[gdal-dev] Help with GDAL and HDF4 MODIS data

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Fri May 18 13:08:01 EDT 2012


Christopher,

I have no problem reproducing the problem.  Please file a ticket
referencing this particular file.  I'm going to look into it briefly
now but I don't want the issue lost track of so it is important to
have a ticket filed.

Best regards,
Frank

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Christopher Mutel <cmutel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frank-
>
> Here is the dataset in the given images:
>
> ftp://ftp.ntsg.umt.edu/pub/MODIS/Mirror/MOD16/MOD16A2_MONTHLY.MERRA_GMAO_1kmALB/Y2000/M01/MOD16A2.A2000M01.h12v12.105.2010357170459.hdf
>
> However, I see the same behaviour with all the files in the directory:
>
> ftp://ftp.ntsg.umt.edu/pub/MODIS/Mirror/MOD16/MOD16A2_MONTHLY.MERRA_GMAO_1kmALB/Y2000/M01/
>
> Yours, Chris
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
>> Christopher,
>>
>> Can you provide a pointer to one of the hdf4 images giving problems?
>>
>> I don't see how this could relate to disabling netcdf support.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Christopher Mutel <cmutel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all-
>>>
>>> I am having trouble reading a HDF4 dataset using GDAL 1.9.0. The
>>> datasets I am want to process come from the MODIS evapotranspiration
>>> project (http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/project/mod16), and can be understood
>>> correctly in e.g. HDFlook
>>> (http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/Hdflook/hdflook_gb.html). They look
>>> something like this:
>>>
>>> http://imgur.com/nw7ts
>>>
>>> The problem is that when GDAL opens a subdataset (any of the 4
>>> possible ones), the resulting image data
>>>
>>> http://imgur.com/fILW2
>>>
>>> This effect happens using gdal_translate and the python bindings to
>>> write the raw array data directly to a file. Basically, the lower
>>> third of the image is fine; the next half of the image is masked
>>> (given the nodata value); and the upper fifth, more peculiarly, has a
>>> another section of the image repeated several times.
>>>
>>> I am using GDAL 1.9.0 installed through MacPorts. The supported
>>> formats are listed below. The gdalinfo output is also below.
>>>
>>> My questions are:
>>>
>>> 1. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is this fixable by
>>> overriding some metadata in the gdal commands, or doing some other
>>> transform?
>>>
>>> 2. Could this be related to the fact that I have NetCDF support enabled?
>>> See e.g.
>>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/NetCDF
>>> http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/3957
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated,
>>> Yours,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> ===============
>>> Supported Formats:
>>> ===============
>>>  GRASS (ro): GRASS Database Rasters (5.7+)
>>>  VRT (rw+v): Virtual Raster
>>>  GTiff (rw+v): GeoTIFF
>>>  NITF (rw+v): National Imagery Transmission Format
>>>  RPFTOC (rov): Raster Product Format TOC format
>>>  ECRGTOC (rov): ECRG TOC format
>>>  HFA (rw+v): Erdas Imagine Images (.img)
>>>  SAR_CEOS (rov): CEOS SAR Image
>>>  CEOS (rov): CEOS Image
>>>  JAXAPALSAR (rov): JAXA PALSAR Product Reader (Level 1.1/1.5)
>>>  GFF (rov): Ground-based SAR Applications Testbed File Format (.gff)
>>>  ELAS (rw+v): ELAS
>>>  AIG (rov): Arc/Info Binary Grid
>>>  AAIGrid (rwv): Arc/Info ASCII Grid
>>>  GRASSASCIIGrid (rov): GRASS ASCII Grid
>>>  SDTS (rov): SDTS Raster
