MASTER Airborne Multispectral Imagery Over Nevada

Fifty spectral bands of calibrated radiance data were collected over Nevada during a 2006 airborne campaign. The dataset contains Level 1B georeferenced imagery from five flights, with a spatial resolution of approximately 10 meters and coverage from visible to thermal infrared wavelengths. It was acquired by NASA's MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator instrument aboard a Department of Energy B-200 aircraft.

Use Cases

• Land surface temperature mapping using calibrated radiance in thermal infrared bands.
• Mineral or vegetation classification by analyzing spectral signatures across 50 bands.
• Geospatial analysis and co-registration with other datasets using the provided flight paths and georeferenced imagery.
• Atmospheric correction research by studying calibrated radiance data across the visible to infrared spectrum.

Strengths

• Contains calibrated radiance data across 50 spectral bands, from 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers.
• Provides high spatial resolution imagery at approximately 10 meters per pixel.
• Includes ancillary data such as flight paths, instrument configuration, and spectral band information for each of the five flights.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and detailed column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, with one listing 2006-06-01 and another listing 2026-03 13.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument.

Collection Method

Data collected during five flights aboard a U.S. Department of Energy B-200 aircraft, coordinated by the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis Air Force Base.

Time Range

2006-05-26 to 2006-06-01

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:49:40.031192

Geography

Nevada, U.S., specifically the area covered by the flight paths from the Nellis Air Force Base deployment.