Using Web services for atmospheric correction of remote sensing data

Author

Freemantle, J. ; Versi, M. ; O´Neill, Norman T. ; Royer, A. ; Aubé, M. ; Thulasiraman, S. ; Vachon, F. ; Teillet, P.M. ; Blanchet, J.-P. ; Gong, S.

Author_Institution

Centre For Res. in Earth & Space Technol., Toronto, Ont., Canada

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2939

Abstract

We present the technical implementation details for a prototype central atmospheric correction parameter server called NOMAD (Networked On-line Mapping of Atmospheric Data). Using a Web service, aerosol optical depth (AOD) values are transmitted via the network to a Web service aware atmospheric correction application. Information about the date and location of the image are extracted automatically from the image, allowing a best estimate of AOD at 500 nm to be retrieved from the central server database. A Web service approach was adopted to allow easy cross platform development in multiple software languages. Using the Web Services Definition Language (WSDL) description of the atmospheric correction parameter server Web service, application developers can easily make their atmospheric correction applications "Web aware". On the server side, researchers maintaining the central database are free to concentrate on providing the best quality data available.

Keywords

atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; geophysics computing; information services; remote sensing; NOMAD; Networked On-line Mapping of Atmospheric Data; Web Services Definition Language; Web services; aerosol optical depth; atmospheric correction; atmospheric correction application; central server database; cross platform development; multiple software languages; prototype central atmospheric correction parameter; remote sensing data; Aerosols; Application software; Data mining; Information retrieval; Network servers; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Prototypes; Remote sensing; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026828

Filename

1026828