MASTER Airborne Campaign Data for California and Nevada

Multispectral imagery and derived products were collected by the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator instrument during seven NASA ER-2 flights over California and Nevada in late spring 2014. The dataset includes Level 1B georeferenced radiance data across 50 spectral bands and Level 2 products for emissivity and land surface temperature. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the preparatory airborne campaign for the HyspIRI mission.

Use Cases

• Calibrating satellite-based thermal infrared sensors using the 5-band thermal infrared emissivity product.
• Developing land surface temperature retrieval algorithms from the Level 2 land surface temperature data.
• Analyzing surface radiance properties across diverse landscapes using the 50-band calibrated radiance imagery.
• Validating spectral indices and models with georeferenced multispectral data at approximately 50-meter resolution.
• Mapping flight paths and instrument configurations for campaign analysis using the included ancillary data.

Strengths

• Data includes calibrated radiance measurements across a wide spectral range from 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers.
• Derived products provide specific physical parameters like land surface temperature and 5-band emissivity.
• Campaign includes seven distinct flights, offering multiple observations over the target region.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, dataset size, and specific license terms are inconsistently reported or missing across platforms.
• Platforms disagree on the last updated date, with one reporting 2026 and another reporting 2014, creating uncertainty about data maintenance.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected via the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument aboard a NASA ER-2 aircraft.

Time Range

2014-05-28 to 2014-06-13

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:58:58.719283

Geography

California and Nevada, U.S.