Landsat Satellite Imagery for United States and Boreal Russia

Landsat 5 and 7 satellite imagery is provided for the United States and boreal regions of Russia. The collection is distributed by EOS-WEBSTER, an earth science data system, with data contributed by in-house researchers and the USGS EROS Data Center. Images are available in BSQ and ERDAS Imagine formats, with multispectral, panchromatic, and thermal spectral types.

Use Cases

• Analyze land cover change over time using multispectral bands from Landsat 5 and 7 scenes.
• Study thermal patterns in boreal forests by processing the available thermal spectral data.
• Conduct pan-sharpening or high-resolution analysis by combining panchromatic and multispectral image layers.
• Map and monitor boreal ecosystems in Russia and the United States using the georeferenced satellite scenes.

Strengths

• Includes data from two satellite missions: Landsat 5 and Landsat 7.
• Offers three spectral data types: multispectral, panchromatic, and thermal.
• Each image is accompanied by a header file documenting specific processing steps.

Limitations

• Exact spatial and temporal coverage, row count, and image resolution are not specified.
• Data holdings come from several sources with varying processing levels, potentially causing inconsistency.
• Sample data and specific file sizes are unavailable for preview.

Provenance

Source

USGS EROS Data Center (EDC) and in-house researcher acquisitions, distributed via EOS-WEBSTER.

Collection Method

Data acquired for research projects and contributed to the EOS-WEBSTER distribution database.

Geography

United States and boreal regions of Russia.