GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING B ROCKMANN C ONSULT The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools Ralf Quast, Brockmann Consult

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 2 Two virtually different needs 1. Visualisation and pixel-wise analysis -Plate-Carree DDS -Integerised sinusoidal (ISIN) DDS -Any type of global product 2. Support of validation activities -Storage and retrieval of DDS -Validation services -Match-up of DDS with in-situ measurements -Regression analysis of match-up data

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 3 Visualisation tools 1. Distributed as extension of the BEAM toolbox 2. Available for download on the GlobCOLOUR web site 3. With the GlobCOLOUR extension you can -Browse your local product repository -View any type of GlobCOLOUR product -Co-register DDS and global products -Build and export a subset -Visualise and inspect GlobCOLOUR flags -Perform a statistical analysis of ROI pixels -Perform pixel arithmetic -Export pixel values in CSV or directly into Excel -Apply virtually any VISAT function

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 4 Visualisation tools

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 5 Visualisation tools

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 6 Visualisation tools

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 7 Validation services 1. Based on the CalValPortal software 2. Installed and publicly available at ACRI-ST 3. GlobCOLOUR services integrated as a separate project 4. With the CalValPortal software you can -Search for DDS products given constraints for -Time -Diagnostic site -Select and download DDS products

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 8 Validation services

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 9 Validation services

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 10 Validation services

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 11 Validation services

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 12 Status of development 1. Visualisation tools -Release of version Current work consists of -Bug-fixes -Improvement of existing features -Adaption to modified technical specifications 2. Validation services -An exact copy of the CalValPortal software running at BC is installed at ACRI-ST (with different configuration) -Updates are deployed every two weeks -Specific GlobCOLOUR validation services like match-up of DDS and in-situ data are in progress

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools 13 Status of development

B ROCKMANN C ONSULT GlobCOLOUR User Workshop, 4-6 Dec 2006 The GlobCOLOUR DDS Tools Future actions 1. Finish the development of the DDS match-up service 2. Support of GlobCOLOUR products in BEAM 4 -Modern GUI with dockable windows -Undo and redo -Additional geographic information layers -Easy module management