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    • Landsat 8

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) are onboard the Landsat 8 satellite, have acquired images of the Earth since February 2013. The sensors collect images of the Earth with a 16-day repeat cycle, referenced to the Worldwide Reference System-2. The approximate scene size is 170 km north-south by 183 km east-west (106 mi by 114 mi).

    Landsat 8 image data files consist of 11 spectral bands with a spatial resolution of 30 meters for bands 1-7 and bands 9-11; 15-meters for the panchromatic band 8. Delivered Landsat 8 Level-1 data typically include both OLI and TIRS data files; however, there may be OLI-only and/or TIRS-only scenes in the USGS archive. A Quality Assurance (QA.tif) band is also included. This file provides bit information regarding conditions that may affect the accuracy and usability of a given pixel – clouds, water or snow, for example.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher DOI/USGS/EROS
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1235542031-USGS_LTA
    Data First Published 2013-02-11
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-12-29
    Category CWIC, ESIP, LDCM, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation U.S. Geological Survey. Landsat 8. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, U.S. Geological Survey. http://eros.usgs.gov. Remote-sensing image.
    Creator U.S. Geological Survey
    Data Presentation Form Remote-sensing image
    Harvest Object Id db3ba65a-9934-43bb-a512-f8f5066f4054
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov:443/search/concepts/C1235542031-USGS_LTA.html
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -82.71 180.0 82.74
    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2e7f9f1d014951bca1273d1165dba5b0f412f2e0b92fc64d01d7edbe82310bb5
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z/2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

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