 92014
QUESTION 139: would like to know how early sat data is available for Prince of Wales Island Alaska 56N 5620N x 133 W 13340W. EROS sent a listing from 1948. Is it possible early sats or high altitudes gave data that early? Anyway want to aquire radar and landsat or spot images that reslove down as far as possible. the 10 meter resolution of topsar looks great but is it available for those coordinates and if so for what dates. The object is to show time changes as deforestation proceeds in the Tongass National Forest-- the largest temperate rainforest in the world which is being logged heavily. Want to be able to show turbidity and temperature effects to salmon streams of which there are 2500. Don't have email yet so sned snail mail 10/ 5/95 - 0 responses
alan stein , salmon bay protective association, 152 8th st del mar ca 92014
QUESTION 138: Where can I find TM (Thematic Mapper) data? 10/ 4/95 - 2 responses - [last response 10/17/95]
QUESTION 137: How doe's a regular radar works ( I need DETAILS !!!),.. and a photo radar works DETAILS PLEASE !!!!! 10/ 4/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/17/95]
BEN
QUESTION 136: How can North orientation be determined from the data distributed at the Nasa Sir-C Precision Data homepage? Also can anyone recommend books or locations where information explaining what all the fields mean in the header file that comes with the images. 10/ 2/95 - 1 response - [last response 10/ 3/95]
QUESTION 135: I would like to be able to use radar to image the wall of an open pit mine. Once a base image is established, movement on the wall could be determined by comparing subsequent images of the wall. The general parameters for this project are up to a one mile range with accuracy of approximately 0.02 feet of movement. If anyone has any information that would help me develop this project I would certainly appreciate a reply. Thanks! 9/30/95 - 2 responses - [last response 10/11/95]
Richmond Fenn, richf@cu.cyprus.com
QUESTION 134: Is It Possible to get Radar Images as good as These Of the Mass. Area Or of The Newengland Area.?????? 9/29/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/30/95]
Brian, BJC75@aol.com
QUESTION 132: I am interested in getting a copy of the Los Angeles image (Radar and others). I attempted to download it using Netscape, but after 12 hours, I had 7 of the 38 megabytes, so it obviously isn't going to get the job done. Is there a CD-ROM published with these images? If so, where and how much? I have heard there is a CD-ROM mapping product that will show aerial images and overlay street maps on it. Do you know what that is called? Thanks 9/29/95 - 5 responses - [last response 10/18/95]
Hugh Hemington, Systems Analyst, Great Western Bank, hughem@pacificnet.net
QUESTION 131: What are the most promising methods for phase unwrapping in SAR interferometry? 9/28/95 - 2 responses - [last response 5/ 7/96]
Marcus Engdahl, Technical Research Centre of Finland, Marcus.Engdahl@vtt.fi
QUESTION 130: I would like to know if this type of imaging can penetrate sea water, and if so to what depth? Also, are there any scans on-line for the FAMOUS (Deep Sea Drilling Project) area on the mid-Atlantic ridge or for the Straits of Florida? Thanks to whoever can respond. 9/26/95 - 11 responses - [last response 6/17/96]
Mark Hammons, University of Minnesota, m-hamm@maroon.tc.umn.edu
QUESTION 129: Hello; I have a student who has a question I cannot begin to answer. If you could help him out I would appreciate it. I will let him type the question in. Dear NAS, I have heard NASA scientists saying that they plan to terra form Mars by pumping gases into its atmosphere, like CO2 to worm the planet.. But when Mars had an atmosphere before and it wass maintained by volcanoes pumping necessary gases into the Marsion atmosphere. Then when the volcanic activity stoped, the planet lost its atmosphere to space. So the planets gravity was too weak to hold on to any life sustaining atmosphere. Doesn't that mean you can not terra form Mars? Mars's gravity is just too weak. Also, please don't give me an explenation on how you plan to terra form Mars. Just please tell me how do you plan to keep in the gases you pump out from being lost in space from Mars's weak gravity? 9/25/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/28/95]
L Eynon, El Dorado hs, eyno7000@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
QUESTION 127: What was the mission of your latest spaceshuttle? 9/21/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/29/95]
QUESTION 126: I am a graduate student working on radar remote sensing of snow. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good source that contains a description of the spectral signature of snow under various conditions in this region of the spectrum. 9/20/95 - 3 responses - [last response 10/17/95]
Tom Albright, Institute for Computational Earth System Science / Department of Geography, albright@icess.ucsb.edu
QUESTION 125: I'm looking for information on DEM extraction from AIRBORNE RADAR using either interferometry or overlapping techniques. Which is the preferred method? What systems have been developed? What software is available? 9/19/95 - 2 responses - [last response 6/ 8/96]
Andrew Dyk, Geomatics International, andrew@geomatics.com
QUESTION 124: I'm a former Air Force imagery analyst. I currently work in a different field. I love working with multisensor imagery. Is there anything I can do to work in my favorite field? My 25 years' experience covers virtually every type of imaging system in use during the period. I still find the human brain and 'mark-1 eyeball' the best analytical tool for interpreting and extracting information from multi- sensor imagery! 9/18/95 - 4 responses - [last response 10/ 5/95]
