MASTER Airborne Multispectral Imagery of Jornada Experimental Range

Four flights collected Level 1B multispectral imagery over Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico in October 2007, focusing on the USDA Jornada Experimental Range. The dataset provides calibrated radiance data across 50 spectral bands from 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers at approximately 10-meter spatial resolution. This deployment was part of the long-term JORNEX project, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy's Remote Sensing Laboratory.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vegetation responses to environmental changes using calibrated radiance across 50 spectral bands.
• Validating satellite-derived land surface temperature and reflectance products with 10-meter resolution airborne data.
• Studying spatial patterns of arid rangeland physical and biological states over the Jornada Experimental Range.
• Integrating flight path and instrument configuration data with georeferenced imagery for precise spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Provides high spectral detail with 50 bands covering visible to thermal infrared wavelengths (0.460 to 12.879 µm).
• Offers fine spatial resolution of approximately 10 meters for detailed landscape analysis.
• Part of a long-term observational project (JORNEX, started in 1995) providing temporal context.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, dataset size, and exact column names are not provided by any source.
• Conflicting last updated dates exist between platforms (2007-10-04 vs. 2026-03-13), suggesting metadata may not reflect recent data changes.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Department of Energy's Remote Sensing Laboratory.

Collection Method

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

Time Range

2007-10-01 to 2007-10-04

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:57:27.806080

Geography

Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, U.S., with a focus on the USDA Jornada Experimental Range in southern New Mexico.