>>>  DTED (rwv): DTED Elevation Raster
>>>  PNG (rwv): Portable Network Graphics
>>>  JPEG (rwv): JPEG JFIF
>>>  MEM (rw+): In Memory Raster
>>>  JDEM (rov): Japanese DEM (.mem)
>>>  GIF (rwv): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
>>>  BIGGIF (rov): Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
>>>  ESAT (ro): Envisat Image Format
>>>  XPM (rwv): X11 PixMap Format
>>>  BMP (rw+v): MS Windows Device Independent Bitmap
>>>  DIMAP (rov): SPOT DIMAP
>>>  AirSAR (ro): AirSAR Polarimetric Image
>>>  RS2 (ro): RadarSat 2 XML Product
>>>  PCIDSK (rw+v): PCIDSK Database File
>>>  ILWIS (rw+v): ILWIS Raster Map
>>>  SGI (rw+): SGI Image File Format 1.0
>>>  SRTMHGT (rwv): SRTMHGT File Format
>>>  Leveller (rw+): Leveller heightfield
>>>  Terragen (rw+): Terragen heightfield
>>>  GMT (rw): GMT NetCDF Grid Format
>>>  netCDF (rw+): Network Common Data Format
>>>  HDF4 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 4
>>>  HDF4Image (rw+): HDF4 Dataset
>>>  ISIS3 (rov): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 3)
>>>  ISIS2 (rw+v): USGS Astrogeology ISIS cube (Version 2)
>>>  PDS (rov): NASA Planetary Data System
>>>  TIL (rov): EarthWatch .TIL
>>>  ERS (rw+v): ERMapper .ers Labelled
>>>  L1B (rov): NOAA Polar Orbiter Level 1b Data Set
>>>  FIT (rwv): FIT Image
>>>  RMF (rw+v): Raster Matrix Format
>>>  WCS (rov): OGC Web Coverage Service
>>>  WMS (rwv): OGC Web Map Service
>>>  MSGN (ro): EUMETSAT Archive native (.nat)
>>>  RST (rw+v): Idrisi Raster A.1
>>>  INGR (rw+v): Intergraph Raster
>>>  GSAG (rwv): Golden Software ASCII Grid (.grd)
>>>  GSBG (rw+v): Golden Software Binary Grid (.grd)
>>>  GS7BG (rov): Golden Software 7 Binary Grid (.grd)
>>>  COSAR (ro): COSAR Annotated Binary Matrix (TerraSAR-X)
>>>  TSX (rov): TerraSAR-X Product
>>>  COASP (ro): DRDC COASP SAR Processor Raster
>>>  R (rwv): R Object Data Store
>>>  PNM (rw+v): Portable Pixmap Format (netpbm)
>>>  DOQ1 (rov): USGS DOQ (Old Style)
>>>  DOQ2 (rov): USGS DOQ (New Style)
>>>  ENVI (rw+v): ENVI .hdr Labelled
>>>  EHdr (rw+v): ESRI .hdr Labelled
>>>  GenBin (rov): Generic Binary (.hdr Labelled)
>>>  PAux (rw+): PCI .aux Labelled
>>>  MFF (rw+): Vexcel MFF Raster
>>>  MFF2 (rw+): Vexcel MFF2 (HKV) Raster
>>>  FujiBAS (ro): Fuji BAS Scanner Image
>>>  GSC (rov): GSC Geogrid
>>>  FAST (rov): EOSAT FAST Format
>>>  BT (rw+v): VTP .bt (Binary Terrain) 1.3 Format
>>>  LAN (rw+v): Erdas .LAN/.GIS
>>>  CPG (ro): Convair PolGASP
>>>  IDA (rw+): Image Data and Analysis
>>>  NDF (rov): NLAPS Data Format
>>>  EIR (rov): Erdas Imagine Raw
>>>  DIPEx (rov): DIPEx
>>>  LCP (rov): FARSITE v.4 Landscape File (.lcp)
>>>  GTX (rw+v): NOAA Vertical Datum .GTX
>>>  LOSLAS (rov): NADCON .los/.las Datum Grid Shift
>>>  NTv2 (rw+v): NTv2 Datum Grid Shift
>>>  ACE2 (rov): ACE2
>>>  SNODAS (rov): Snow Data Assimilation System
>>>  RIK (ro): Swedish Grid RIK (.rik)
>>>  USGSDEM (rwv): USGS Optional ASCII DEM (and CDED)
>>>  GXF (ro): GeoSoft Grid Exchange Format
>>>  HTTP (ro): HTTP Fetching Wrapper
>>>  BAG (ro): Bathymetry Attributed Grid
>>>  HDF5 (ro): Hierarchical Data Format Release 5
>>>  HDF5Image (ro): HDF5 Dataset
>>>  NWT_GRD (rov): Northwood Numeric Grid Format .grd/.tab
>>>  NWT_GRC (rov): Northwood Classified Grid Format .grc/.tab
>>>  ADRG (rw+v): ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
>>>  SRP (rov): Standard Raster Product (ASRP/USRP)
>>>  BLX (rw): Magellan topo (.blx)
>>>  PostGISRaster (ro): PostGIS Raster driver
>>>  SAGA (rw+v): SAGA GIS Binary Grid (.sdat)
>>>  KMLSUPEROVERLAY (rwv): Kml Super Overlay
