Landsat Surface Temperature Collection 2: Global Data from 1982 to Present

Global surface temperature data derived from Landsat satellite thermal infrared observations. The collection spans from 1982 to the present and includes data from the Landsat 4–9 missions. It is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and offers atmospherically compensated temperature measurements for long-term environmental studies.

Use Cases

• Monitoring long-term surface temperature trends based on the 1982 to present time series
• Analyzing thermal patterns across diverse landscapes based on the global coverage
• Filtering and assessing data reliability based on the included quality flags and uncertainty metrics
• Supporting climate and environmental modeling with atmospherically compensated temperature data

Strengths

• Provides a continuous time series from 1982 to the present
• Includes comprehensive quality assessment measures such as quality flags and uncertainty metrics
• Covers data from multiple Landsat missions (4–9)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Derived from atmospherically compensated Landsat Level-1 thermal infrared data

Time Range

1982 to present

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 20:34:04.867775; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global