The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Visualization Environment
(COVE) is a suite of tools for analyzing satellite sensor coverage for more
than 100 Earth-observing satellites developed by the NASA CEOS Systems Engineering
Office (SEO). The suite of tools include:
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Acquisition Forecaster:
A tool that provides users with the ability to predict when a satellite has the
ability to image a region of interest, and it includes options to show the
nadir track or filter scenes by orbit direction in user controls.
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Coverage Analyzer:
A tool that provides users with the ability to analyze the historical satellite
coverage of a region of interest.
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Revisits Calculator:
A tool which allows users to analyze estimated satellite coverage and revisits
for a region of interest.
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Coincident Calculator:
A tool which allows users to determine the coincidence of satellite instrument
modes and/or custom constellations observing a location in the same day within a
region of interest using historical or predicted scene data.
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Data Browser:
A tool that allows users to view the satellite image archives from multiple CEOS
missions.
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Data Policy:
A database that provides users with information about the data policy and
primary archive location for CEOS satellite instruments.
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Country Coverage:
A tool that allows users to generate and view GFOI Country Coverage reports for over
70 countries and 3 constellations.
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Utilities:
A set of quick calculation utilities to provide users with a means of estimating
various parameters of interest about CEOS satellite missions.
Other COVE features included in this document are:
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Constellations:
A feature in Coincident Calculator which allows users to create groups of
missions/instruments or custom missions/instruments.
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Custom Missions:
A feature in Acquisition Forecaster, Coincident Calculator, and Revisits Calculator
which allows users to create notional or proposed missions.
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Regions:
A feature in Acquisition Forecaster, Coincident Calculator, Coverage Analyzer,
Revisits Calculator, and Data Browser which allows users to create additional
regions of interest.
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Basic Map Functionality:
A guide to navigating maps in Acquisition Forecaster, Coincident Calculator,
Coverage Analyzer, Revisits Calculator, Data Browser, and Case Studies.
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Globe Imagery:
A guide to changing the globe imagery.
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Multiselect Menus:
A guide to explain the functionality of using the collapsible multiselect menus
used for missions, custom missions, and regions list.
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User Accounts:
A feature which allows users to maintain a task history and load successfully
completed tasks in Acquisition Forecaster, Coincident Calculator, Coverage Analyzer,
Revisits Calculator, and Data Browsers tools.
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Feedback:
A feature which allows users to reach out to the COVE development team for questions,
issues, or satellite mission requests.