Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Orthorectified Scenes from ESA Archive

6920 pixels by 5760 lines compose each full Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper scene in this archive. The dataset contains orthorectified Level-1T imagery acquired by the European Space Agency from ground stations in Fucino, Matera, Kiruna, Maspalomas, and campaign sites. This specific collection was last updated in November 2011.

Use Cases

• Analyze land cover change over time using the 30m resolution VIS, NIR, and SWIR spectral bands.
• Conduct thermal analysis or urban heat island studies with the 120m resolution TIR spectral band data.
• Perform radiometric calibration or sensor comparison studies using the high-quality orthorectified L1T product.
• Map large-scale geographical features across the approximately 183 km by 172.8 km area of each scene.

Strengths

• Each full scene provides a large spatial footprint of approximately 183 km by 172.8 km.
• Data is orthorectified to a Level-1T standard, correcting for geometric distortions.
• Imagery includes multiple spectral ranges: VIS, NIR, SWIR at 30m and TIR at 120m resolution.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the last update recorded in 2011.
• Spatial coverage is limited to areas within visibility of specific ESA ground stations, introducing geographic bias.
• The exact number of scenes, temporal range, and row count are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

European Space Agency (ESA).

Collection Method

Acquired by ESA ground stations (Fucino, Matera, Kiruna, Maspalomas) and campaign sites, processed to orthorectified L1T.

Freshness

Last updated 2011-11-16; update frequency is null.

Geography

Scenes acquired over visibility masks of Fucino, Matera, Kiruna, Maspalomas, and campaign sites Malindi, Bishkek, Chetumal, Libreville, O'Higgins.