Near Space Labs
Very high resolution optical imagery captured by stratospheric balloons.
Introduction
Near Space Labs imagery is acquired by a fleet of stratospheric balloons up to 5 times per day. The datasets are available starting with 2019.
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Product information
Geographic coverage
The datasets are covering the USA.
Location of interest type
This collection accepts AOIs. You will get full scenes intersecting the defined AOI.
General specifications
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Spatial resolution | Very high resolution (0.30 m) |
| Sensor type | Optical |
| Acquisition mode | Mono |
| Geometric processing level | Ortho |
| Radiometric processing level | Display |
| Spectral processing level | Pansharpened |
| Scene size | 1.4 × 1 km |
| Imaging sensor | Stratospheric Balloons (Swifty) |
| Processing level | Non-local means denoising Contrast and white balancing Atmospheric correction |
| Incidence angle | Nadir and up to 30° off-nadir |
| Delivery format | GeoTIFF |
| Revisit frequency | Up to 5 times per day |
| Catalog data availability | From 2019 |
| Spectral bands | Red Green Blue |
| Georeferencing accuracy | 5 m CE90 |
| Bit depth per pixel | 8-bit |
| Coordinate reference system | UTM-NAD83 |
UP42 data products
| Product configuration title | Data product ID | Collection name |
|---|---|---|
| Display Full Scene | 7131f727-cdbb-46d4-a1e7-77ac38b7bd02 | nsl-30cm |