>>>  XYZ (rwv): ASCII Gridded XYZ
>>>  HF2 (rwv): HF2/HFZ heightfield raster
>>>  OZI (rov): OziExplorer Image File
>>>  CTG (rov): USGS LULC Composite Theme Grid
>>>  E00GRID (rov): Arc/Info Export E00 GRID
>>>  ZMap (rwv): ZMap Plus Grid
>>>  NGSGEOID (rov): NOAA NGS Geoid Height Grids
>>>
>>> =======
>>> gdalinfo
>>> =======
>>>
>>> Driver: HDF4Image/HDF4 Dataset
>>> Files: none associated
>>> Size is 1200, 1200
>>> Coordinate System is:
>>> PROJCS["unnamed",
>>>    GEOGCS["Unknown datum based upon the custom spheroid",
>>>        DATUM["Not specified (based on custom spheroid)",
>>>            SPHEROID["Custom spheroid",6371007.181,0]],
>>>        PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
>>>        UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
>>>    PROJECTION["Sinusoidal"],
>>>    PARAMETER["longitude_of_center",0],
>>>    PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
>>>    PARAMETER["false_northing",0],
>>>    UNIT["Meter",1]]
>>> Origin = (-6671703.117999999783933,-3335851.558999999891967)
>>> Pixel Size = (926.625433055833014,-926.625433055833355)
>>> Metadata:
>>>  _FillValue=32767
>>>  add_offset=0
>>>  add_offset_err=0
>>>  Affi.=NTSG, School of Forestry, U. of MT
>>>  ALGORITHMPACKAGEACCEPTANCEDATE=10-01-2004
>>>  ALGORITHMPACKAGEMATURITYCODE=Normal
>>>  ALGORITHMPACKAGENAME=MODPR_15A2
>>>  ALGORITHMPACKAGEVERSION=5
>>>  ASSOCIATEDINSTRUMENTSHORTNAME=MODIS
>>>  ASSOCIATEDPLATFORMSHORTNAME=Terra
>>>  ASSOCIATEDSENSORSHORTNAME=MODIS
>>>  AUTOMATICQUALITYFLAG=Passed
>>>  AUTOMATICQUALITYFLAGEXPLANATION=No automatic quality assessment is
>>> performed in the PGE
>>>  calibrated_nt=22
>>>  CHARACTERISTICBINANGULARSIZE=30.0
>>>  CHARACTERISTICBINSIZE=926.625433055556
>>>  DATACOLUMNS=1200
>>>  DATAROWS=1200
>>>  DAYNIGHTFLAG=Day
>>>  DESCRREVISION=5.0
>>>  EASTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE=-57.7254044077251
>>>  Email=qiaozhen at ntsg.umt.edu
>>>  EXCLUSIONGRINGFLAG=N
>>>  GEOANYABNORMAL=False
>>>  GEOESTMAXRMSERROR=50.0
>>>  GLOBALGRIDCOLUMNS=43200
>>>  GLOBALGRIDROWS=21600
>>>  GRANULEBEGINNINGDATETIME=2006-12-11T09:38:17.000Z
>>>  GRANULEDAYNIGHTFLAG=Day
>>>  GRANULEENDINGDATETIME=2006-12-11T09:38:17.000Z
>>>  GRINGPOINTLATITUDE=-39.9999999964079, -29.8506269556485,
>>> -29.8879227550404, -40.0438107454138
>>>  GRINGPOINTLONGITUDE=-78.3244373487826, -69.2295648918179,
>>> -57.4987926415755, -65.0468184138665
>>>  GRINGPOINTSEQUENCENO=1, 2, 3, 4
>>>  HDF-EOS file name=MOD16A2.A2000M01.h12v12.105.2010357170459.hdf
>>>  HDFEOSVersion=HDFEOS_V2.16
>>>  HORIZONTALTILENUMBER=12
>>>  INPUTPOINTER=MOD15A1.A2001008.h12v12.005.2006348070239.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001007.h12v12.005.2006348001835.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001006.h12v12.005.2006347202242.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001005.h12v12.005.2006347152227.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001004.h12v12.005.2006347093732.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001003.h12v12.005.2006346135836.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001002.h12v12.005.2006345172013.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001001.h12v12.005.2006345093817.hdf, MOD15A2_ANC_RI4.hdf
>>>  LOCALGRANULEID=MOD15A2.A2001001.h12v12.005.2006351105708.hdf
>>>  LOCALVERSIONID=5.0.3
>>>  long_name=MOD16A2 -- MODIS Gridded 1KM monthly Composite potential
>>> Evapotranspiration (ET)
>>>  LONGNAME=MODIS/Terra Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 1km SIN Grid
>>>  Maker=Qiaozhen Mu
>>>  MAXIMUMOBSERVATIONS=1
