INCLUSION OF DERIVED DATA IN TO AN EXISTING DATABASE OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA

Abstract

An existing database for remotely sensed ocean data at the department of physics, University of Ruhuna, developed using Visual Basic programming is modified here to include processed sea surface temperature from NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) satellites. The processed sea surface temperature data are in ASCII format. The composite data for April 1996 were used here to test the portion of the database program. The data covers the area with in the Latitudes of 4.5N - 11N and Longitudes of 78E - 85E in the Indian ocean surrounding Sri Lanka. Interested scientists are able to access the database to visualize and extract ail or any portion of the data from the files in the database with request. A summary of satellite ocean remote sensing, how data were collected through satellite and the features of the satellite is also included.