CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Mentor: Jeff Wood Members: Jonathan Person Justin Deloatch Jamison Jones

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Abstract Multimedia Team The Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER) on the campus of Elizabeth City State University is currently tasked with the responsibility of receiving remotely sensed Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and Sea Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) data for research projects year round. This data is collected, processed, annotated, and transformed into images in the Tagged Image File Format (tiff). These tiff images are then uploaded to the CERSER archive library server located at Once uploaded, they are converted into various resolutions and their information is added to a tracking database maintained with Microsoft Access software. This database provides a searchable means for retrieving satellite image data through various parameters. The current site and database architecture were developed in 2003 and modified in New capabilities and site requirements necessitated a redesign of the current site to include a more logical navigation scheme and flexibility to expand as needed. The image database required an update of the over four thousand images, many of which were corrupted or missing information. The database also required the implementation of product categories such as AVHRR color images, SeaWiFS chlorophyll images, and SeaWiFS sea surface temperature, as new satellite licenses have been acquired.

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Overview CERSER Revisions Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Image Database JavaScript

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Site Redesign-Introduction Examination of current website Color Scheme Graphical Interface Navigation

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Site Redesign- Storyboard Compiling pages and links Current site navigation

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Site Redesign- Storyboard Regrouping of Links External Links Internal Links New Site Navigation

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Site Redesign- Page Layout Page Layout Consistency Rough diagram of new navigation layout

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Cascading Style Sheets Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Styles Updating HTML Code Reduction

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Redefining HTML Tags “links”, “body” “a” a:link {text-decoration: none} a:visited {text-decoration: none} a:active {text-decoration: none} a:hover {text-decoration: underline}

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Redefining HTML Tags “body” tag body { background-color: #FFFFFF; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; background-image: url(images08/bg_01.jpg); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; }

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CSS Classes Classes “.txtBOLD”.txtBOLD { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; }

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH global_nav-ext Attributes Font Family Size Font Color Text Decoration Text Alignment Font Weight Font Variant Letter Spacing Display Area

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH global_nav-ext global_nav-ext CSS Link a.global_nav-ext:link { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none; text-align: right; font-weight: normal; font-variant: small-caps; letter-spacing: 1px; display: block; }

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Implementing CSS in HTML Files Syntax

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Image Database Update Overview Image Types Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Total Deleted = 1000+

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Microsoft Access Overview Use Tables/Fields

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Remote Sensing Overview Use Sea Surface Temperature Sea Ice Geology Vegetation Snow Cover Fire Monitoring Fuel Potential

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TeraScan Overview Use Environmental Research Meteorology Oceanography Tactical Operations Disaster Management Education CERSER

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TeraScan Processing 1. Data Received 2. Annotation and Conversion 3. Upload to CERSER 4. JavaScript

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Corrupted/Missing Data Examples of Good and Bad Images Subjective Determination

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH No Image For This File Placeholder Revised JavaScript coding

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Corrupted SST Image Corruption vs. Missing Data Straight Lines

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Corrupted AVHRR Image AVHRR Corruption Usability

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Missing Data No data Usability

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Good SST Image

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Great SST Image Temperature Studies

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Good AVHRR Image Visual Studies

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Defining the Products Overview “Product” Requested Product Categories NOAA AVHRR Visible Image NOAA AVHRR Color Image NOAA AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Visible Image Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Color Image Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Image NOAA AVHRR Events Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Events

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Identifier File Name Identifier AVI - NOAA AVHRR Visible Image ACI - NOAA AVHRR Color Image AST - NOAA AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature OSV - Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Visible Image OSC - Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Color Image OSH - Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Chlorophyll Image AEV - NOAA AVHRR Events OEV - Orbview-2 SeaWiFS Events

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH JavaScript Implementation If-then-else File Name Syntax: date.time.satellite.tiff Example: n15.tiff Proposed Syntax: date.time.satellite.product.tiff Example: n18.AVI.tiff

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH JavaScript – MID() MID() Definition Example: Mid(x.name,17,1)

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Product Code 'START PRODUCT Conversion if (Mid(x.name,17,1)="a" OR Mid(x.name,17,1)="o") Then if Mid(x.name, 17,3="avi" Then product="NOAA AVHRR visible image" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="aci" Then product="NOAA AVHRR color image" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="ast" Then product="NOAA AVHRR sea surface temperature" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="aev" Then product="NOAA AVHRR event" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="osv" Then product=" Orbview-2 SeaWiFS visible image" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="oci" Then product=" Orbview-2 SeaWiFS color image" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="och" Then product=" Orbview-2 SeaWiFS chlorophyll image" Else if Mid(x.name, 17,3="oev" Then product="Orbview-2 SeaWiFS chlorophyll image" Else product="0" End if End if End if End if End if End if End if End if else product="0" End if 'END PRODUCT Conversion

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Future Work - CERSER Upgrades Upcoming Events Page More Images

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Future Work - Image Library Maintenance Time Update Method Secure HTML/ASP Interface

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Future Work - Product Development TeraScan Script Update Product Values

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN REMOTE SENSING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MMT ? ?