Ocean Thermal Infrared Scenes from ADEOS Satellite

Real-time thermal infrared band data from the Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner aboard Japan's ADEOS satellite. The sensor captured 12 spectral bands, including thermal infrared, with a 700-meter spatial resolution before the mission ended in 1997. NASDA (now JAXA) produced this Level 1A product, which includes radiometric correction coefficients and geometric correction information for each pixel.

Use Cases

• Analyzing sea surface temperature patterns using the thermal infrared band data.
• Applying radiometric correction coefficients to calibrate raw sensor data for each pixel and band.
• Using geometric correction information to geolocate and align scene data with other spatial datasets.
• Investigating cloud formation processes by studying thermal infrared emissions in the scene data.
• Leveraging supplemental telemetry and sun vector information for atmospheric correction models.

Strengths

• Data includes per-pixel radiometric correction coefficients for calibration.
• Provides geometric correction information for accurate spatial analysis.
• Sensor captured 12 spectral bands from visible to thermal infrared.

Limitations

• Mission data collection ended abruptly in June 1997, providing less than one year of observations.
• Spatial resolution of 700 meters is coarse for detailed coastal or small-scale studies.
• Data is stored in legacy HDF4 format, which may require specific libraries for access.

Provenance

Source

National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), now JAXA.

Collection Method

Collected by the Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner sensor onboard the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS).

Time Range

1996-08-17 to 1997-06-30

Freshness

Data collection ended on 1997-06-30.

Geography

Global, with a swath width of approximately 1400 km.