SeaDAS ver 9.0.0 Help

This is a web-based version of the help pages that are contained within the most recent SeaDAS software package. Click a subject area to see associated topics and view help content for specific SeaDAS and SNAP features. If you are not able to resolve your issue using the help content below, please report an issue on the appropriate forum.

• • SeaDAS Overview
  • General
    • SNAP Overview
    • Definitions
    • Data Sources
    • Related Links
    • BEAM-DIMAP Format
    • The 'pconvert' Tool
  • SeaDAS Application
    • General Concepts
      • Introduction
      • Main Menu Bar
      • Main Toolbar
      • File Menu
      • Edit Menu
      • View Menu
      • Window Menu
      • Help Menu
      • Product View
        • Product Explorer
        • Imaging Tools
          • Image View
          • Pixel Info View
          • Navigation Window
          • Colour Manipulation
          • RGB-Image Profile
          • Mask Management
        • Analysis Tools
          • Product World Map
          • Product GCP Manager
          • Product Pin Manager
          • Band Transect Co-ordinate List
          • World Wind
    • Import and Export
      • Import Raster Data
        • DEMs
          • GETASSE30 Tile
          • ACE DEM
          • ASTER DEM
          • GTOPO30
          • SRTM 1 sec DEM
          • SRTM 3 sec DEM
        • Generic Formats
          • BEAM-DIMAP
          • CSV
          • HDF-EOS
          • NetCDF
          • ZNAP
          • Envi
          • GeoTIFF
        • Optical Sensors
          • ENVISAT MERIS
          • ERS1/2 ATSR
          • HICO
          • LANDSAT
          • ATSR
          • NOAA-AVHRR/3 Level-1b
          • WorldView
            • WorldView2
          • Kompsat
            • Kompsat2
          • NASA Ocean Color
          • DEIMOS
          • RAPIDEYE
          • MERIS Binned Level-3
          • Sentinel-3
          • Sentinel-3 Recommended Flags
          • MODIS
          • MUSCATE
          • SPOT
            • SPOT Scene
            • SPOT View
            • SPOT-4 Take5
          • Sentinel-2
          • ALOS/AVNIR-2
          • ALOS/PRISM
          • SPOT VEGETATION
          • EnMAP
        • GDAL reader
        • GDAL reader
        • PROBA-V
      • Import Vector Data
        • CSV
        • ESRI Shapefile
        • MERMAID Extraction File
        • SeaDAS 6.x Track
        • SeaBASS File Format
      • Export Raster Data
        • BEAM-DIMAP
        • CSV
        • HDF-5
        • NetCDF/CF
        • ZNAP
        • GDAL writer
        • GeoTIFF
        • JP2
        • GDAL writer
      • Other Exports
        • Colour Legend
        • Colour Palette
        • Displayed Image
        • ENVI GCP File
        • Geometry as Shapefile
        • KML
        • Mask Pixels
        • Product Metadata
        • Transect Pixels
      • Product Subset Dialog
      • No-Data Value
      • Extract Pixel Values
      • Virtual File System
      • Product Library Tool
    • Analysis
      • Analysis Menu
      • Band Scatter Plot
      • Product/Band Geo-Coding Information
      • Band Histogram
      • Product/Band Information
      • Band Transect Profile Plot
      • Correlative Plot
      • Band Statistics (New)
      • Band Statistics
      • Metada Plot
    • Layer
      • The Layer Menu
      • No-Data Overlay
      • Map Gridlines Overlay
      • Annotation Metadata Overlay
      • Color Bar Legend
      • Layer Manager
      • Soft Button
    • Vector
      • Vector Data Management
      • Geometry from/to WKT
      • Import
        • CSV
        • ESRI Shapefile
        • MERMAID Extraction File
        • SeaDAS 6.x Track
      • Export
        • Geometry as Shapefile
    • Raster
      • Band Maths
      • Band Maths Expression Editor
      • Filtered Band
      • Convert Band
      • Geo-Coding Displacement Bands
      • Geometric
        • Mosaic
          • Mosaic Dialog
          • Mosaic Algorithm Description
        • Reprojection
          • Overview
          • Resampling Methods
        • Resample
        • Level 3 Binning Operator
          • Overview
          • User Interface
          • Aggregation Algorithms
          • Spatial Data-Day
        • Collocation Tool
        • GeFolki Co-registration
        • Multi-size Mosaic
      • DEM Tools
        • Create DEM-related Bands
        • Fill DEM Hole
      • Masks
        • Compute Mask Area
        • Land Cover Mask
        • Fractional Land/Water Mask
          • Land/Water Mask Processor
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • Land/Sea Mask
        • Terrain Mask
      • Export
        • Mask Pixels
        • Transect Pixels
      • Classification
        • Supervised Classification
          • Overview
            • SVM
            • Random Forest
            • Maximum Likelihood
            • Minimum Distance
            • KNN
            • KD Tree KNN
            • Spectral Angle Mapper Classifier
        • Unsupervised Classification
          • Overview Overview
