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LEDAPS corrected Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper image data for Andrews Forest LTER collected on 1993-11-01

General Information
Data Package:
Local Identifier:lter-landsat-ledaps.95.1
Title:LEDAPS corrected Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper image data for Andrews Forest LTER collected on 1993-11-01
Abstract:

This LTER Remote Sensing spatial raster dataset consists of LEDAPS corrected Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper image data for Andrews Forest LTER, originally collected on 1993-11-01 (18:18:31.7680810Z) by Landsat 5, row 29, path 46. Cloud cover was 0 percent.

The Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) software was originally developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration–Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland to produce top-of-atmosphere reflectance from Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Level 1 digital numbers and to apply atmospheric corrections to generate a surface-reflectance product. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has adopted the LEDAPS algorithm for producing the Landsat Surface Reflectance Climate Data Record.

NASA Landsat Program, 2009, Landsat TM LT50460291993305XXX02, LPGS_12.0.2, USGS, Sioux Falls, 2012-06-21T00:01:19Z.

Publication Date:2013
Language:english

Time Period
Date:
1993-11-01  at  18:18:31.7680810Z

People and Organizations
Contact:Information Manager (LTER Network Office) [  email ]
Contact:Valentine, Theresa  
Organization:United States Geological Survey
Organization:AND LTER Andrews Forest LTER

Data Entities
Other Name:
LT50460291993305XXX02.tar.gz
Description:
TAR/GZIP compressed archive
Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:LT50460291993305XXX02.tar.gz
Entity Type:Compressed Archive
Description:TAR/GZIP compressed archive
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:LT50460291993305XXX02.tar.gz
Size:394236274 byte
Externally Defined Format:
Format Name:tar/gzip
Data:https://pasta-d.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/lter-landsat-ledaps/95/1/ad797f900586afab6b3a75b88ab3ef30

Data Package Usage Rights

Landsat data are free to all. Effectively the intellectual property rights are held by the USGS EROS and NASA, but ultimately held by the US public.

The Long Term Ecological Research Network provides these data in our catalog as reference data for use with other data from Andrews Forest LTER.

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  • Registration
    • Name
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    • Full Contact Info
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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)Andrews Forest LTER, AND LTER, Long Term Ecological Research Program, Landsat ETM, Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper, NASA, USGS, remote sensing, satellite data, imagery, earth observation, LEDAPS, Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System, top-of-atmosphere reflectance

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package
Description:

About this Data Package

This data package contains a compressed archive (tar/gzip) of LEDAPS corrected Landsat 4 and 5 Thematic Mapper images representing 26 Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites, and which had cloud cover less than or equal to 50%. The original Landsat data were downloaded from http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov. These data are Landsat image band files that have been corrected using the Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) Algorithm and are stored in HDF format.

The Landsat standard data products used in this dataset were processed using the Level 1 Product Generation System (LPGS) with the following parameters applied:

  • GeoTIFF output format
  • Cubic Convolution (CC) resampling method
  • 30-meter (TM, ETM+) and 60-meter (MSS) pixel size (reflective bands)
  • Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) map projection (Polar Stereographic projection for Antarctica)
  • World Geodetic System (WGS) 84 datum
  • MAP (North-up) image orientation

Description:

About the Landsat Thematic Mapper

"The Thematic Mapper (TM) is an advanced, multispectral scanning, Earth resources sensor designed to achieve higher image resolution, sharper spectral separation, improved geometric fidelity and greater radiometric accuracy and resolution than the MSS sensor. TM data are sensed in seven spectral bands simultaneously. Band 6 senses thermal (heat) infrared radiation. Landsat can only acquire night scenes in band 6. A TM scene has an Instantaneous Field Of View (IFOV) of 30 square meters in bands 1-5 and 7 while band 6 has an IFOV of 120 square meters on the ground." from http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/tm.html accessed 2012-01-30

See also the README.txt file listed as other entity.

