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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice (94-103)]

 

Agency Report Forms Under OMB Review

agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

action: Notice of agency report forms under OMB review.

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summary: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), agencies are required to submit proposed information 
collection requests to OMB for review and approval, and to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that the agency has 
made submission.
    Copies of the proposed forms, the requests for clearance (S.F. 
83's), supporting statements, instructions, transmittal letters, and 
other documents submitted to OMB for review, may be obtained from the 
Agency Clearance Officer. A copy of the proposed questionnaire is 
attached. Comments on the items listed should be submitted to the 
Agency Clearance Officer and the OMB Paperwork Reduction Project.

dates: Comments are requested by January 11, 1995. If you anticipate 
commenting on a form but find that time to prepare will prevent you 
from submitting comments promptly, you should advise the OMB Paperwork 
Reduction Project and the Agency Clearance Officer of your intent as 
early as possible.

addresses: Donald J. Andreotta, NASA Agency Clearance Officer, Code 
JTD, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546; Office of Management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (2700-NEW), Washington, DC 20503.

for further information contact: Bessie Berry, NASA Reports Officer, 
(202) 358-1368.

Reports

Title: Landsat Advisory Process Survey Questionnaire.
OMB Number: 2700-New.
Type of Request: New
Frequency of Report: On occasion.
Type of Respondent: Individuals or households, State or local 
governments, farms, businesses or other for-profit, Federal agencies or 
employees, non-profit institutions, small businesses or organizations.
Number of Respondent: 100.
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses: 100.
Hours Per Response: 2.
Annual Burden Hours: 200.
Number of Recordkeepers: 0.
Annual Hours Per Recordkeeping: 0.
Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 0.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 200.
Abstract-Need/Uses: NASA is required by law to seek advice and comments 
on the effectiveness of Landsat to improve its utility from US 
Government agencies, State and local government agencies, academic 
institutions, non-profit organizations, value-added companies, 
industry, and the public.

    Dated: December 20, 1994.
Donald J. Andreotta,
Chief, IRM Policy and Acquisition Management Office.

LANDSAT ADVISORY PROCESS SURVEY

November 1994.

