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Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) Satellite Data (Landsat)


Information updated on Wed Sep 8 16:39:44 2004


General Data Description

The Landsat satellites are used to acquire remotely sensed images of the Earth's land surface and surrounding coastal regions.

The Landsat-5 TM files are binary. In addition, some of the Landsat-5 TM files were sent to the Archive in exported form from ArcInfo (GIS software).

The Landsat-7 TM files are HDF. These files are delivered to the archive as tarred files that include documentation.

Landsat-5 TM satellite data scenes are available for the NSA and SGP sites. In addition, Landsat-7 satellite data scenes are available for the SGP and TWP.

Data Stream Names

The following data stream names refer to Landsat 5 data (bi, hdr) and Arc/Info export format data in Space Oblique Mercator projection (jsom) for the NSA and SGP:

nsalandsatbiX1.00.yymmdd.000000.raw where i=1-7
nsalandsatbjsomX1.xp.yymmdd.000000.e00.arcinfo.arc7.1.2 where j=2,4,7
nsalandsathdrX1.00.yymmdd.000000.asc
sgplandsatbiX1.00.yymmdd.000000.raw where i=1-7
sgplandsatbjsomX1.xp.yymmdd.000000.e00.arcinfo.arc7.1.2 where j=2,4,7
sgplandsathrdX1.00.yymmdd.000000.asc

The following data stream names refer to Landsat 7 data in hdf format for the TWP and SGP:

twplandsatX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.tar
sgplandsatX1.00.yyyymmdd.000000.tar

Sample headers for hdf files:
Landsat5 header
Landsat7 header

Measurement Description

See the NASA Landsat Web page

Temporal Coverage

NSA Landsat Scenes
SGP Landsat Scenes
TWP Landsat Scenes

Area Covered

NSA Coverage
SGP Coverage
TWP Coverage

Data Stream Inputs

none

Notification Form Link

This information is currently unavailable.

Related Links

NASA Landsat Web Page

Contacts

ARM Mentor

Alice Cialella

ARM Software Developer

Alice Cialella

Data Source

Institution

Landsat/ARM Clear Sky and Cloud (LCSAC) Research

Processing History

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Reprocessing History

Reprocessing Date

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Start End Reprocessing

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Reason Reprocessing

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FAQ

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Data User Notes

Please contact ARM Landsat data mentor Alice Cialella (cialella@bnl.gov) if you would like to use any of the archived Landsat data products or if you have special processing needs.

Example Data

NSA Landsat Scenes
SGP Landsat Scenes
TWP Landsat Scenes

Quicklook Links

NSA Landsat Scenes
SGP Landsat Scenes
TWP Landsat Scenes

Glossary

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Acronyms

HDF		Hierarchical Data Format
NSA		North Slope of Alaska
SGP		Southern Great Plains
TM		Thematic Mapper
TWP		Tropical Western Pacific

Citable References

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