MASTER Airborne Spectral Imagery from Student Research Campaign

This dataset contains Level 1B and Level 2 remote sensing data from the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument, collected during a single NASA ER-2 flight over Santa Barbara, California on June 17, 2016. It was developed as part of the Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), an eight-week undergraduate training initiative. The collection includes five flight tracks of spectral data, flight paths, instrument configuration notes, and derived browse images.

Use Cases

• Analyzing land surface temperature and emissivity using thermal infrared spectral bands.
• Mapping wildfire burned areas and assessing fire impacts with visible and infrared radiance data.
• Calibrating satellite-derived spectral measurements with high-resolution airborne sensor data.
• Studying flight track geometry and instrument configuration for airborne campaign planning.

Strengths

• Data originates from the well-characterized MASTER instrument flown on a NASA ER-2 aircraft.
• Includes five distinct flight tracks from a dedicated campaign, providing spatial coverage.
• Offers data in multiple processing levels (L1B, L2) and formats (HDF-4, ENVI, KMZ) for different analyses.

Limitations

• Conflicting last updated dates exist between sources (2016-06-18 and 2026-03-13).
• Specific row counts, file sizes, and detailed column names are not provided by any source.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a single day of collection.

Provenance

Source

NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Airborne data collection via the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER) instrument on a NASA ER-2 aircraft.

Time Range

2016-06 17

Freshness

2026-03-13 00:47:30.382040

Geography

Santa Barbara, California, USA.