Landsat Advisory Process Survey

    (1) How did you learn about the Landsat Advisory Process?
     The Internet.
     A government publication.
     A professional journal or other publication.
     A professional meeting.
     From a colleague.
     Other (please specify) ________________
    (2) Which of the following user categories best describes your area 
of interest in the use of Landsat data products? (choose one only)
     National security.
     University research.
     Post-secondary education.
     Primary or secondary education.
     Consultant services.
     News media.
     State/local government.
     Federal civil agency.
     Private industry.
     Public interest (non-profit) organization.
     International (non-US) organization.
     Private citizen.
     Other (please specify) ________________
    (3) In which of the following fields do you now use, plan to use, 
or would like to use Landsat data products? (please check all that 
apply)
     Agriculture.
     Cartography.
     Coastal studies.
     Cold regions research.
     Contruction.
     Engineering.
     Environmental monitoring.
     Forestry.
     Geology.
     Global change funded research.
     Hydrology.
     Land cover classification.
     Land use classification.
     Ocean studies.
     Transportation.
     Vegetation analysis.
     Wetlands.
     Wildlife studies.
     Other (please specify) ________________
    (4) Which of the following best describes the most frequent spatial 
domain of your application of Landsat data? (choose one only)
     Local area, e.g. within state or province.
     US national (including Alaska and Hawaii).
     National, non-US.
     Regional, non-US.
     Global.
    (5) How long have you been using Landsat data?
     0 to 3 years.
     3 to 7 years.
     More than 7 years.
     Not a current user of Landsat data.
    (6) How important is Landsat or Landsat-type data to the 
accomplishment of your objectives?
     Essential.
     Very important.
     Moderately important.
     Marginal.
    (7) On what type(s) of media do you currently receive Landsat data?
     Hard copy image.
     Electronic file transfer.
     Magnetic tape.
     CD-ROM.
     Tape cartridge.
     Other (please specify) ________________
    (8) On what type(s) of media would you prefer to receive Landsat 
data?
     Hard copy image.
     Electronic file transfer.
     Magnetic tape.
     CD-ROM.
     Tape cartrige.
     Other (please specify) ________________
    (9) What other types of remotely-sensed data of the Earth do you 
use? (check all that apply)
     Ground-based measurement.
     Aerial photography.
     Non-photographic data from airborne platforms.
     Space photography.
     Non-photographic data from space-based platforms.
    (10) What types of remotely-sensed data do you use, or plan to use, 
in concert with Landsat or Landsat-type data? (check all that apply)
     Laboratory measurements/observations.
     Ground-based measurements.
     Aerial photography.
     Non-photographic data from airborne platforms.
     Space photography.
     Very high spatial resolution (1-5 meters), non-
photographic data from space-based platforms.
     High spatial resolution (5-80 meters), non-photographic 
data from space-based platforms.
     Moderate to low spatial resolution (>80 meters), non-
photographic data from space-based platforms.
    (11) How do you currently rate the ease of obtaining Landsat data?
     Readily obtainable.
     Somewhat difficult to obtain.
     Very difficult to obtain.
    (12) What is the primary difficulty you encounter with the use of 
Landsat data?
     Cost.
     Data characteristics (spatial/spectral resolution).
     Data availability.
     Other (please specify) __________________
    (13) In the past 6 months, have you used any commercial or public 
on-line service to search for, or browse Landsat data?
     Yes.
     No.
    (a) If ``Yes,'' which one(s) __________________
    (b) Did the service meets you needs?
     Yes.
     No.
    If ``No,'' please explain __________________

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    (14) How many full Landsat scene equivalents did you obtain in 
calendar year 1994 (to date)?
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     <1.
     1-5.
     6-10.
     11-20.
     21-100.
     >100.
    (15) For Landsat data you purchased since 1/1/93, please indicate 
the number of scenes acquired for each period.

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                                                   MSS           TM     
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1/1/93 to present...........................  ............  ............
1/1/87-12/31/92.............................  ............  ............
1/1/82-12/31/86.............................  ............  ............
Before 12/31/81.............................  ............  ............
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    (16) The cost of Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data from 
Landsat 7 is expected to be substantially less than the current cost of 
TM data. Assuming a per scene cost for ETM+ of $500-1000, will you plan 
to use
     More Landsat data/year than now.
     Less Landsat data/year than now.
     About the same number of scenes per year as now.
     Don't know.
    (17) Over the last five years, the number of Landsat scenes you 
have used has
     Increased steadily.
     Decreased steadily.
     Remained about the same.
     Varied from year to year.
     Not applicable--not a data user in that period.
    (18) If the same data were available through a domestic station at 
double the price but with a substantially shorter delivery time than 
through a foreign station, which of the following would be true?
     More likely to buy data from domestic station.
     More likely to buy data from foreign station.
     Makes no difference.
     Data source may vary dependent on other requirements.
     No opinion.
    (19) How important to your utilization of Landsat data is continued 
direct transmission of local data to ground stations?
     Very important.
     Somewhat important.
     Not very important.
     Unimportant.
     Don't know.
    (20) Have you ordered Landsat data from a ground station outside 
the US within the past three years?
     Yes.
     No.
    (a) If ``Yes,'' how would you rate the experience?
     Completely satisfactory.
     Satisfactory.
     Somewhat unsatisfactory.
     Completely unsatisfactory.
     No basis to judge.
    (21) Indicate which of the following describe(s) your experience 
with ground stations. (check all that apply)
     The ground station provided local expertise that was of 
value.
     The ground station had data from my area of interest.
     Metadata and/or browse files from the data at the ground 
station were readily available.
     The ground station provided training and assistance in 
applications and other user services.
     The ground station was difficult to use.
     Data prices were too high.
     Not applicable.
     Other comments ________________

