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Landsat 8

Free low resolution 30 m optical and thermal satellite data, acquired worldwide. The collection contains data from 2013 to the present.

Overview

Landsat 8 is an Earth observation mission from the Landsat programme of USGS and NASA. It provides free optical and thermal data acquired by the following sensors:

  • Operational Land Imager, which captures imagery in the visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared portions of the spectrum.
  • Thermal Infrared Sensor, which captures heat data in the thermal infrared range.

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A Landsat 8 image of Laguna de Aculeo (Chile)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is global.

Data products

Data productTypeSpectral bands combination
Level 2SPCatalog8-band: multispectral (RGB, deep blue, NIR, SWIR, and TIR)

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeCatalog
Product typeOptical
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
ResolutionBand-dependent:
  • 30 m
  • 100 m
Bit depth per pixel16-bit
Delivery formatA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (XML)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG)
  • Coefficients (TXT)

Processing levels

PrimaryGeorectifiedOrthorectified
BasicNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
TOANot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large
Surface reflectanceNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeSupported inline-icon-large
Level 2SP
DisplayNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-largeNot supported inline-icon-large

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeMono
Incidence angleUp to 75°
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 705 km
Catalog refresh rateEvery 16 days
Swath width185 km

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands30 m:
  • Band 1: 435–451 nm (coastal aerosol)
  • Band 2: 452–512 nm (blue)
  • Band 3: 533–590 nm (green)
  • Band 4: 636–673 nm (red)
  • Band 5: 851–879 nm (near-infrared)
  • Band 6: 1566–1651 nm (short-wave infrared)
  • Band 7: 2107–2294 nm (short-wave infrared)
100 m:
  • Band 10: 10600–11190 nm (thermal infrared)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy12 m CE90 absolute

Limitations

LimitationValue
InputAOI
AvailabilityFrom 2013
Output185×180 km scene

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
Level 2SPCatalogName: landsat-8-level-2sp
ID: 0d6796c4-9e0b-44e8-bb8f-3d0bc9794382		landsat-8