Mike Weatherford (MSgt, USAF, Ret), mweather@rmii.com
QUESTION 123: I recently received a SIR-C precision data. How do I extract the intesnsity information from the 5 byte/pixel data stream. In other word, which byte or bytes do I need to keep for the purpose of displaying image? 9/15/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/20/95]
Shyuer-Ming Shih, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, mingshih@ccms.ntu.edu.tw
QUESTION 122: Hi. Im a periodontist. I read recently that someone has invented a miniature radar Question 1. will radar penetrate soft tissue and show up countours in underlying bone Question2 If anyone knows the inventors name/address please email me Thanks 9/15/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/20/95]
kevin frisken, Periodontist, Kevin.Frisken@anat.utas.edu.au
QUESTION 121: I am a PhD student in the field of digital signal processing. My main interest is the wavelet transforms and their applications. I would like to know the status of WT regarding radar imaging applications. Any help will be greatly appreciated. 9/14/95 - 0 responses
A. Farras Abdelnour, Polytechnic University, Ugarit@aol.com
QUESTION 120: Photo Researcher in URGENT need of the following images. 1. Galaxy via X-rays (from EOSAT). 2. The Galaxy via Electric waves. 3. Galaxy via infrared waves (IRAS). 4. Beta Pictoric(8-Pic)via infrared rays(from IRAS). Any on the web? Deadline is Friday, any help appreciated. Thanks! 9/13/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/13/95]
Frank Rossotto, STOCKTREK, trek@epix.net
QUESTION 119: Does anyone know of a good source of info explaining which surface features de-polarize radar returns, and why? 9/ 8/95 - 1 response - [last response 2/ 1/96]
Henry Borysewicz, Univ. of North Dakota, borysewi@BADLANDS.NODAK.EDU
QUESTION 118: Is it possible to extract geopositional info (preferably Lat. & Long.) directly from the SIR-C SML product? If not, is there an easy way to add this positional info to the image? 9/ 8/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/11/95]
Henry Borysewicz, Univ. of North Dakota, Borysewi@badlands.nodak.edu
QUESTION 117: I am a postgraduate student working on mapping of vegetation using SAR. Could somebody tell me where and how can I get a copy of 1) the MIMICS software and 2)the "tree vectorization algorithm" developed by the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing? 9/ 6/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/11/95]
Marvilyn P. Palaganas, School of Geography, UNSW, Australia, P2031264@geog.unsw.edu.au
QUESTION 116: I am a grad student relatively new to SAR research, so I apologize in advance if this is an ignorant question. My only experience with SAR imagery is over land, (esp. wetlands). In some cases I have found strong sigma0-VV responses over wetlands at large incidence (~40°). I thought this may be due to vertically oriented vegetation growth until I saw the same strong sigma0-VV at large incidence over open ocean. I expected calm ocean to be nearly specular, with sigma0-VV roughly equal to sigma0-HH. I thought my image might simply be a special case with waves oriented to produce the strong sigma0-VV until I noticed that in some references, (Ulaby, Moore, Fung, Microwave Remote Sensing..., vol. 2) that sigma0-VV is predicted to be stronger than sigma0-HH at large incidence over ocean. In this reference, nothing was mentioned about a particular wave orientation. So what is responsible for the sigma0-VV response that I get over the ocean? 9/ 6/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/ 7/95]
Clint Slatton, University of Texas at Austin, slatton@poseidon.csr.utexas.edu
QUESTION 115: can anyone tell me what a "SATURATED ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE" is? I believe it is an aviation term. 9/ 2/95 - 3 responses - [last response 9/ 3/95]
TODD IN BRISBANE
QUESTION 114: Hi, I have a small question about the resolution of ERS-1 SAR images. What is the difference between the pixel spacing and the resolution of the images. For exemple the full-resolution ERS-1 images has a pixel- spacing equal to 12.5m and a resolution of 30m. Should these two values be the same and which one gives me the ground dimension of each pixel (in order to get some measures of ground features). Thank you very much for your help. 8/31/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/31/95]
Luc Chouinard, McGill University, chouinar@alpha.civil.mcgill.ca
QUESTION 113: Wher can I get information about ship wake detection using SAR images ? 8/31/95 - 3 responses - [last response 10/ 2/95]
Federico Rossi, Signal Processing Lab , University of Cagliari , ITALY, rossif@vaxca3.unica.it
QUESTION 112: I have been studying the Kliuchevskoi Volcano optical radar comparison and cannot work out why the snow is so red i.e. gives such high backscatter in the L-band, HH polarisation. Can someone help me ? 8/31/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/31/95]
Mark Mostert, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, markmost@l.kth.se
QUESTION 111: Where can I get information about the data processing algorithms that were used for SIR-C/X-SAR data? 8/28/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/ 1/95]
Anita Mogili, Remote Sensing Lab, Univ of Kansas, mogili@rsl.ukans.edu
