Products and Datasets

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center produces near-real-time estimates of annual herbaceous land cover for the Great Basin, Snake River Plain, Wyoming, and contiguous areas in the United States. Estimates are based on enhanced Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (eMODIS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data at 250-meter resolution.

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Resourcesat-1 (2003- present) and Resourcesat-2 (2011-present) satellites provide multispectral images at 24- (LISS-3) and 56- ( AWiFS) meter resolution.

USGS DLG's are no longer available thru EarthExplorer as of April 8, 2025. Digital Line Graphs (DLGs) are digital vector representations of cartographic information derived from USGS maps and related sources.

Comparison of Sentinel-2 and Landsat NOTE: Sentinel-2 data are no longer available from USGS EROS as of November 19, 2022. All Sentinel-2 data are freely available from the Copernicus Open Access Hub; therefore, users are encouraged to download the data via https://scihub.copernicus.eu/. To learn more about Sentinel data access information please visit: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel...

One of the most fundamental characteristics of a SAR system is its frequency (or frequencies) of operation (i.e., the frequency of the radar electromagnetic pulse it emits and receives); radar frequencies range from 3 MHz to 300 GHz.

The Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) was launched on January 24, 2006 by the Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) and was operational until May 12, 2011. ALOS captured 6.5 million scenes during its five years of operation.

The EROS User Group (EUG) consists of operational users of EROS products and services that provide direct feedback on EROS developments and operations. To join EUG mailing list, please email USGS EROS User Services at custserv@usgs.gov. We look forward to your participation!

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) collection provides high resolution remote sensing data for monitoring landscape and natural resource conditions over small project areas. Data types will vary by project. (2008-present)

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center National Land Cover Database team in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has produced the most comprehensive remote-sensing based quantification of western United States shrublands to date.

EROS is central to the creation of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) which stands as the definitive land cover database for the United States.

Landsat Collection 1 Level- 3 Fractional Snow Covered Area (fSCA) data contains an acquisition-based per-pixel snow cover fraction, an acquisition-based revised cloud mask for quality assessment, and a product metadata file. NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access...

Landsat Collection 1 Level-3 Burned Area (BA) contains two acquisition-based raster data products that represent burn classification and burn probability. NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about Collection...