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ABoVEGeospa5alProductsWG:ABoVEstandardprojec5onandgrid

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JohnKimballFranzMeyerBrendanRogersSureshSanthanaVannanDamienSulla-MenasheDaveVerbylaCur5sWoodcock

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Jus5fica5on

•  Astandardgridandprojec5onwill:–  Facilitatedatainteroperability–  Reduce5meforindividualinves5ga5ons(lessduplica5onofefforttoreprojectdatasetsforanalysis)

– Allowdatacreatorstoalignandsubdividedataproducts

–  Easeofdataarchive•  Seeourfulljus5fica5oninourWGFolder

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ProposedABoVEProjec5on

CanadaAlbersEqualAreaConicProjec5on:

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•  Equalareaprojec5onfordatafidelity•  Singleprojec5ontocovertheen5restudyregion

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ProposedABoVEGrid

•  Gridforrasterproductsoverthestudydomain

•  Productscouldrangefromfine(1-5m)tocoarse(250m)

•  30misacentralspa5alresolu5on•  Nestedpairofgridsprovidedatscalesof180and30meterspa5alresolu5on– ProductsfromLandsatandMODISwouldbecompa5ble

– Scalableforproductsof30,60,90metersetc.,4

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ProposedABoVEGrid

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“A”Grid:180m

“B”Grid:30m

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ReferenceGridNamingConven5on

•  ModeledaXertheMODISgrid

•  H:horizontal,V:ver5cal

•  A:180mgrid,B:30mgrid

•  Purple5leisAh0v0.Bh2v3

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