QUESTION 110: What is the difference between radiometric and geometric resolution of SAR images Also how can I show that resolution of one image is better than the other in the absence of a test reflector in the image. Thanks PS: I will appreciate if answers can be sent to me by e-mail as well. 8/27/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/15/95]
Noaman Ahmed, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, noaman@spd.eee.strath.ac.uk
QUESTION 109: L am looking at the means to reduce speckle noise in SAR imaging Are there any improved multi look processing techniques avaliable to process the raw data and reduce speckle at the same time. This technique should be done before image enhancement using image/adaptive filters. 8/24/95 - 2 responses - [last response 11/17/95]
Alan Lay, eng20210@leonis.nus.sg
QUESTION 108: I am researching CIVIL WAR entrenchments in Virginia. I've heard that aerial radar is helpful in identifing this type of feature which is no longer visible from the surface due to farming etc. How can I find appropriate images for my search area if they are available. 8/18/95 - 4 responses - [last response 8/29/95]
Greg Boles, NISE EAST DET NORFOLK, G_BOLES@NISE-P.NOSC.MIL
QUESTION 106: I am looking for information on how satellite SAR radars use on-board chirp-based, or white-noise-based, test signals to characterize the satellite receive chain for data calibration purposes. 8/16/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/22/95]
Steve Spenler, sspenler@hookup.net
QUESTION 105: I'm looking for a contact at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster PA who can provide me with information on their P3 SAR. I have a pair of images taken as part of an Ohio EPA experiment but I'm having trouble reading the files. Has anybody ever heard of this platform or have any contacts at NAWC Warminster who might be kind enough to help out? So far, I've had no response from them. Any info. appreciated! 8/14/95 - 1 response - [last response 9/ 7/95]
Kevin R. Duemmel, Engineer, OSU Astronomical Instrumentation Facility, duemmel@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.EDU
QUESTION 103: I am a graduate student in Environmental Engineering and I am investigating the use of SAR data to determine subsurface water content. I am considering using a neural net classifier to assess the depth and level of the water content over vaying terrain. I would like to know if there are tools already avilable to help me do this and I would like to know of other researchers working in this area. Specific Citations would be very helpful. 8/ 9/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/ 1/96]
George A. Madrid jr., Washinton University in St. Louis, gamadrid@artsci.wustl.edu
QUESTION 102: I am interested in antenna reflector substrates. Advanced reflector substrates are being developed from composites of ceramics and metals in order to decrease weight and power requirements. Does anyone have specific details on some of these reflector dish configurations/designs? 8/ 9/95 - 0 responses
joe robichaud, ssg1@ssginc.com
QUESTION 101: I have found that one of the flights went over an area of interest, but cannot find images from that swath. Is there an index of available images that are given by lat/long? The images that my students have found are certainly interesting, but I really need to find an index! Help! 8/ 8/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/ 9/95]
Jon Renner, Sisters MS/HS, pilotjon@interserv.com
QUESTION 100: Does anyone know where I can locate DEMs for Argentina? 8/ 8/95 - 0 responses
Mark Lucas, Harris Corporation, mlucas@alcatraz.ess.harris.com
QUESTION 99: I'm graduating at the University of Catania (Italy). Does anyone know how i can obtain the interferometric fringes from two (complex) data sets of the same place taken with tree days of difference? 8/ 7/95 - 2 responses - [last response 5/ 7/96]
Alfio Finocchiaro, Facolta' di Ingegneria (University of Catania), alfio@indy.iit.unict.it
QUESTION 98: We want to calibrate P-band, JPL AIRSAR data, processed by processor version 3.55 and 3.56 (acquired in 1991 and 1990 respectively over Reynolds Creek, Boise, Idaho). We have already calibrated C & L band using corner reflectors (CR) in POLCAL 4.0. But CR technique can not applied to P band. We have calibrated P band data of 1989 JPL AIRSAR data, processed by processor 2.1, using auto calibration in POLCAL 4.0. POLCAL does not support auto cal for data processed other than processor 2.1. Has anybody tried calibration of P-band? 8/ 5/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/ 7/95]
Sudhir Kumar Goyal, Graduate Student, Univ. of Idaho, working for USDA-ARS, Boise, sgoyal@nwrc.ars.pn.usbr.gov
QUESTION 97: What are the methods to reduce speckle noise in SAR images? 8/ 5/95 - 2 responses - [last response 2/28/96]
Alan Lay, Undergrad at National University Singapore
QUESTION 96: I'm graduating in Electrical Engineering and I'm looking for information about Wake detection on SAR Images. Can anyone help me ? 8/ 3/95 - 1 response - [last response 8/14/95]
Federico Rossi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, rossif@vaxca3.unica.it
QUESTION 95: I am looking for a scientist that was involved with radar at JPL several years ago. His name is Jeff Plescia. He worked on the Venus and Mars mapping projects. We both attended USC Geology in the late 1970's. Does anyone have any information about Jeff. 7/31/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/ 3/95]
John Shepherd, TRW, johnshepherd@trw.com
