readme.txt
11/7/02

BOREAS RSS-16 AIRSAR CM Images:  Integrated Processor Version 6.1 Level 3-b

The "data" directory is organized as follows:

Directory listing of /data:
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nsa_041794 - Northern Study Area (NSA) - Northern Flux Tower, April 17, 1994
             contains 4 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
		airsar_5355.tar.gz  
                airsar_5356.tar.gz  
                airsar_5359.tar.gz  
                airsar_5360.tar.gz

nsa_042094 - Northern Study Area (NSA) - Northern Flux Tower, April 20, 1994
             contains 3 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5334.tar.gz  
                airsar_5337.tar.gz  
                airsar_5361.tar.gz

nsa_042694 - Northern Study Area (NSA) - Northern Flux Tower, April 26, 1994
             contains 4 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5338.tar.gz  
                airsar_5339.tar.gz  
                airsar_5340.tar.gz  
                airsar_5341.tar.gz

nsa_042894 - Northern Study Area (NSA) - Northern Flux Tower, April 28, 1994
             contains 2 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5342.tar.gz  
                airsar_5343.tar.gz  

ssa_072194 - Southern Study Area (SSA), July 21, 1994
             contains 2 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5271.tar.gz  
                airsar_5401.tar.gz

ssa_073195 - Southern Study Area (SSA), July 31, 1995
             contains 5 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5244.tar.gz  
                airsar_5246.tar.gz  
                airsar_5258.tar.gz
                airsar_5245.tar.gz  
                airsar_5249.tar.gz

ssa_jp_081293 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - Jack Pine, August 12, 1993
             contains 3 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5384.tar.gz  
                airsar_5385.tar.gz  
                airsar_5386.tar.gz

ssa_pra_081293 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - Prince Albert, August 12, 1993
             contains 8 sets of images contained in the following gzipped
             tar files:
                airsar_5362.tar.gz  
                airsar_5383.tar.gz  
                airsar_5396.tar.gz  
                airsar_5399.tar.gz
                airsar_5376.tar.gz  
                airsar_5389.tar.gz  
                airsar_5398.tar.gz  
                airsar_5408.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_041794 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine, 
             April 17, 1994 contains 1 set of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5286.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_042094 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             April 20, 1994 contains 1 set of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5288.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_061194 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             June 11, 1994 contains 3 sets of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5192.tar.gz  
                airsar_5230.tar.gz  
                airsar_5284.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_072394 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             July 23, 1994 contains 2 sets of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5273.tar.gz  
                airsar_5276.tar.gz
    
ssa_sfjp_072594 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             July 25, 1994 contains 2 sets of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5278.tar.gz  
                airsar_5279.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_072894 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             July 28, 1994 contains 1 set of images contained in the following
             gzipped tar file:
                airsar_cm5283.tar.gz

ssa_sfjp_092094 - Southern Study Area (SSA) - South Fen and Jack Pine,
             September 20, 1994 contains 1 set of images contained in the 
             following gzipped tar file:
                airsar_5285.tar.gz 

Each gzipped tar file contains:  readme.txt 
                                 *.r (rgb components)
                                 *.g
                                 *.b 
                                 *.gif (composed of *.r, *.g, and *.b files)
                                 *_p.dat (P frequency band)
                                 *_l.dat (L frequency band)
                                 *_c.dat (C frequency band)

Please refer to the full documentation (RSS16_AIRSAR_CM_V61.doc or 
RSS16_AIRSAR_CM_V61.txt) as well as the data inventory file 
(rss16_airsar_cm_v61_l3b_inv.dat) and the definition file (rs16cm61.def)
before using this data.  These companion files are located in the /comp
directory.  

Note:  In addition to being bundled with the data files, *.gif images are also 
included in the /viewer directory.