Dear gdal-dev, I have some MISR hdf data downloaded from the following website (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/PRODOCS/misr/table_misr.html). I have tried to use gdal to access the hdf data using techniques similar to other hdf data sources (MODIS - NDVI and ET). gdalinfo is able to read the contents of the data file in much the same way as it does with MODIS data products. See below, however when I use gdal_translate to extract my data set of interest the result is incorrect. The command executes as per normal and writes a data set to my disk, however when I look at the result in QGIS I see that the image is flippped to the left (north now faces west) and that the data is jumbled (white noise). The command I am using is below. Any help on extracting MISR data blocks is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks, Wesley ###################################################gdal_translate################################################### gdal_translate -of GTiff "HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:NormBlkSfcIrrad" output.tif ###################################################gdalinfo################################################### gdalinfo MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf Driver: HDF4/Hierarchical Data Format Release 4 Files: MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf Size is 512, 512 Coordinate System is `' Metadata: HDFEOSVersion=HDFEOS_V2.13 Path_number=174 AGP_version_id=2 DID_version_id=4 Number_blocks=180 Ocean_blocks_size=180 Ocean_blocks.count=50 Ocean_blocks.numbers=5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 SOM_parameters.som_ellipsoid.a=6378137 SOM_parameters.som_ellipsoid.e2=0.006694348 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.aprime=1 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.eprime=1 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.gama=1 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.nrev=233 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.ro=7078040.8 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.i=1.71572532628785 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.P2P1=0.0686666666666667 SOM_parameters.som_orbit.lambda0=-2.43535567370853 Origin_block.ulc.x=7460750 Origin_block.ulc.y=527450 Origin_block.lrc.x=7601550 Origin_block.lrc.y=1090650 Start_block=117 End block=118 Cam_mode=1 Num_local_modes=0 Local_mode_site_name= Orbit_QA=0 coremetadata= ############################################LOTS of Metadata Removed################################################################## Subdatasets: SUBDATASET_1_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:NormBlkSfcIrrad SUBDATASET_1_DESC=[180x8x32x4] NormBlkSfcIrrad RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_2_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:NormBlkSfcIrradUnc SUBDATASET_2_DESC=[180x8x32x4] NormBlkSfcIrradUnc RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_3_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:BOABihemAlb SUBDATASET_3_DESC=[180x8x32x4] BOABihemAlb RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_4_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:BOABihemAlbUnc SUBDATASET_4_DESC=[180x8x32x4] BOABihemAlbUnc RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_5_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:RegSfcRetrOptDepth SUBDATASET_5_DESC=[180x8x32] RegSfcRetrOptDepth RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_6_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:RegSfcRetrOptDepthUnc SUBDATASET_6_DESC=[180x8x32] RegSfcRetrOptDepthUnc RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_7_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:RegSfcRetrMixture SUBDATASET_7_DESC=[180x8x32] RegSfcRetrMixture RegParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_8_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:RegSfcRetrAlgTypeFlag SUBDATASET_8_DESC=[180x8x32] RegSfcRetrAlgTypeFlag RegParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_9_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:LandQA SUBDATASET_9_DESC=[180x8x32] LandQA RegParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_10_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:SolZenAng SUBDATASET_10_DESC=[180x8x32] SolZenAng RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_11_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:ViewZenAng SUBDATASET_11_DESC=[180x8x32x9] ViewZenAng RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_12_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:RelViewCamAziAng SUBDATASET_12_DESC=[180x8x32x9] RelViewCamAziAng RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_13_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:ScatterAng SUBDATASET_13_DESC=[180x8x32x9] ScatterAng RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_14_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":RegParamsLnd:GlitterAng SUBDATASET_14_DESC=[180x8x32x9] GlitterAng RegParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_15_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandHDRF SUBDATASET_15_DESC=[180x128x512x4x9] LandHDRF SubregParamsLnd (16-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_16_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandHDRFUnc SUBDATASET_16_DESC=[180x128x512x4x9] LandHDRFUnc SubregParamsLnd (16-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_17_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:RDQI SUBDATASET_17_DESC=[180x128x512x4x9] RDQI SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_18_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandBHR SUBDATASET_18_DESC=[180x128x512x4] LandBHR SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_19_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandBHRRelUnc SUBDATASET_19_DESC=[180x128x512x4] LandBHRRelUnc SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_20_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandBRF SUBDATASET_20_DESC=[180x128x512x4x9] LandBRF SubregParamsLnd (16-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_21_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LandDHR SUBDATASET_21_DESC=[180x128x512x4] LandDHR SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_22_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BRFModParam1 SUBDATASET_22_DESC=[180x128x512x4] BRFModParam1 SubregParamsLnd (16-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_23_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BRFModParam2 SUBDATASET_23_DESC=[180x128x512x4] BRFModParam2 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_24_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BRFModParam3 SUBDATASET_24_DESC=[180x128x512x4] BRFModParam3 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_25_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BRFModFitResid SUBDATASET_25_DESC=[180x128x512x4] BRFModFitResid SubregParamsLnd (16-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_26_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:NDVI SUBDATASET_26_DESC=[180x128x512] NDVI SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_27_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BiomeBestEstimate SUBDATASET_27_DESC=[180x128x512] BiomeBestEstimate SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_28_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BiomeBestEstimateQA SUBDATASET_28_DESC=[180x128x512] BiomeBestEstimateQA SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_29_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIBestEstimate SUBDATASET_29_DESC=[180x128x512] LAIBestEstimate SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_30_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIBestEstimateQA SUBDATASET_30_DESC=[180x128x512] LAIBestEstimateQA SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_31_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:FPARBestEstimate SUBDATASET_31_DESC=[180x128x512] FPARBestEstimate SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_32_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:BHRPAR SUBDATASET_32_DESC=[180x128x512] BHRPAR SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_33_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:DHRPAR SUBDATASET_33_DESC=[180x128x512] DHRPAR SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_34_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIMean1 SUBDATASET_34_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAIMean1 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_35_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIDelta1 SUBDATASET_35_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAIDelta1 SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_36_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAINumGoodFit1 SUBDATASET_36_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAINumGoodFit1 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_37_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIMean2 SUBDATASET_37_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAIMean2 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_38_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIDelta2 SUBDATASET_38_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAIDelta2 SubregParamsLnd (32-bit floating-point) SUBDATASET_39_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAINumGoodFit2 SUBDATASET_39_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAINumGoodFit2 SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_40_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:LAIQA SUBDATASET_40_DESC=[180x128x512x6] LAIQA SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) SUBDATASET_41_NAME=HDF4_EOS:EOS_GRID:"MISR_AM1_AS_LAND_P174_O001092_F07_0022.b117-118.hdf":SubregParamsLnd:SubrVar SUBDATASET_41_DESC=[180x128x512x4] SubrVar SubregParamsLnd (8-bit unsigned integer) Corner Coordinates: Upper Left ( 0.0, 0.0) Lower Left ( 0.0, 512.0) Upper Right ( 512.0, 0.0) Lower Right ( 512.0, 512.0) Center ( 256.0, 256.0) -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. 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