>>>  MOD16 version=UM_collection5
>>>  NADIRDATARESOLUTION=1km
>>>  NDAYS_COMPOSITED=8
>>>  NORTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE=-29.9999999973059
>>>  NUMBEROFGRANULES=1
>>>  PARAMETERNAME=MOD15A2
>>>  PGEVERSION=5.0.5
>>>  PROCESSINGCENTER=MODAPS
>>>  PROCESSINGENVIRONMENT=IRIX64 mtvs3 6.5 10070055 IP35
>>>  PRODUCTIONDATETIME=2006-12-17T10:57:08.000Z
>>>  QAPERCENTCLOUDCOVER=5
>>>  QAPERCENTEMPIRICALMODEL=2
>>>  QAPERCENTGOODFPAR=98
>>>  QAPERCENTGOODLAI=98
>>>  QAPERCENTGOODQUALITY=98
>>>  QAPERCENTINTERPOLATEDDATA=0
>>>  QAPERCENTMAINMETHOD=98
>>>  QAPERCENTMISSINGDATA=17
>>>  QAPERCENTOTHERQUALITY=100
>>>  QAPERCENTOUTOFBOUNDSDATA=17
>>>  RANGEBEGINNINGDATE=2001-01-01
>>>  RANGEBEGINNINGTIME=00:00:00
>>>  RANGEENDINGDATE=2001-01-08
>>>  RANGEENDINGTIME=23:59:59
>>>  REPROCESSINGACTUAL=reprocessed
>>>  REPROCESSINGPLANNED=further update is anticipated
>>>  scale_factor=0.1
>>>  scale_factor_err=0
>>>  SCIENCEQUALITYFLAG=Not Investigated
>>>  SCIENCEQUALITYFLAGEXPLANATION=See
>>> http://landweb.nascom/nasa.gov/cgi-bin/QA_WWW/qaFlagPage.cgi?sat=terra
>>> the product Science Quality status.
>>>  SHORTNAME=MOD15A2
>>>  SOUTHBOUNDINGCOORDINATE=-39.9999999964079
>>>  SPSOPARAMETERS=5367, 2680
>>>  SYSTEMFILENAME=MOD15A1.A2001008.h12v12.005.2006348070239.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001007.h12v12.005.2006348001835.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001006.h12v12.005.2006347202242.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001005.h12v12.005.2006347152227.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001004.h12v12.005.2006347093732.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001003.h12v12.005.2006346135836.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001002.h12v12.005.2006345172013.hdf,
>>> MOD15A1.A2001001.h12v12.005.2006345093817.hdf
>>>  TileID=51012012
>>>  units=kg/m^2/mon
>>>  valid_range=-32767, 32700
>>>  VERSIONID=5
>>>  VERTICALTILENUMBER=12
>>>  Webpage=http://www.ntsg.umt.edu
>>>  WESTBOUNDINGCOORDINATE=-78.3244373487825
>>> Corner Coordinates:
>>> Upper Left  (-6671703.118,-3335851.559) ( 69d16'55.32"W, 30d 0' 0.00"S)
>>> Lower Left  (-6671703.118,-4447802.079) ( 78d19'27.97"W, 40d 0' 0.00"S)
>>> Upper Right (-5559752.598,-3335851.559) ( 57d44' 6.10"W, 30d 0' 0.00"S)
>>> Lower Right (-5559752.598,-4447802.079) ( 65d16'13.31"W, 40d 0' 0.00"S)
>>> Center      (-6115727.858,-3891826.819) ( 67d 8'33.37"W, 35d 0' 0.00"S)
>>> Band 1 Block=1200x833 Type=Int16, ColorInterp=Gray
>>>  Description = MOD16A2 -- MODIS Gridded 1KM monthly Composite
>>> potential Evapotranspiration (ET)
>>>  NoData Value=32767
>>>  Unit Type: kg/m^2/mon
>>>  Offset: 0,   Scale:0.1
>>>
>>> --
>>> ############################
>>> Chris Mutel
>>> Ökologisches Systemdesign - Ecological Systems Design
>>> Institut f.Umweltingenieurwissenschaften - Institute for Environmental
>>> Engineering
>>> ETH Zürich - HIF C 44 - Schafmattstr. 6
>>> 8093 Zürich
>>>
>>> Telefon: +41 44 633 71 45 - Fax: +41 44 633 10 61
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>>
>>
>>
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>> ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam at pobox.com
>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer
>
>
>
> --
> ############################
> Chris Mutel
> Ökologisches Systemdesign - Ecological Systems Design
> Institut f.Umweltingenieurwissenschaften - Institute for Environmental
> Engineering
> ETH Zürich - HIF C 44 - Schafmattstr. 6
> 8093 Zürich
>
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