Coordination:
Number of sites: 31 (October 2004)
Detailed information about each site can be found at: http://landval.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS
The EOS Land Validation Core Sites are used for MODIS land product validation which is closely coordinated with the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Land Product Validation subgroup, under the Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV). The Core Sites represents consensus amongst the instrument teams and validation investigators. Most of the Core Sites build on an existing program of long-term measurements and have an infrastructure to support in situ measurements. These sites provide a focus for satellite, aircraft, and ground data collection and land product validation. The EOS instrument vicarious calibration test site needs will be coordinated by the MODIS Calibration Discipline Group and are not included as part of the EOS Land Validation Core Sites. The concept for the "EOS Land Validation Core Sites" grew out of a Science Working group in December 1997.
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|
Site |
Country |
Biome |
Active
networks |
|
ARM/CART
SGP |
|
Grassland/Cereal
Crop |
AERONET,
BigFoot |
|
ARM/CART
Shider |
|
Grassland |
- |
|
ARM/CART
|
|
Agriculture
(Wheat) |
- |
|
BARC-USDA
ARS |
|
Broadleaf
Cropland |
AERONET |
|
Barrow |
|
Tundra |
AERONET,
BigFoot |
|
Barton
Bendish |
|
Broadleaf
Cropland |
- |
|
Bondville |
|
Broadleaf
Cropland |
AERONET,
BigFoot |
|
BOREAS/BERMS
SSA |
|
|
FLUXNET* |
|
BOREAS
NSA |
Canada |
|
AERONET,
BigFoot, FLUXNET* |
|
Cascades
HJA |
|
Moist
|
AERONET,
GLCTS*, LTER* |
|
|
|
Broadleaf
|
AERONET,
BigFoot, FLUXNET*, GLCTS*, LTER* |
|
Howland |
|
|
AERONET,
FLUXNET* |
|
Ji-Paraná (LBA: Jaru) |
Brazil |
Broadleaf
|
AERONET,
LBA |
|
Jornada |
|
Shrubland/Woodland |
AERONET,
GLCTS*, LTER* |
|
Konza
Prairie |
|
Grassland/Cereal
Crop |
AERONET,
BigFoot, FLUXNET*, GLCTS*, LTER* |
|
|
|
|
AERONET |
|
|
|
Needleleaf
Forest/clear water |
- |
|
Mandalgobi |
|
Grassland/Cereal
Crop |
AERONET
(nearby) |
|
Maricopa |
|
Broadleaf
Cropland |
AERONET |
|
Metolius/Cascades
YP |
|
|
BigFoot,
FLUXNET*, GLCTS* |
|
Metolius/Cascades
OP |
|
|
BigFoot,
FLUXNET*, GLCTS* |
|
Mongu |
|
Shrubland/Woodland |
AERONET,
GLCTS*, SAFARI 2000 |
|
SALSA
San Pedro |
United
States/Mexico |
Shrubland/Woodland |
AERONET
(nearby) |
|
Sevilleta |
|
Grassland/Cereal
Crop |
AERONET,
BigFoot, LTER* |
|
Skukuza |
RSA |
Shrubland/Woodland |
AERONET,
GLCTS*, SAFARI 2000 |
|
Tapajos (LBA: Santarém) |
Brazil |
Broadleaf
|
AERONET,
BigFoot, LBA |
|
Uardry |
Australia |
Grassland/Cereal
Crop |
- |
|
|
|
Broadleaf
Cropland |
AERONET
(nearby), LTER* |
|
Walker
Branch |
|
Broadleaf
|
AERONET,
FLUXNET*, GLCTS* |
|
Cheq/Nicolet NF-Park Falls |
|
|
AERONET
(nearby), BigFoot, FLUXNET*, LTER* |
|
Wisc: NTL LTER |
|
Needleleaf
Forest |
AERONET
(nearby) |
* part of GTOS’ TEMS