QUESTION 94: Where is it possible to obtain radar images of the Bondhusbreen Glacier and valley near Sundal Norway? Eight students from the USA will be joining students from British school for a study of the valley. We are designing a field studies associated with global energy budget and ground water and require any visuals that we can obtain. 7/26/95 - 3 responses - [last response 7/27/95]
Thomas C. Arnold, State College Schools, State College, PA, arnold@essc.psu.edu
QUESTION 93: What make's Imaging radar different from regular radar? 7/26/95 - 1 response - [last response 7/26/95]
Russell C Sipe , none, none
QUESTION 92: I'm a UC Davis water management specialist working on something called regulated deficit irrigation. It's the practice of purposely depriving plants of water during stress-tolerant periods in order to save water while possibly enhancing some aspect of production. For example, we identified that mild stress during late July in almond can reduce the incidence of hull rot fungus. I have 3 experimental field sites in the San Joaquin Valley where different irrigation treatments result in tree water stress. We are monitoring this stress from the ground with leaf/stem water potential and stomatal conductance measurements. I would like to see if these stresses express themselves in something that can be remotely sensed. I've tried using hand-held infrared thermometers from 12 ft ladders to monitor canopy temperature but there is a lot of variability. I'm thinking something from an airplane would be much better. Each replication is approximately 75 x 120 ft. and contains 8-30 trees. I believe there are some private consultants who offer fly-over services using some type of infrared film. However, I've never been satisfied that they know what they are measuring. This would be an ideal opportunity for someone working on developing remote sensors to verify their utility with ground based measurements. 7/24/95 - 1 response - [last response 7/25/95]
Dave Goldhamer, Dept. of LAWR, Univ. of CA, Davis, Dave@uckac.edu
QUESTION 91: Can anyone tell me the power output of the SIR-C radar? 7/21/95 - 1 response - [last response 7/25/95]
Drew Hartigan, U.S. Naval Postgraduat School, hartigan@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 90: At Canada Centre for Remote Sensing we have developed and tested a geometric correction model to geocode SIR-C/X-SAR images with DEM. The model also allow us to integrate images acquired in different imaging configuration. The model takes into account the parameters of the sensor, of the space shuttle and of the earth. We want to write a user friendly interface to extract the ancillary data (_ldr_ceos_ascii) and process them accordingly to the physical parameters of the geometric coorection model. The parameters that are essential for the model are the ephemeris data which are given in the "GREENWICH TRUE OF DATA" reference coordinate system. What is this coordinate system? What are the X,Y,Z axis related to this system? Where is the origin? Moreover, research group that are interested in the model should fell free to contact us... 7/19/95 - 0 responses
Yves Crevier / Thierry Toutin, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, crevier@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca
QUESTION 89: I thought one of the things radar measured was distance, why then the need for IFSARE? If one knows the x,y,z of a transmitter, why can't elevations be determined from that? 7/19/95 - 2 responses - [last response 8/ 9/95]
kapolka@erim.org
QUESTION 88: Is there a good source of SIR-A and SIR-B background information leading up to the development of SIR-C anywhere within the JPL home page? Thanks 7/ 5/95 - 3 responses - [last response 7/18/95]
Drew Hartigan, Naval Postgraduate School, hartigan@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 87: What type of imaging radar, and where may I find imaging radar with the lowest vertical relolution available. I am intersted in producing/ obtaining a DEM for a relatively flat area in northeastern Louisiana. 6/28/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/28/95]
Rodney L. Young, Louisiana State University, ryoung@unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
QUESTION 86: I'm graduate student working on forest ecology. I recently noticed that the SIR-C image Mt. Everest overlaps my study site. Is anyone working with this image? Also, where can I get more info on the field data test sites referred to in the last sentence of the blurb. Thanks... 6/27/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/29/95]
Robert Zomer, UC Davis - Ecology Graduate Group, rjzomer@ucdavis.edu
QUESTION 85: Are there some high-quality optical images of the Ubar site? For example, a landsat view covering the SAR image and some air and ground shots? 6/27/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/28/95]
David Long, BYU ECEn Dept., long@ee.byu.edu
QUESTION 84: Once I am in the JPL Imaging Radar Home Page (http//southport.jpl.nasa.gov/ How can I get to see the SIR-A Coverage Map? 6/22/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/22/95]
Carlos A. Iudica, casaiud@flmnh.ufl.edu
QUESTION 83: Where can I find the shareware software for viewing Level 1B digital satelite data? thanks in advance durant greenwood oryx energy dallas tx. 214.715.8442 xhrrdg@oryx.com 6/22/95 - 3 responses - [last response 6/28/95]
durant greenwood, bike rider, xhrrdg@oryx.com
