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Landsat 8 Data Access and Tools
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABoVE: Alder Shrub Cover and Soil Properties, Alaska, 2019, V2 | OLI, CHN ANALYZERS, IRMS, VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS | 2018-08-14 to 2019-08-28 | 2 | COMPLETE | multiple | Vegetation Cover, Carbon, Alpine/Tundra, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Nitrogen, Soil Bulk Density, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 | OLI, TIRS, GPS, Computer | 2014-05-01 to 2015-10-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Burned Area, Litter Characteristics, Organic Matter, Fire Occurrence |
| ABoVE: Distribution Maps of Wildland Fire Fuel Components across Alaskan Tundra, 2015 | OLI | 2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Fire Ecology, Land Resources, Alpine/Tundra |
| ABoVE: Lake Growing Season Green Surface Reflectance Trends, AK and Canada, 1984-2019 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1984-07-01 to 2019-09-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | Text File | Length of Growing Season, Water Color, Visible Radiance, Lakes/Reservoirs, Reflectance |
| ABoVE: Landsat Tundra Greenness and Summer Air Temperatures, Arctic Tundra, 1985-2016 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1985-07-01 to 2016-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Alpine/Tundra, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Heat Index |
| ABoVE: Landsat Vegetation Greenness Trends, Boreal Forest Biome, 1985-2019 | TM, ETM+, OLI, TIRS | 1985-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Forests, Plant Phenological Changes, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenology, Evergreen Vegetation, Vegetation Index |
| ABoVE: Landsat-derived Annual Aboveground Biomass Density and Uncertainty, 1984-2022 | OLI, ETM+, TM | 1984-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Biomass Dynamics, Biomass |
| ABoVE: Landsat-derived Annual Dominant Land Cover in Boreal North America, 1986-2020 | Computer, TM, ETM+, OLI | 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Forests |
| ABoVE: Landsat-derived Burn Scar dNBR across Alaska and Canada, 1985-2015 | OLI, TM, ETM+ | 1985-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Fire Occurrence, Forest Fire Science, Burned Area |
| ABoVE: River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1972-2016 | MSS, TM, ETM+, OLI | 1972-11-04 to 2016-11-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | River Ice Depth/Extent, RIVER/LAKE ICE BREAKUP, River Ice, Rural Areas, RIVER/LAKE ICE FREEZE |
| ABoVE: Riverbank Erosion and Vegetation Changes, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1984-2017 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1984-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration, Reclamation/Revegetation/Restoration, Erosion |
| ABoVE: Tree Canopy Cover and Stand Age from Landsat, Boreal Forest Biome, 1984-2020 | OLI, TIRS, ETM+, MSS, TM, Computer | 1984-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Vegetation Cover, Forests, Canopy Characteristics |
| ABoVE: Tundra Plant Functional Type Continuous-Cover, North Slope, Alaska, 2010-2015 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 2010-07-01 to 2015-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Reflectance, Air Temperature, Terrain Elevation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Vegetation Species, Vegetation Cover |
| ABoVE: Wetland Type, Slave River and Peace-Athabasca Deltas, Canada, 2007 and 2017 | PALSAR-2, IMAGING RADIOMETERS, PALSAR | 2006-06-14 to 2019-05-28 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Wetlands, Wetlands, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
| CALFIN Subseasonal Greenland Glacial Terminus Positions V001 | MSS, TM, ETM+, OLI | 1972-09-06 to 2019-06-25 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Glacier Terminus |
| Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 | TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI | 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Biomass, Litter Characteristics, Carbon, Forests |
| CMS: Landsat-derived Annual Land Cover Maps for the Colombian Amazon, 2001-2016 | TM, ETM+, OLI, Computer | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Deforestation, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Reflectance |
| CMS: Mangrove Forest Cover Extent and Change across Major River Deltas, 2000-2016 | TM, ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, SRTM | 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1.1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Canopy Characteristics, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Coastal, Deforestation, Vegetation Cover |
| CMS: Terrestrial Carbon Stocks, Emissions, and Fluxes for Conterminous US, 2001-2016 | OLI, MODIS, PALSAR, PALSAR-2, SRTM, Computer, TM | 2001-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biomass, Litter Characteristics, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), Autotrophic Respiration (ra), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) |
| CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 | Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM | 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | 2 | COMPLETE | COG | Vegetation Cover, Forests, Terrain Elevation |
| Deciduous Fractional Cover and Tree Canopy Cover for Boreal North America, 1992-2015 | TM, ETM+, OLI | 1992-01-01 to 2015-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | COG | Forests, Canopy Characteristics, Deciduous Vegetation |
| ECOSTRESS Tiled Ancillary NDVI and Albedo L2 Global 70 m V002 | ECOSTRESS, VIIRS, Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI | 2018-07-09 to Present | 002 | ACTIVE | COG | Land Surface Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo |
| ECOSTRESS Tiled Ancillary NDVI and Albedo L2 Global 70 m V003 | ECOSTRESS, VIIRS, Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI | 2018-07-09 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | COG | Land Surface Temperature, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Albedo |
| Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords V001 | MODIS, OLI, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI | 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage | Fast Ice, Fjords, Glaciers/Ice Sheets |
| Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Africa 30 m V001 | OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI, TM | 2013-01-01 to 2016-06-30 | 001 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Crop/Plant Yields, Land Use Classes, Landscape Patterns, Cropland |
Landsat 8 Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STREAM | STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. | Processing | |
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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