What Landsat products are available?
There are several Landsat Collection 2 products that are useful for science applications and land use/land change studies:
Landsat Level-1 Products - Each Level-1 product includes individual spectral band files, a metadata file, and additional ancillary files. Level-1 products are available for all global landmasses.
Landsat U.S. Analysis Ready Data (ARD) - U.S. ARD uses Landsat Level-1 data as input that is processed to the highest scientific standards and placed in a tile-based structure to support time-series analysis.
U.S. ARD are available for the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and Hawaii. Landsat Collection 2 U.S. ARD products are processed to a common tiling scheme, which is modified from the Web-Enabled Landsat Data (WELD) system. This tiled grid is different from the Landsat satellites path and row.
Landsat Level-2 and Level-3 Science Products – Landsat science products are processed time-series observational data of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to record effects of climate change.
Landsat Level-2 Science Products are available for global landmasses and include: surface reflectance, surface temperature, surface reflectance-derived spectral indices, and provisional aquatic reflectance.
Product availability for Landsat Level-3 Science Products varies by product:
U.S. ARD tile-based:
- Dynamic surface water extent: CONUS, AK, HI
- Fractional snow covered area: Northern and western CONUS, AK
- Burned area: CONUS
Landsat Path/Row scene-based:
- Provisional actual evapotranspiration: Global coverage
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