BOREAS GOES-8 Level-1a Visible, Infrared, and Water Vapor Images

July 1995 to October 1996 imagery covering the BOREAS study region. The BOREAS RSS-14 team processed GOES-8 satellite data, starting with three 8-bit bands and resulting in five 10-bit bands per image. Data is packaged in binary image files with companion ASCII headers and inventory listings.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal changes in land surface reflectance using the five spectral bands.
• Studying atmospheric water vapor patterns over the BOREAS region.
• Calibrating or validating other remote sensing datasets with the processed 10-bit pixel values.
• Examining the consistency of satellite imagery over two distinct time periods (1995 and 1996).

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct time periods spanning over a year, from July 1995 to October 1996.
• Images were processed to a consistent 10-bit depth across five spectral bands.
• Includes companion files such as an image inventory and example thumbnails for user guidance.
• No major problems with the data were identified by the source team.

Limitations

• Exact file size, row count, and detailed column/band names are not provided by the sources.
• Conflicting last updated dates exist between platforms (1996-10-03 and 2026-03-13).
• The license is specified as 'other-license-specified' without explicit details.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS RSS-14 team and BORIS personnel, with level-1 images delivered by FSU personnel.

Collection Method

Processed from level-1 GOES-8 images: missing data zero-filled, files repackaged daily, headers consolidated into ASCII files.

Time Range

14-Jul-1995 to 21-Sep-1995 and 12-Feb-1996 to 03-Oct-1996

Freshness

2026-03 13 07:20:40.694070

Geography

BOREAS study region