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Landsat image data / project information

Not the only land image data but ..
The most accessible directly downloadable

Longest continuous record: 1972-present

Suitable resolution for northern environments Suitable scale for landscape analysis

Landsat 7 ETM+ In late May, 2003, the Scan Line Corrector (SLC) mechanism on-board malfunctioned.

there are data in between stripes, and no stripes in the centre 10km see next slide

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Minimum

striping

Landsat: 40 Years of Global Land Observation

Landsat 1 launched July 1972 (MSS) Landsat 2 launched Jan 1975 (MSS) Landsat 3 launched March 1978 (MSS) (80m res. x MIR) Landsat 4 launched July 1982 (TM) (30m res. + MIR) Landsat 5 launched March 1984 (TM) Landsat 6 launched Oct 1993 failed shortly after Landsat 7 launched April 1999, May 2003 SLC-Off (ETM+) (PAN) Landsat 8 launched February 2013 (OLI) 11 bands

http://landsat.usgs.gov/

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EO-1 launched November 2000: ALI

Covering earth 1 minute after Landsat 7

(and Hyperion)

Advanced Land Imager testing new technology for future Landsats Pushbroom versus Whiskbroom; (fewer moving parts ) 3 extra bands + PAN (10m); 16 bit data (0-65,535)

See also data available on: http://glovis.usgs.gov

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Landsat 8: Operational Land Imager

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81210

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Landsat 8, first image: Fort Collins, CO

432 composite

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Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)

753 composite

Landsat 8 Thermal data

Both OLI and TIRS create 12 bit data (0-2047) 11 bands, 12-bit (including 1 at 15m) v 7 bands 8-bit data = 800mb v 150mb (TM) zipfiles
http://landsat.usgs.gov/LDCM_Image_Examples.php

http://landsat.usgs.gov/L8_band_combos.php
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/07/24/band-combinations-for-landsat-8/

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Landsat 8 OLI: Best combinations for colour composites

Landsat data download

Landsat 5: 1984-2011 Landsat 7: 1999-2002 striped after May 2003

Landsat 8: 2013 much greater dataset size

Data downloadable from: http://glovis.usgs.gov http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov File options: Georeferenced JPG (zip): ~ 10mb - resampled, lower resolution

Level 1 product: (zip) ~150mb = 7 x 60mb bands

Both websites have changed dramatically during this RS course ..

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Landsat data download options

http://glovis.usgs.gov Landsat 4-5 TM: Landsat4 present: many striped scenes (Landsat 7)

Select (0 or) 10% maximum cloud cover

Downloadable in top left shows if it is immediately accessible Otherwise, order for next day or day after? (email from RW) Since the US govt time off, many Landsat 5 scenes taken offline Conversely all Landsat 8 data seem to be online

Option of using georeferenced jpg files

Lower resolution - not suitable for very fine features

JPG only has bands 3,4,5 cannot do Tassel Cap, but can do ratios etc..
Must open in arcmap, then data-> export data to TIF for PCI Geomatica (Focus) -PCI Geomatica does not seem to recognise Geo-JPG format does not see the georeferencing file -Suitable if you have multiple scene dates -Clip multiple scenes in same session using PCI Geomatica

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Landsat data download

http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov Doesnt need JAVA applet Easier to pick location by mouse Select 0-10 maximum cloud cover No indication till ordering which scenes are downloadable

I could not quickly see how to request Level 1 product

More scenes seem to be listed can select by month

Project completion
1. Summary (~100 words) 2. Area description /location include image data reference 3. Image processing steps used can be point form 4. Image results Id suggest maybe these four: the original image composite (subset), a critical channel where appropriate e.g. ratio, the bitmap that you vectorised (after sieve) and final image with vectors superimposed.

Projects with two dates and mapping change might need 1-2 more.
You can use GIMP to grab screen images start -> graphics -> Gimp (File-> Acquire -> screen shot)

5. Summary comments (you might have area statistics from POG )