MASTER Airborne Imagery and Temperature Data for California and Nevada

MASTER instrument data from a 2013 NASA ER-2 airborne campaign includes Level 1B georeferenced multispectral imagery across 50 spectral bands and Level 2 derived products for emissivity and land surface temperature. The dataset covers 7 flights over California and Nevada from May to June 2013, collected as part of the HyspIRI mission preparatory activities. It is provided by ORNL_CLOUD and includes ancillary flight information and browse images.

Use Cases

• Validating and calibrating land surface temperature and emissivity retrieval algorithms for future satellite sensors.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of surface radiance across 50 spectral bands from visible to thermal infrared wavelengths.
• Studying seasonal land surface properties in California and Nevada during late spring using georeferenced imagery.
• Comparing airborne-derived thermal infrared data (8.58-12.13 µm) with other remote sensing products.

Strengths

• Provides calibrated radiance data across a wide spectral range of 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers from 50 distinct bands.
• Includes derived geophysical products like land surface temperature and emissivity in 5 thermal infrared bands.
• Covers a specific temporal window (2013-05 02 to 2013-06-26) across 7 coordinated flights, offering a consistent snapshot.

Limitations

• Spatial resolution is approximately 50 meters, which may be coarse for some fine-scale environmental studies.
• Sources conflict on the last update date, reporting either 2013-06-26 or 2026-03-13, creating uncertainty about metadata maintenance.
• Specific file sizes, row counts, and detailed column structures are not provided across any platform.

Provenance

Source

NASA ER-2 aircraft flights using the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument.

Collection Method

Airborne remote sensing campaign conducted as part of the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) mission preparatory activities.

Time Range

2013-05-02 to 2013-06-26

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:58:49.457156

Geography

California and Nevada, U.S.