QUESTION 82: I would like information on the general extent of AIRSAR imagery coverage of the Pacific Northwest (Western Washington and Oregon and Northern California). 6/22/95 - 2 responses - [last response 7/ 5/95]
Lisa Nelson, NBS-MESC, nelsonl@detox.mesc.nbs.gov
QUESTION 81: If I have the coordinates of two places of interest (for my research) where can I get info about any type of remote sensing image available for those places? 6/20/95 - 3 responses - [last response 6/28/95]
Carlos A. Iudica, casaiud@flmnh.ufl.edu
QUESTION 80: I would like to know if it is possible to request a geographical position (lat/long) to be taken in the next or in any next radar mission? 6/20/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/21/95]
Carlos A. Iudica, Graduate Student at Zoology Dept-Univ. of Florida, casaiud@flmnh.ufl.edu
QUESTION 79: The previous question 79 was deleted because it did not refer to anything related to the imaging radar program at JPL, and because of possible legal issues (that I am ignorant of). His question was forwarded to the JPL Public Information Office (newsdesk@jpl.nasa.gov). They will be sending him an email reply to his question. 6/19/95 - 0 responses
bruce chapman, jpl, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 78: Hallo there, two questions if I may, I don't know if this is the right place to put them in: 1. What's the status of NASA's IN-STEP programme, especially the topic of inflattable radar antenna's? 2. As you might know, a spaceborne P-band SAR does not exist at the moment. Is there an interest or support in a P-band SAR system (spaceborne)? In the Netherlands there is a great interest especially for forest monitoring. Please send me some of your suggestions/comments. 6/16/95 - 2 responses - [last response 6/21/95]
Wim Looyen, National Aerospace Laboratory NLR, looyen@nlr.nl
QUESTION 77: Could there not be some creative usea of real time video-conferencing at the JPL radar page or related NASA sites, using QuickCam and CU-SeeMe freeware? tom @ emerald 6/11/95 - 3 responses - [last response 6/18/95]
QUESTION 76: The May 30, 1995 issue of Eos (Transactions of AGU) has a lead article on the TOPSAT mission. Where is there additional information about this mission, on the Web? How does the funding look for it? Has it entered Phase C/D? What launch vehicle is expected to be used? Thanks. 6/ 9/95 - 2 responses - [last response 6/12/95]
Harold Geller, CIESIN, hgeller@ciesin.org
QUESTION 75: Are we getting closer to the release of updated mac Sigma(0) software that was promised this winter -- this would allow non-mainframe people to process primary radar data. tom @ emerald 6/ 5/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 9/95]
QUESTION 74: Dear colleaques, I would be very oblieged to anyone who could send me information about the possibility of detecting "LEAKS IN BURIED WATER PIPELINES" by using RADAR images. 6/ 2/95 - 2 responses - [last response 3/15/96]
Dr. Nickolaos Soulakellis, Dept. of HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, Univ. of the AEGEAN, LESBOS, GREECE, nsoul@geo.aegean.gr
QUESTION 73: Does anyone know if there are current studies using SIR-C to to delineate soils/identify soil types? If so where can I obtain information? 6/ 1/95 - 1 response - [last response 6/ 5/95]
Rodney L. Young, L.S.U. -Graduate Student-Agronomy, ryoung@tiger.lsu.edu
QUESTION 72: Does anyone know where I can locate subterranean satellite images of Western Sahara; between Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco; (between 20 - 28 degrees N. Latitude and between 7 - 16 degrees W Longitude)?. Thanks very much. Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu 5/31/95 - 1 response - [last response 5/31/95]
Sarah Lum, Brown University , Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu
QUESTION 71: I read in the paper that NASA wants to lay off 28,000 people. Would this adversely impact the radar imaging program and its supporting services? 5/22/95 - 2 responses - [last response 6/ 1/95]
QUESTION 70: For those of you with netscape1.1, how many of you like or dislike the green background color? I kind of like it myself, because I think it makes the home page stand out, and , if I made ALL the pages with this background color, you would instantly know that you were at the imaging radar home page, and not somewhere else, like the EROS data center, or the JPL PIO site, etc. But, I have been getting some mixed notices. What do you all think??? should I change the color? get rid of backgrounds all together? keep it? 5/19/95 - 7 responses - [last response 6/13/95]
bruce chapman, jpl, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 69: I just downloaded a Sir-C Radar image to my Mac powerbook 520. Also Downloaded NIH Image software to view it. I have no idea how to use this. I have tried to import to no avail. Can someone help with setting for NIH Image?? Thanks 5/14/95 - 1 response - [last response 5/16/95]
William S. Hecht, Gros Morne, wshecht@mailbox.syr.edu
QUESTION 68: I wonder if somebody knows some references relating SAR imaging and Time-Frequency analysis, specially if I can find them in digital format. Thanks in advanced: G. Thomas Email(2) gthomas@campus.chi.itesm.mx 5/11/95 - 1 response - [last response 5/14/95]
Gabriel Thomas, University of Texas at El Paso, thomas@agua.ece.utep.edu
QUESTION 67: A while back, you gave us the ftp site for TOPSAR digital elevation data. The files there were excellent, but represented only a few of the TOPSAR lines. I guess what I am trying to say is, where can I find the TOPSAR file "2 Jun 92 Cascade Head 132-1 45-03.0 N 123-57.5 W 132" ?

