Importing and Georeferencing NOAA Data

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From the Main Menu, select File/Open External File/Generic Formats/HDF
Select file from Enter HDF Filenames drop down list
Select bands from HDF Dataset Selection window (multiple bands may be selected), then OK
From Available Bands list, select layer to be displayed and then click Load Band or Load RGB

From the Main Menu, select File/Edit ENVI Header
From Edit Header Input File dialog, select a band and double click to display Header Info
Click Edit Attributes button and Map Info
Enter top left image corner information and set Image Coord x to 1.5, Image Coord Y to 1.5, Pixel size to 0.01 degrees, and Map Rotation to 0.0.
Click Change Map Projection button and select Geographic Lat/Lon from the Projection drop down menu
Select WGS84 from the Datums drop down menu, then OK.
Select OK in Projection Selection Window.
Enter the Upper left image coords in Map Information window using the Image Coordinate from the metadata file.
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Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: May 31, 2012