          • Overview
          • K-Means Cluster Analysis
          • Expectation Maximization (EM) Cluster Analysis
      • Change Detection
        • Change Vector Analysis
      • Data Conversion
        • Convert Datatype
      • Image Filtering
      • Image Analysis
        • Texture Analysis
          • GLCM
      • Bands extractor processor
      • Segmentation
        • Generic region merging processor
    • Optical
      • Product Spectrum
      • Product Angular View
      • Geometric
        • Orthorectification
          • Orthorectification Dialog
          • Orthorectification Algorithm
          • GETASSE30 Elevation Model
        • S2 Resample
        • Sentinel-3 SLSTR L1B PDU Stitching
        • AATSR Regridding
          • Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
      • Spectral Unmixing Tool
      • Thematic Land Processing
        • Vegetation Radiometric Indices
          • NDVI Operator
            • NDVI Operator Overview
            • NDVI Algorithm Specification
          • SAVI Operator
            • SAVI Operator Overview
            • SAVI Algorithm Specification
          • TSAVI Operator
            • TSAVI Operator Overview
            • TSAVI Algorithm Specification
          • MSAVI Operator
            • MSAVI Operator Overview
            • MSAVI Algorithm Specification
          • MSAVI2 Operator
            • MSAVI2 Operator Overview
            • MSAVI2 Algorithm Specification
          • DVI Operator
            • DVI Operator Overview
            • DVI Algorithm Specification
          • RVI Operator
            • RVI Operator Overview
            • RVI Algorithm Specification
          • PVI Operator
            • PVI Operator Overview
            • PVI Algorithm Specification
          • IPVI Operator
            • IPVI Operator Overview
            • IPVI Algorithm Specification
          • WDVI Operator
            • WDVI Operator Overview
            • WDVI Algorithm Specification
          • TNDVI Operator
            • TNDVI Operator Overview
            • TNDVI Algorithm Specification
          • GNDVI Operator
            • GNDVI Operator Overview
            • GNDVI Algorithm Specification
          • GEMI Operator
            • GEMI Operator Overview
            • GEMI Algorithm Specification
          • ARVI Operator
            • ARVI Operator Overview
            • ARVI Algorithm Specification
          • NDI45 Operator
            • NDI45 Operator Overview
            • NDI45 Algorithm Specification
          • MTCI Operator
            • MTCI Operator Overview
            • MTCI Algorithm Specification
          • MCARI Operator
            • MCARI Operator Overview
            • MCARI Algorithm Specification
          • REIP Operator
            • REIP Operator Overview
            • REIP Algorithm Specification
          • S2REP Operator
            • S2REP Operator Overview
            • S2REP Algorithm Specification
          • IRECI Operator
            • IRECI Operator Overview
            • IRECI Algorithm Specification
          • PSSRa Operator
            • PSSRa Operator Overview
            • PSSRa Algorithm Specification
        • Radiometric Indices Complete List
        • Water Radiometric Indices
          • NDWI Operator
            • NDWI Operator Overview
            • NDWI Algorithm Specification
          • NDWI2 Operator
            • NDWI2 Operator Overview
            • NDWI2 Algorithm Specification
          • MNDWI Operator
            • MNDWI Operator Overview
            • MNDWI Algorithm Specification
          • NDPI Operator
            • NDPI Operator Overview
            • NDPI Algorithm Specification
          • NDTI Operator
            • NDTI Operator Overview
            • NDTI Algorithm Specification
        • Soil Radiometric Indices
          • BI Operator
            • BI Operator Overview
            • BI Algorithm Specification
          • BI2 Operator
            • BI2 Operator Overview
            • BI2 Algorithm Specification
          • RI Operator
            • RI Operator Overview
            • RI Algorithm Specification
          • CI Operator
            • CI Operator Overview
            • CI Algorithm Specification
        • Biophysical Variables Processor
          • Overview
          • Sentinel-2 Processor Description
          • Sentinel-2 10m Processor Description
          • LANDSAT8 Processor Description
          • Algorithm Specification
        • Forest Cover Change processor
        • Sen2Cor Installation
        • SMAC Processor
          • SMAC Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • Sen2Cor 2.11.0
      • Thematic Water Processing
        • OLCI MPH/CHL Processor
          • OLCI MPH/CHL Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • S2 MCI Processor
          • S2 MCI Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • FU Classification
          • FU Classification Overview
          • FU Classification - Algorithm Specification