tom @ emerald 5/ 9/95 - 3 responses - [last response 5/12/95]

QUESTION 66:

The information newly provided in Standard Data Products - Processed List is most welcome. However, I am not nuts about it being sorted by data take. I would have preferred a sort by country, state, and site. When I uploaded the download into MS Word as formatted text, to my horror, I found that the list was only partially tab-delimited, that is, I could not drop it into a database or spreadsheet without some serious correction tedium.

Is it not possible to have the original table sortable by clicking on the column header, using cgi to drive a freeware list sorter?

tom@emerald 5/ 8/95 - 3 responses - [last response 5/20/95]

QUESTION 65: Need info on March Popular Science "Radar on a chip" developed by Tom McEwan at Lawrence Livermore Lab. My son is a freshman in high school and has done several sensor, microcontroller projects. Need to find out if sample chips can be procurred. thank you 5/ 7/95 - 5 responses - [last response 8/31/95]
Jeff Halbur, halbur@netins.net
QUESTION 64: I am trying to get information on Sea Surface Temps (SST). I am not sure what sats pick up this information, but I saw this area as a place to begin asking questions. There are places where SST charts are available, but the GIFs that exist are of too large an area. Is there a place to get the latest SST charts for smaller areas? Is there a place to get the data and/or a program that will convert that data into a nice color image? Any help is greatly appreciated. 5/ 3/95 - 8 responses - [last response 5/18/95]
Chris Malinowski, Curious onlooker, chris.malinowski@ssa.gov
QUESTION 63: I have recently come upon the SIR-C image library where I found an image of the area in Chiapas Mexcio where I have been working. I am an archaeology graduate student and my dissertation involves doing large land surveys of some of the areas covered by your SIR-C images. How can I go about accessing the higher resolution images? 5/ 1/95 - 1 response - [last response 5/ 2/95]
Marcello-Andrea Canuto, University of Pennsylvania, mcanuto@mail.sas.upenn.edu
QUESTION 62: I am interested in applying radar image processing algorithms to side-scan sonar images of the seabed. In particular, I would like to machine classify different bottom types. Being a geologist with zero programming skills, is there anyone out there who has some ideas on this matter? I have a feeling that fractal techniques to quantify texture is the way to go. My intention would be to use a neural net classifierr to segment imagery based on fractal signatures. This would require training the classifier with example "spectra". I am involved in marine diamond exploration off the west coast of southern Africa. We use a heap of side-scan sonar imagery to map spotential diamond trap sites. Manual interpretation is rather tedious, hence this enquiry. 4/25/95 - 1 response - [last response 5/ 2/95]
Andrew Terhorst, Managing member, TerraMare Remote-Sensing, remsense@iafrica.com
QUESTION 61: SIR-C employed a data reduction scheme called Block Adaptive Quantization which reduced the data volume from 8 bits/sample to 4 bits/sample. I am interested in finding out more about the scheme and any studies that may have been done regarding the impact of the data compression on applications such as SAR interferometry. Can anybody point me in the right direction? 4/21/95 - 2 responses - [last response 5/11/95]
Ian McLeod, UBC, ianmc@ee.ubc.ca
QUESTION 60: Bulletin board maintenance took place today and you'll notice some questions are missing. We decided the backlog of questions was getting too big, so some questions were moved to the education BB (a more appropriate place for them), some questions were put into an archive, and some questions were deleted. You will be able to access the archive soon. 4/20/95 - 0 responses
S. Okonek, JPL, sharon.okonek@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 59: We are interested in speckle filtering techniques applied to radar images. For evaluation of these procedures our student project needs some unfiltered (raw) images. Does anybody have an idea how we can get this type of data ? 4/18/95 - 6 responses - [last response 4/26/95]
Tamas Doka, dtamas@cc.matav.hu
QUESTION 58: We have set up a contest to make the most interesting image from SIR-C data! If you have any comments or suggestions about it, I hope you will pass them along as responses to this question! 4/17/95 - 11 responses - [last response 5/23/95]
Bruce Chapman, JPL, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 57: I need lunar elevation data. High resolution is not necessary, but the data should cover the entire surface of the Moon. Does anyone know where I can find or buy this type of information? 4/15/95 - 1 response - [last response 4/19/95]
Patrick Malone, Malone Consulting, personal@rahul.net
QUESTION 56: How do I get a list of hand-held photos taken by the astronauts during the SIR-C/X-SAR missions? I'd like to see if my site (Hotien, China) is among them. 4/10/95 - 2 responses - [last response 4/17/95]
