Cimel Sun Photometer at MCM/LTER - Taylor Dry Valleys (Bob Stone photo)

	The goal of this project is to develop an operational method for applying atmospheric corrections to satellite remote sensing data including Landsat-TM and NOAA-AVHRR. Eric Vermote (University of Maryland and NASA/Goddard) is the co-P.I. with John Vande Castle on this project - along with LTER site collaborators.
	Atmospheric correction software based on "6S" code, and 18 Landsat-TM datasets are maintained on the LTER processing servers as part of this work. These data can be accessed by NASA and LTER researchers as they become available (processed data are undergoing verification at the momenet).
	There is a report of the first LTER/NASA Sun Photometer/Atmospheric Correction Workshop held at the LTER Network Office in Seattle in 1995
	Here is a WWW version of documentation for the Atmospheric Correction. - This report describes how the atmospheric corrections are applied to the data. The report is in draft form - It is missing some graphics.
	More extensive information and can be found in the second and final report,  Report of the August 16-18, 1996 Atmospheric Correction Workshop for LTER/NASA Collaborations. This report contains the status of the project, future plans, list of Landsat-TM data used in the project and example of using the atmospheric correction software on the LTER computer systems.
	Other information can be found at the Sevilleta (SEV) LTER sun photometer homepage and at the AERONET homepage at NASA/Goddard.

(Page Created 24 October - 1996, updated 25 Feb, 1999 - John Vande Castle) jvc@lternet.edu