Land Use Quality Evaluation For Alberta Energy Regulation Pilot

Alberta Energy Regulator's Play-Based Regulation pilot study area quality evaluation dataset identifies misclassified pixels in 2011 Landsat imagery. It covers a region from Township 52 to 70, including towns like Edson and Whitecourt. The dataset flags areas affected by sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow.

Use Cases

• Masking out 'bad pixels' flagged with value '1' in the quality layer to clean Landsat imagery for change detection analysis.
• Assessing sensor noise and atmospheric interference (cloud, haze, shadow) in 2011 satellite data over the specified PBR pilot area.
• Validating land cover classifications by identifying regions of probable error within the Twp. 52-70, Rge. 5-7 area.

Strengths

• Covers a defined pilot area spanning 18 townships for focused analysis.
• Specifically targets common remote sensing data quality issues: sensor noise, cloud, haze, and shadow.

Limitations

• Dataset is limited to a single year (2011), preventing multi-temporal quality trend analysis.
• Spatial coverage is restricted to the specific PBR pilot area in Alberta, not provincial or national.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Energy Regulator.

Collection Method

Derived from 2011 Landsat earth observation imagery.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Metadata last updated March 2026, but underlying imagery is from 2011.

Geography

Alberta, Canada, from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering towns like Edson, Fox Creek, Whitecourt.