What Landsat data products are available?
There are several Landsat data products that are useful for science applications and land use/land change studies:
Landsat Collections Level 1 - Ensures that the data in the Landsat Level-1 archive are consistent in processing and data quality to support time-series analyses and data stacking. Each Level-1 data product includes individual spectral band files, a metadata file, and additional ancillary files.
U.S. Landsat Analysis Ready Data (ARD) - Uses Landsat Collections Level-1 data as input to provide data that is processed to the highest scientific standards and placed in a tile-based structure to support time-series analysis.
Landsat Science Products - Level-2 and Level-3 products that are processed to include atmospherically corrected data, surface reflectance, provisional surface temperature, and biophysical properties of the Earth’s surface.
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Landsat Collections
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Landsat Level-2 Surface Reflectance Example
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Visit the Landsat Science Products web page for more information about this and other available Level-2 and Level-3 science products.
Landsat Level-3 Science Products
Illustration of Landsat Level-3 Science Products
For more information visit https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/nli/landsat/landsat-science-products.
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This image shows the Landsat Science Products from Landsat ARD Tile H004V002 acquired July 23, 2017. From left to right: Landsat Surface Reflectance, Landsat Provisional Surface Temperature, Landsat Dynamic Surface Water Extent, Landsat Burned Area, and Landsat Fractional Snow Covered Area.
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Landsat Analysis Ready Data
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