ECOSTRESS: Top of Atmosphere Calibrated Radiance at 70 m Resolution

ECOSTRESS, attached to the International Space Station, measures plant temperature to understand water needs and stress responses. The Level 1C data product provides at-sensor calibrated radiance values for five thermal infrared bands between 8 and 12.5 µm, tiled globally between 52° N and 52° S latitudes with a 70-meter spatial resolution. This Version 2 product from NASA contains 12 data layers, including quality indicators and masks, distributed in Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF format.

Use Cases

• Modeling plant water stress and evapotranspiration based on thermal infrared radiance measurements.
• Analyzing land surface thermal properties using five calibrated thermal infrared bands.
• Monitoring global vegetation health between 52° N and 52° S latitudes with 70-meter spatial resolution.
• Applying cloud and water masks from the data quality layers for atmospheric correction in downstream analysis.

Strengths

• Provides data from five specific thermal infrared bands operating between 8 and 12.5 µm.
• Offers a high spatial resolution of 70 meters per pixel.
• Covers a global latitudinal range between 52° N and 52° S.
• Data is organized into consistent 109.8 km by 109.8 km tiles using a modified MGRS system.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Known data acquisition gaps and instrument anomalies between 2018 and 2023 are documented, affecting specific bands during certain periods.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Collection Method

Collected by the ECOSTRESS instrument attached to the International Space Station.

Time Range

Data acquisition began after launch on June 29, 2018, with operations ongoing.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 03:08:08.312646; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage between 52° North and 52° South latitudes.