Scene Selection for Landsat-7 Image Map of Antarctica

该奖项支持美国国家航空和宇宙航行局协助编制国际极地年南极陆地卫星7号地图。陆地卫星图像对南极研究人员和美国南极计划总体上都非常有用，例如在选择飞机着陆点、搜索陨石和监测环境变化方面。由于图像的复杂性和压倒性的数量，目前陆地卫星7号图像对南极科学界的用途有限，超过15,000张。该奖项支持NASA选择最佳图像子集，用于构建覆盖南极洲大部分地区的无缝地图马赛克。一旦这些图像被选中，美国地质勘探局和美国国家航空航天局将与美国国家科学基金会合作开发一份新的南极地图，以便在国际极地年开始时轻松获取数据。

This award supports NASA's assistance in development a Landsat-7 map of Antarctica for the International Polar Year. Landsat imagery is of great utility to Antarctic researchers and the US Antarctic Program in general, for example in selecting aircraft landing sites, searching for meteorites, and monitoring environmental change. Landsat-7 images are currently of limited utility to the Antarctic science community due to the complexity of the images and the overwhelming volume, more than 15,000. This award supports NASA to select the best subset of images for construction of a seamless map mosaic covering most of Antarctica. Once these images are selected, the USGS and NASA will work together with NSF to develop a new Antarctic map and make the data easily accessible for the start of the International Polar Year.