Pamela Logan, China Exploration & Research Society, pamlogan@alumni.caltech.edu
QUESTION 55: Does anyone know if the color fringes in the Kilauea Interferometry image #2 [P-44758 Oct 12, 1994] represent a known vertical and/or horizontal displacement ? If so, how much approximate maximum shows in the concentric center, first red fringe, first blue/green, next yellow/red, etc. Is this data verified by GPS or ground survey or both ? If these things are known it would greatly add to a volcanic expansion Lab exercise I am designing for my Earth Science students. P.S. To be able to do geoscience with such current data is an exciting opportunity for students !! 3/30/95 - 2 responses - [last response 4/ 6/95]
William Seebeck , Chantilly HS 4201 Stringfellow RD. Chantilly VA 22021, or POB 163, Lincoln VA 22078
QUESTION 54: This is in reply to Tom(?) who replied to my question no.51 I/we don't have a homepage and your e-mail address appears to be invalid so... Our radar is 94GHz (sees through fog/rain/smoke) and has a 25cm down-range resolution. The cross range resolution is between 1.4m and 4m at 800m range. The data is digitised to 8-bits and yes we fly our own helicopter over what we fancy. Yhis uses most of our buget and the cost per mile is frightening, so I'm not at liberty to hand out free data (sorry). We have automatically registered these images against cartographic maps and x-band SAR. To do the same against infra red images would be harder because of the lack of range information but it is possible. I know people who automatically register infrared images taken at both shallow and steep depression angles, against cart maps. 3/30/95 - 3 responses - [last response 4/21/95]
mark williams, dra uk, MLWILLIAMS%TAZ.dnet@hermes.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 52: I work with imaging radar. A forward looking airborn radar scans the ground from +/- 30 degrees at a shallow depression angle. The data is gathered at about 800m. A radar image is made, combining the information from many sweeps. High down-range resolution plus the use of doppler beam sharpening techniques allow the formation of good quality x-band images. We then aim to automatically register these against cartographic maps and also identify interesting features. Is anybody interested in this sort of work? 3/29/95 - 4 responses - [last response 10/19/95]
Mark Williams, DRA - Uk, mlwilliams@taz.dra.hmg.gb
QUESTION 51: We are interested in obtaining information about the archaeologists who are working on the "Lost City of Ubar" project and poc info. We are also interested in knowing if anyone knows if good quality digital elevation maps of that region of Oman exist. John Schiebold and Gary McKay, St. Cloud State Univ. GIS Center. 3/26/95 - 1 response - [last response 11/26/95]
Gary McKay, Graduate Student, gary@sherburne.geog.stcloud.msus.edu
QUESTION 50: I am looking for source code or references to perform Lee and Frost filtering of SAR data, and also to perform slant range to ground range conversion of complex SAR data. Any help or leads would be appreciated... 3/24/95 - 3 responses - [last response 3/26/95]
Orrin Long, Intergraph Corporation, olong@ingr.com
QUESTION 48: After finding the data take for a SIR-C image, I tried to browse and view several images. The host connection was taking far longer than I thought it should, so I stop transmission. Should it take longer than several minutes for host contact wh en trying to view or browse SIR-C images? Thanks, Scott Hughes hughscot@isu.edu 3/17/95 - 2 responses - [last response 3/27/95]
Scott Hughes, Idaho State University, hughscot@isu.edu
QUESTION 44: I'm looking for high resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) generated from interferometric synthetic apeture radar (IF SAR) data. Does anyone one know the availability of such data? 3/ 7/95 - 8 responses - [last response 5/ 7/96]
K. O'Rourke, Pacific Sierra Research Corp, kevin@mgate.psrv.com
QUESTION 42: Anybody working on the Angkor images? I'm just learning how to use this image, so any advice would be appreciated. 3/ 5/95 - 2 responses - [last response 3/15/95]
Alexei Vranich, U of Penn, Avranich@mail.sas.upenn.edu
QUESTION 40: Hi, I would like to know where I can find IMDISP - a general purpos image display program. I am a beginner. I only want to dispaly some processed images on my SVGA screen. Can I down load this program somewhere? Thanks 3/ 2/95 - 3 responses - [last response 6/27/95]
Allan Zhang, Golder Associates Ltd., Zhang@FreeNet.Calgary.ab.ca
QUESTION 39: Is there some sort of list anywhere on this net or in jplinfo that indicates which data takes have already been precision processed? This information may reduce the time it takes to get suitable precision data for some users, and may reduce your queue of data requests. 2/24/95 - 2 responses - [last response 9/11/95]
Drew Hartigan, Naval Postgraduate School, hartigan@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 35: I have had a few questions from users wondering how to use the .IMG files from the EROS data center. Has anyone used these files with the ERDAS imagine program? 2/16/95 - 2 responses - [last response 3/25/95]