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    (22) Currently, the Landsat system is unable to acquire data from 
all land areas because of the absence of recording capability and TDRSS 
link. In regard to your work, this limitation
     Makes the current Landsat system of no value.
     Substantially limits the value of Landsat.
     Has no impact on the work.
     No opinion.
    (23) If Landsat data were available as a raw data stream from a 
location in the US for use without restriction, and for only a modest 
fee to cover government costs, would your organization be interested in 
accessing it for distribution to others on a commercial or public 
service basis?
     No.
     Yes for commercial development (value-added).
     Yes for public service (non commercial) distribution.
     Not applicable.
     Depends on following conditions/circumstances:

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                     ETM+Instrument Characteristics                     
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                                                                Ground  
                      Band                        Wavelength  resolution
                                                     (um)         (m)   
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Pan............................................    0.50-0.90          15
Band 1.........................................    0.45-0.52          30
Band 2.........................................    0.52-0.60          30
Band 3.........................................    0.63-0.69          30
Band 4.........................................    0.76-0.90          30
Band 5.........................................    1.55-1.75          30
Band 7.........................................    2.08-2.35          30
Band 6.........................................    10.4-12.5          60
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     Swath width=185 km.
     5% absolute radiometric calibration.
     Revisit time=16 days.
     Best 8 of 9 bits.
     Data transmitted via two 75Mbps data streams.
    (24) Given the above description of the ETM+instrument on Landsat 
7, how likely are you to use ETM+data?
     Very likely.
     Somewhat likely.
     Not likely.
     Will not use ETM+data.
     Don't know.
    (25) Please rank the following features of ETM+in order of their 
importance to you. (1-very important; 2-important; 3-nice to have; 4-
not important)

______185km swath width
______5% absolute radiometric calibration
______revisist interval 16 days
______panchromatic band
______thermal infrared band
______30m resolution
______The suite of sensor characteristics
______Other (specify)________________
    (26) Distribution of ETM+data is scheduled to begin by late 1998. 
How many scenes of ETM+data do you (i.e., your organization) expect to 
purchase the first year they are available? Assume cost per scene is 
not a factor in your decision.
     Less than 5 scenes.
     5-10 scenes.
     11-20 scenes.
     More than 20 scenes.
     I don't expect to purchase any scenes the first year.
     Don't know.
    How many scenes per year do you expect to purchase in subsequent 
years?
     Same as above.
     More than above.
     Less than above.
     Don't know.
    (27) Several commercial satellite systems are being built that will 
supply very high spectral and spatial resolution data. How will the 
advent of such systems affect your use of Landsat data?
     Landsat data purchases will likely increase.
     Landsat data purchases will likely decrease.
     No impact on Landsat data purchases.
     Don't know.
    (28) Regarding planning for future Landsat missions, please rank 
the following capabilities in ascending order (1 to 7: 1 being the most 
important) of their importance to you.

______ Maintaining ETM+image characteristics
______Improved spatial resolution in the Pan band
______Improved spatial resolution in the spectral bands
______Shorter revisit interval
______Improved spectral resolution (more bands)
______Active sensing (radar capability)
______Other (please specify)________________
    (29) Utilizing Landsat data in the future may require improved 
technology capability in your organization, e.g., ability to apply 
radiometric and/or geometric corrections to raw data. Such a 
requirement
     Would be a major difficulty.
     Would be a minor difficulty.
     Would be no difficulty.
     No opinion.
    (30) What other types of land remote sensing data acquired from 
space-borne platforms are you currently using or plan to use?
     Spot.
     Resours.
     ASTER.
     IRS.
     Other(s) (please specify) ________________
    (31) Please provide your recommendations to the Landsat Program 
Management regarding the status, effectiveness and operation of the 
Landsat system.

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