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LANDNET SITES (CEOS Reference Sites)

The LANDNET Sites are a set of Land Equipped Sites (LES) endorsed by CEOS as standard reference sites for the post-launch calibration of space-based optical imaging sensors. During the CEOS IVOS-19 Meeting, held in Phoenix AZ, eight instrumented sites have been selected.

These instrumented sites are primarily used for field campaigns to obtain radiometric gain and these sites can serve as a focus for international efforts, facilitating traceability and cross-comparison to evaluate biases of in-flight and future sensors in a harmonized manner[1].

 

CEOS Reference Sites
Name Longitude Latitude Affiliation E-Mail
Tuz Golu 33.33 38.83 TUBITAK UZAY hilal.ozen@uzay.tubitak.gov.tr
Railroad Valley Playa -115.69 38.5 NASA/GSFC kurtis.thome@nasa.gov
Negev 35.01 30.11 Ben Gurion Univerisity karnieli@bgu.ac.il
La Crau 4.86 43.56 CNES patrice.henry@cnes.fr
Ivanpah Playa -115.40 35.57 NASA/GSFC kurtis.thome@nasa.gov
Frenchman Flat -115.93 36.81 NASA/JPL carol.j.bruegge@jpl.nasa.gov
Dunhuang 94.34 40.13 NSMC/CMA huxq@cma.gov.cn
DOME-C 123 -74.5 University of Washington sgw@atmos.washington.edu

 

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[1] USGS - CEOS Reference Sites Web Page

 

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