bruce chapman, jpl, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 34: I keep hearing rumors of a third flight for the SIR-C radar. Rumor has it will fly with an extended arm of some sort that will have a receive only panel array. Is the third flight on the drawing board or just rumor? And what is the purpose of the receive only array on the extended arm? Final question when will the SIR-C images come out on CD-ROM and how can I get one? Thanks Bruce. 2/16/95 - 3 responses - [last response 3/27/95]
QUESTION 32: Some comments: 1) How about an imaging radar 'who's who' with information on research interests, possibly brief biographical details, and a contact address. This would be a useful resource for researchers. I mean this to include anybody, and not just limit it to the JPL staff. 2) I would like to see the standard sample datasets available via the WWW route. One of each format, from each sensor would be nice. 'Real' data, rather than pictures, of course. Ditto the standard docs, preferably in postscript format. 3) A list of available JPL radar reports/publications along with ordering info (etc) would be useful. This would stop me having to bug the radar librarians so I guess they'd be happy too. Perhaps a section on radar textbooks would be a useful item too. 4) Finally, congratulations on the BBS and the updated home page! Rick 2/15/95 - 3 responses - [last response 8/ 3/95]
(Prof.) Rick Turner, ricky@drift.demon.co.uk
QUESTION 30: I am doing thesis work comparing shuttle visible imagery with radar data from SIR-C, preferably taken at the same time. Currently there is no cross reference option within the JPL Radar page. Is there one buried somewhere that I don't know about? I am specifically looking for coastal scenes. 2/15/95 - 1 response - [last response 3/23/95]
Drew Hartigan, Naval Postgraduate School, hartigan@physics.nps.navy.mil
QUESTION 29: Has anyone seen any good remote sensing home pages or home pages with radar remote sensing data? I would like to put links to them...please respond to the bulletin board... 2/14/95 - 2 responses - [last response 3/19/95]
bruce chapman, jpl, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 28: We are interested in looking at the radar images on our Mac, however we seem to be having some problems. The documentation says we can view images on a Mac with either Photoshop or NIHimage. Neither of these work on the *.IMG file we have downloaded. Is there some translation process that we have missed? And, if so how do we view these images? And where can we get the appropriate software from? 2/ 9/95 - 2 responses
Garry Peterson, University of Florida, garry@zoo.ufl.edu
QUESTION 24: The novel aspect of the SIR-C and AIRSAR data sets is the polarization. If it were just another 3 wavelengths added to IR and visible data layers, we would all know what to do. My question: is there inter-band statistical correlation of polarization and how do I remove it? That is, how is principal component analysis done in this context: do I remove inter-band intensity correlation separately or somehow simultaneously with polarization correlation? Your reference section is under development and still fairly sketchy -- has this been done already? 2/ 5/95 - 3 responses - [last response 3/26/95]
Tom Pringle, Emerald Imagery, tingalsb@oregon.uregon.edu
QUESTION 15: In posting comments or responses to the bulletin board, may we include links in our documents? Or would JPL rather edit these in or forgo this entirely? As an experiment, I am going to include a link to the radar image data warehouse at Eros, the Eros Data Center (EDC), in this message. If this works, my method was to simply imitate the html formating used for links when the bulletin board is 'viewed as source' in the Netscape browser, pasting in Eros' URL from my hotlist. 1/28/95 - 8 responses - [last response 3/26/95]
Tom Pringle, Emerald Imagery, tingalsb@oregon.uoregon.edu
QUESTION 07: The current (2/95) issue of Scientific American contains a short piece (Pp. 18) on JPL's collaboration with French Scientists in the development of radar "interferograms" for use in mapping deformations in the earth arising from earthquakes. I'd like to know the technical details of the technique. Have there been any publications, or are there materials available on the WWW that will help? Please reply to me at allanb@jupiter.uoregon.edu. Thank you. Allan Branscomb - 2 responses
Allan B. Branscomb, University of Oregon, allanb@jupiter.uoregon.edu
QUESTION 04: Under the science and applications section, users of radar data may submit results that they have obtained for access by the users of the imaging radar home page. Under user contributions, I will put your html and/or gif/jpeg images for browsing. Those interested should contact me by email. - 4 responses
bruce chapman, JPL, bruce.chapman@jpl.nasa.gov
QUESTION 03: Have you found any bugs in the JPL software? - 7 responses
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