Protocol:
Title: The Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite
Url:http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/tm.html
Description:

TM Technical Specifications

(From http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/tm.html)

  • Sensor type: opto-mechanical
  • Spatial Resolution: 30 m (120 m - thermal)
  • Spectral Range: 0.45 - 12.5 µm
  • Number of Bands: 7
  • Temporal Resolution: 16 days
  • Image Size: 185 km X 172 km
  • Swath: 185 km
  • Programmable: yes

Description:

Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS)

The atmospherically corrected Landsat-5 data builds on previously work compiling a complete record of Landsat-5 scenes for LTER sites with less than 10% cloud cover. These images were converted to surface reflectance using the Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS http://code.google.com/p/ledaps/). The LEDAPS process convert Landsat data from digital numbers (DN) to corrected surface reflectance.

The LEDAPS project is hosted by the US Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Land Satellite Data Systems (LSDS) Science Research and Development (LSRD) Project.

Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) processes Landsat data from Level 1B (L1B) to surface reflectance using atmospheric correction routines similar to that developed for the MODIS instrument. This package includes three basic modules (plus a parameter parser and an internal cloud detection program) to convert Landsat data from digital numbers (DN) to surface reflectance. The three steps include:

  1. Calibrate digital number (DN) to top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance.
  2. Correct to surface reflectance from TOA reflectance and ancillary data sets.
  3. Detect cloud pixels based on the surface reflectance.

The Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) software was originally developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland to produce top-of-atmosphere reflectance from Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Level 1 digital numbers and to apply atmospheric corrections to generate a surface-reflectance product. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has adopted the LEDAPS algorithm for producing the Landsat Surface Reflectance Climate Data Record. The complete description is published as a PDF file and this report discusses the LEDAPS algorithm implemented by the USGS.

After conversion,each scene is packaged in a compressed tar file (*.tar.gz), which includes:surface reflectance (lndsr.*.hdf), top of atmosphere (TOA) reflectance (lndcal.*.hdf), and thermal brightness temperature (lndth.*.hdf). The data is organized by LTER site in the same manner as the original source data.

Contributors on this project include LTER scientists Tom Spies (PI), Zhiqiang Yang and Peder Nelson(programming and technical support), Theresa Valentine (logistics and coordination with LNO), Margaret O'Brien (EML support), Kyle Cavanaugh (technical advice), and LNO staff (John Vande Castle, Mark Servilla, and Duane Costa) for technical advice, EML generation, and PASTA integration.

Protocol:
Title: Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) Algorithm Description
Url:http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2013/1057/
Description:

This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.

This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.

Data Source
Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper image data for Andrews Forest LTER collected on 1993-11-01

People and Organizations

Publishers:
Organization:LTER Network Office
Address:
UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020,
1 University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Phone:
505 277 2535 (voice)
Phone:
505 277 2541 (fax)
Email Address:
tech-support@lternet.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lternet.edu
Creators:
Organization:United States Geological Survey
Address:
NASA Landsat Program,
USGS,
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center,
47914 252nd Street,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198-0001 U.S.A.
Organization:AND LTER
Organization:Andrews Forest LTER
Contacts:
Position:Information Manager
Organization:LTER Network Office
Address:
UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020,
1 University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Phone:
505 277-2535 (voice)
Phone:
505 277-2541 (fax)
Email Address:
tech-support@lternet.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lternet.edu
Individual: Theresa Valentine
Metadata Providers:
Organization:United States Geological Survey
Address:
NASA Landsat Program,
USGS,
Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center,
47914 252nd Street,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57198-0001 U.S.A.
Organization:LTER Network Office
Address:
UNM Biology Department, MSC03-2020,
1 University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Phone:
505 277 2535 (voice)
Phone:
505 277 2541 (fax)
Email Address:
tech-support@lternet.edu
Web Address:
http://www.lternet.edu

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period
Date:
1993-11-01  at  18:18:31.7680810Z
Geographic Region:
Description:Covering the Andrews Forest LTER site
Bounding Coordinates:
Northern:  45.5883953Southern:  43.6256002
Western:  -124.4217164Eastern:  -121.3681192

Project

Maintenance

Maintenance:
Description:

These data were retrieved from the USGS archive.

Frequency:notPlanned
Other Metadata

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