BOREAS GOES-8 Satellite Images for Atmospheric and Land Surface Study

Five 10-bit spectral bands of raw geostationary satellite imagery were collected by the BOREAS RSS-14 team at FSU. The dataset covers the BOREAS study region across two periods: July to September 1995 and January to October 1996. Images are stored in binary format with companion inventory and thumbnail files.

Use Cases

• Analyzing atmospheric water vapor indicators using the water vapor spectral band.
• Studying land surface reflectance properties for boreal forest research.
• Investigating atmospheric radiation budgets using visible and infrared bands.
• Calibrating or validating other remote sensing products for the BOREAS region.
• Creating time-series analyses of surface and atmospheric conditions over 1995-1996.

Strengths

• Data spans two distinct observation periods totaling over 14 months of coverage.
• Includes five spectral bands with 10-bit radiometric resolution for detailed analysis.
• Companion files provide an image inventory and thumbnails for data discovery.

Limitations

• Specific row count, file size, and complete column/band names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date (1996-10-03 vs. 2026-03-13), indicating potential metadata inconsistency.
• Data is stored in a proprietary binary image format which may require specialized software to read.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS RSS-14 team at Florida State University (FSU), delivered to BORIS.

Collection Method

Raw data values collected and processed from GOES-8 satellite imagery.

Time Range

1995-07-14 to 1995-09 21 and 1996-01-01 to 1996-10-03

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:21:50.158221

Geography

BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study) study region.