Facilities

The laboratory is equipped with 25 networked (100 Mbs) workstations, a dedicated server with over 10 terabytes of disk storage, various printers and plotters, and a complete suite of image processing (ENVI, Merrick MARS, Definiens, Feature Analyst, ERDAS Imagine) and associated software, including compilers (IDL, Lahey Fortran 2003, Matlab, Visual Basic, and C++), statistical packages (R, SAS, CART), and GIS (ESRI products).

Capability for measuring and integrating in situ measurements is provided by a RIEGL laser scanner, a full range ASD FieldSpec3 spectroradiometer, roving GPS base stations, and an electric remotely-piloted vehicle capable of carrying a 12.5 kg sensor payload. High performance computing infrastructure (in partnership with LASCA at Virginia Tech) includes a SunFire 6400 shared memory supercluster with 32 processors and 64 GB RAM. The center maintains an extensive image archive of Landsat (>350) and MODIS scenes, most of which are made publicly available through our leadership of the VirginiaView consortium.