About this Dataset

LBA-ECO LC-07 Validation Overflight For Amazon Mosaics, Video, 1999

This data set presents georeferenced digital video files from Validation Overflight for Amazon Mosaics (VOAM) aerial video surveys as part of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon. The VOAM flights were carried out in the wet-season (June) 1999 in the Brazilian Amazon to provide ground verification for mapping of wetland cover with the Global Rain Forest Mapping (GRFM) Project JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Remote Sensing Satellite) mosaics of the Amazon basin. Digital camcorder systems were installed in a Bandeirante survey plane operated by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research. The VOAM99 surveys circumscribed the Brazilian Amazon, documenting ground conditions at resolutions on the order of 1-m (wide-angle format) and 10-cm (zoom format) for wetlands, forests, savannas, and human-impacted areas. Other applications of the VOAM videography include acquisition of ground control points for image geolocation, creation of a high-resolution geocoded mosaic of a forest study area, forest biomass estimation, and rapid assessment of fire damage. Geocoded digital videography provides a cost-effective means of compiling a high-resolution validation data set for land cover mapping in remote, cloud-covered regions.
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Last updated: 2025-08-30T03:51:06.428635
Tags: earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-forests, earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-savannas, earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-wetlands

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.nasa_gov_lba_eco_lc_07_validation_overflight_for_amazo_14911ece.table_1

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3,488 rows
10 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "video_clip_filename" VARCHAR,
  "acquisition_date_yyyymmdd" BIGINT,
  "start_time_utc_hhmmss" BIGINT  -- Start Time (UTC) HHMMSS,
  "stop_time_utc_hhmmss" BIGINT  -- Stop Time (UTC) HHMMSS,
  "start_aircraft_longitude" DOUBLE,
  "start_aircraft_latitude" DOUBLE,
  "start_aircraft_height_m" BIGINT  -- Start Aircraft Height (m),
  "stop_aircraft_longitude" DOUBLE,
  "stop_aircraft_latitude" DOUBLE,
  "stop_aircraft_height_m" BIGINT  -- Stop Aircraft Height (m)
);