Landsat surface reflectance quality assurance extraction (version 1.7)
Techniques and Methods
11-C7
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Remote Sensing Program is developing an operational capability to produce Climate Data Records (CDRs) and Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) from the Landsat Archive to support a wide variety of science and resource management activities from regional to global scale. The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is charged with prototyping systems and software to generate these high-level data products. Various USGS Geographic Science Centers are charged with particular ECV algorithm development and (or) selection as well as the evaluation and application demonstration of various USGS CDRs and ECVs. Because it is a foundation for many other ECVs, the first CDR in development is the Landsat Surface Reflectance Product (LSRP). The LSRP incorporates data quality information in a bit-packed structure that is not readily accessible without postprocessing services performed by the user. This document describes two general methods of LSRP quality-data extraction for use in image processing systems. Helpful hints for the installation and use of software originally developed for manipulation of Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) produced through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System are first provided for users who wish to extract quality data into separate HDF files. Next, steps follow to incorporate these extracted data into an image processing system. Finally, an alternative example is illustrated in which the data are extracted within a particular image processing system.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Landsat surface reflectance quality assurance extraction (version 1.7) |
| Series title | Techniques and Methods |
| Series number | 11-C7 |
| DOI | 10.3133/tm11C7 |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Eastern Geographic Science Center |
| Description | iv, 9 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Section C: Geographic Information Systems tools and applications in Book 11 Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data |
| Public Comments | This report is Chapter 7 of Section C: Geographic Information Systems tools and applications in Book 11 Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data. |
| Country | United States |
| Online Only (Y/N) | Y |
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