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Landsat 8 Analysis Ready Data

This dataset is the Landsat 5 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) - Level 2 (surface reflectance) archive for Switzerland.


Detailed description about the Landsat 8 mission can be found in the CEOS Earth Observation Handbook: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=547


The Landsat archive is extremely interesting because this is the longest EO program, initiated in 1972, it has provided continual and consistent observations for almost 50 years. Since 2008, the complete data archive has been provided under a free and open access policy. This has enabled dense time-series analysis, moving beyond simple diachronic comparison of a set of images, therefore dramatically improving capabilities to monitor environmental changes. To cover the whole of Switzerland, it requires eight Landsat 8 scenes (Path/Row: 193/027, 194/027, 195/027, 196/027, 193/028, 194/028, 195/028, 196/028) representing an area of latitude 44.9 to 48.7 and longitude 4.1 to 12.8. Data are downloaded as Collection 1/Tier 1 – Level 2 Surface Reflectance encompassing a surface of approximately 185km by 180km. Collection 1/Tier 1 scenes are data with the highest available data quality (e.g., geometric and radiometric corrections) and considered suitable for time-series analysis ( https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-collection- 1). Level 2 corresponds to surface reflectance (i.e., the estimate based on Landsat sensor observations of the fraction of incoming solar radiation reflected from Earth’s surface). These data are corrected for atmospheric perturbations (e.g., aerosol scattering, thin clouds) enabling direct comparison between multiple images and dates. This corresponds to the ARD level.


Landsat data are provided by USGS with Quality Assessment (QA) information to help users to determine their suitability for specific applications. An 8-bit LandsatLook Quality Image and 16-bit Quality Assessment Band40 are also included. Details on each file are described at: https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-collection-1-level-1-quality-assessment-band . Level 2 products are generated by the USGS from level 1 product and using the official LEDAPS/LASRC algorithm. "A Pixel Quality Assurance (pixel_qa) band is provided with all Landsat Surface Reflectance-derived Spectral Indices. The band is in unsigned 16-bit format, values are bit-packed and provide information pertaining to a pixel condition of fill, clear, water, cloud shadow, snow, cloud (yes/no), cloud confidence and cirrus cloud confidence (Landsat 8 only)" https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-sr-derived-spectral-indices-pixel-quality-band .

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Date (Publication)
2020-03-10T00:00:00
Citation identifier
ls8_lasrc_swiss
Purpose

Landsat are sun-synchronous satellites jointly operated by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). They are essentially designed for land applications such as Earth resources, land surface, environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring and assessment, ice and snow cover.

Status
On going
Point of contact
  UNEP/GRID-Geneva - Bruno Chatenoux ( )
Maintenance and update frequency
Continual
Theme
  • Swiss Data Cube

  • Earth Observations

  • Landsat 8

  • Analysis Ready Data

Place
  • Switzerland

Access constraints
Restricted
Use constraints
License
Spatial representation type
Grid
Denominator
30
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
2013
End date
2023
Reference system identifier
EPSG:4326

Distribution format
  • OGC NetCDF ( 1.0 )

Distributor
  UNEP/GRID-Geneva - Bruno Chatenoux
OnLine resource
Jupyter Notebook ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
OnLine resource
SDC Web UI ( null )
OnLine resource
Yareta Repository ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement

Landsat Collection 1/Tier 1 – Level 2 Surface Reflectance

File identifier
e1ad9b5d-2287-4cd0-9b89-08ab4cf627f6 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2024-08-13T08:18:46
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139

Metadata standard version

1.0

Publisher
  University of Geneva - Gregory Giuliani ( Lecturer )
66 Boulevard Carl-Vogt , Geneva , 1205 , Switzerland
+41 (0) 22 3790709
Telephone number of a facsimile machine for the responsible organization or individual
http://www.unige.ch/envirospace
 
 

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Keywords

Analysis Ready Data Earth Observations Landsat 8 Swiss Data Cube

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