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

Christopher Mutel cmutel at gmail.com
Fri May 18 14:20:56 EDT 2012


Thanks Frank and Etienne-

Ticket filed here: http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/ticket/4672

Yours,
Chris

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> 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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>>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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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> and watch the world go round - Rush    | Geospatial Software Developer



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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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