MASTER: Airborne Multispectral Imagery for Geological Fault Mapping

MASTER Level 1B data products contain calibrated radiance imagery from 18 flights over Nevada, California, and Colorado in August-September 2006. The dataset includes 50 spectral bands from visible to thermal infrared wavelengths at approximately 10-meter spatial resolution. Supplementary files provide flight paths, instrument configuration, and summary information for each mission.

Use Cases

• Mapping geological fault lines based on georeferenced multispectral imagery.
• Validating satellite-derived surface reflectance using high-resolution airborne calibrated radiance data.
• Analyzing surface composition across the visible to thermal infrared spectrum using 50 spectral bands.
• Correlating flight path data with spectral observations for temporal-spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Covers 50 spectral bands from 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers, providing detailed spectral information.
• Includes 18 distinct flight missions over a three-state region, offering multiple observation instances.
• Contains ancillary data such as flight paths and instrument configuration, which supports data interpretation.

Limitations

• Dataset size and row count are unspecified across all sources, hindering assessment of data volume.
• License information is conflicting ('other-license-specified' vs. 'None'), requiring further investigation.
• Last update metadata conflicts between 2006-09-06 and 2026-04-10, suggesting potential stale or incorrect metadata.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Energy's Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) at Nellis Air Force Base, coordinated for NASA.

Collection Method

Data collected via the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument aboard a DOE B-200 aircraft.

Time Range

2006-08-21 to 2006-09-06

Freshness

2026-04-10 01:32:32.775857

Geography

Southwestern United States, specifically Nevada, California, and Colorado.