Space Station Photography of LTER Sites

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Space Station Photography of LTER Sites John
Vande Castle at the LTER Network Office and Will
Stefanov (formerly with CAP) at the NASA Johnson
Space Center are working on the potential use of
Space Station photography for LTER Sites. A
rough search shows that many sites have already
been captured during various missions of the
International Space Station. JSC staff gave a
positive response to adding LTER sites as
specific targets in future missions and this was
included in the science plan beginning with the
ISS 011 crew. Image resolution depends on the
camera and lens used. High latitude LTER sites
are not within the orbital plane of the
International Space Station. ISS imagery is
freely available online at http//eol.jsc.nasa.gov
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Identification Mission ISS010 Roll E Frame
17590 Mission ID on the Film or image
ISS010Country or Geographic Name
USA-FLORIDAFeatures SOUTH FLORIDA, FLORIDA
KEYSCenter Point Latitude 25.5 Center Point
Longitude -81.5 (Negative numbers indicate south
for latitude and west for longitude)Stereo (Yes
indicates there is an adjacent picture of the
same area)ONC Map ID JNC Map ID Camera Camera
Tilt 51Camera Focal Length 50mmCamera E4
Kodak DCS760C Electronic Still CameraFilm 3060E
3060 x 2036 pixel CCD, RGBG array. Quality Film
Exposure Percentage of Cloud Cover 10 (0-10)
Nadir Date 20050211 (YYYYMMDD)GMT Time 183608
(HHMMSS)Nadir Point Latitude 23.1, Longitude
-78.4 (Negative numbers indicate south for
latitude and west for longitude)Nadir to Photo
Center Direction NorthwestSun Azimuth 206
(Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun
measured at the nadir point)Spacecraft Altitude
190 nautical miles (352 km)Sun Elevation Angle
50 (Angle in degrees between the horizon and the
sun, measured at the nadir point)Orbit Number
3596
Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson
Space Center. 25 Mar. 2005. "Astronaut
Photography of Earth - Display Record."
International Space Station Mission
10 http//eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl
?missionISS010rollEframe17590QueryResultsFil
e111229797223601.tsv (31 Mar. 2005).
NASA-Johnson Space Center. Last Update 02 June.
2005