          • FU Classification - Processor Description
        • SST Processor
          • SST Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • Coefficient Files
        • FUB/WeW Water Processor
          • FUB/WeW Water Processor Overview
          • Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • FLH/MCI Processor
          • FLH/MCI Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • OWT Classification Processors
          • Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
        • C2RCC Processor
          • C2RCC Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • IO Parameters
          • Creating MODIS L1C Data
          • Auxiliary Data Directory
        • ARC SST Processor
          • ARC SST Processor Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • Coefficient Files
      • Preprocessing
        • Reflectance to Radiance
        • Radiance-to-Reflectance Processor
          • Radiance-to-Reflectance Processor Overview
          • Processor Description
          • Command Line Description
          • Algorithm Specification
        • OLCI Anomaly Flagging
          • OLCI Anomaly Flagging Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • Command Line Processing
        • Rayleigh Correction
          • Overview
          • Processor Description
          • Algorithm Specification
        • OLCI O2A Harmonisation
          • OLCI O2A Harmonisation Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • Command Line Processing
        • OLCI Sensor Harmonisation
          • OLCI Sensor Harmonisation Overview
          • Algorithm Specification
          • Processor Description
          • Command Line Processing
        • PPE Filtering
          • PPE Filtering Overview
          • PPE Filtering - Algorithm Specification
          • PPE Filtering - Processor Description
        • MERIS Reprocessing Adaptation
          • 4th --> 3rd Reprocessing
            • 4th --> 3rd Reprocessing Overview
            • Processor Description
            • Algorithm Specification
            • Command Line Processing
        • Masking
          • MERIS Cloud Probability Processor
            • MERIS Cloud Probability Processor Overview
            • Overview
            • Algorithm Specification
            • Processor Description
        • MERIS L1b Radiometry Correction
          • Overview
          • Processor Description
          • Command Line Description
          • Equalization Algorithm Specification
          • Radiometry Recalibration Algorithm Specification
          • Smile Correction Algorithm Specification
          • Radiance-to-Reflectance Algorithm Specification
        • Dark Object Subtraction
          • Dark Object Subtraction Overview
          • Dark Object Subtraction Processor Description
          • Command Line Processing
      • Spectral Unmixing Tool
      • Orfeo Toolbox
      • MAJA
    • Tools
      • Attach Pixel-based Geo-Coding
      • Plugins
      • Graph Tools
        • Graph Builder
        • Batch Processing
      • Standalone Tool Adapter
        • Overview
          • User Interface
          • Adapter Editor
          • Adapter Execution
          • Adapter File Structure
      • Remote Execution Processor
      • Import and Export Tools
        • Overview Overview
        • OPeNDAP Access
      • Time Series Tool
        • Time Series Manager
        • Time Series Graph
        • Time Series Player
        • Time Series Matrix
        • Export Time Series as Google Earth KMZ-file
      • Options
        • Main Application
        • Performance
        • S2 Reader
        • S3 Reader
  • Command Line Interface (GPF)
    • GPF Overview
    • GPF Graph Processing Tool (gpt)
    • GPF Operator Index
    • GPT Cookbook
      • Table of Contents
      • Configuration
      • Operators
        • 1. BandMaths
        • 2. Collocate
        • 3. LandWater
        • 4. Mosaic
        • 5. PixEx
        • 6. Reproject
        • 7. StatisticsOp
        • 8. Subset
        • 9. WriteImage
      • Workflows
        • 3. Compare Two Files
        • 4. Mosaic Cleanup
    • GPT Tutorial
  • SeaDAS Toolbox
    • OCSSW
      • Introduction
      • OCSSW Cookbook
      • install_ocssw
      • extractors
      • modis_L1A
      • modis_L1B
      • modis_GEO
      • geolocate_hawkeye
      • geolocate_viirs
      • calibrate_viirs
      • l1bgen_generic
      • l1brsgen
      • L2gen
      • l2brsgen
      • l2bin
      • l3bin
      • l3bindump
      • l3gen
      • l3mapgen
      • mapgen
      • multilevel_processor
      • update_luts
      • OCSSW Configuration
      • SeaDAS Configuration
    • Field Measurements
      • Overview
      • Import SeaBASS File
      • Import SeaDAS 6.x Track File
      • Find Matchup
      • Make Matchup
    • Topics
      • Universal Palettes (Color Blind)
      • Virtual, Real and System Files
    • Layers & Masks
      • Contour Lines
      • Image Animator
      • Bathymetry & Elevation
      • Image Animator2
      • Coastline, Land and Water Masks