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Landsat Pre-Collection Cloud Cover Assessment Validation

The datasets linked from the boxes below were created to validate CCA algorithms for Pre-Collection Landsat data. These were also used to develop new CCA algorithms for the Landsat 8 sensors prior to the satellite's launch in 2013.  These masks were useful for validating historic CCA algorithms, and used to train new cloud detection algorithms.