MASTER Airborne Multispectral Imagery from 2010 California Student Campaign

MASTER airborne sensor data provides calibrated radiance imagery across 50 spectral bands from 0.460 to 12.879 micrometers. The dataset contains three flights with 21 tracks over southern California in June-July 2010, collected by undergraduate students in NASA's Student Airborne Research Program. Data products include georeferenced Level 1B imagery at ~10-meter resolution, flight paths, band information, and browse images.

Use Cases

• Land cover classification using 50-band multispectral radiance data.
• Thermal infrared analysis for surface temperature mapping.
• Validation of satellite-derived products with higher spatial resolution airborne imagery.
• Educational demonstration of airborne campaign data collection and processing workflows.
• Spatial analysis of environmental features using georeferenced flight track data.

Strengths

• Contains 50 spectral bands covering visible to thermal infrared wavelengths (0.460 to 12.879 µm).
• Provides high spatial resolution imagery at approximately 10 meters.
• Includes ancillary data such as flight paths, instrument configuration, and band information.
• Data originates from a structured NASA research program (SARP), ensuring documented collection methods.

Limitations

• Sources conflict on the last updated date (2010-07-01 vs. 2026-03 13).
• Exact file/row counts and total dataset size are not specified.
• Data is from a single, short campaign in 2010, limiting temporal scope.

Provenance

Source

NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Data collected by the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument aboard a NASA DC-8 aircraft.

Time Range

2010-06-28 to 2010-07-01

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:47:55.081632

Geography

Southern California, U.S.