SMEX04 Landsat Imagery for Arizona and Sonora Land Cover Study

Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper imagery provides false color views of land cover for the Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (SMEX04). The dataset contains three images covering regional study areas in Arizona, USA, and Sonora, Mexico. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the 2004 experiment.

Use Cases

• Analyzing land cover features and changes using false color spectral bands.
• Supporting soil moisture modeling and validation for the SMEX04 experiment region.
• Providing a geospatial baseline for environmental studies in Arizona and Sonora.
• Comparing visible and infrared wavelength data for spectral analysis of vegetation and soil.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper satellite sensor.
• Imagery is specifically tailored for a defined scientific experiment (SMEX04).
• Covers a defined geographic region with three separate false color images.

Limitations

• Core metadata conflicts: last updated date is listed as both 2004-08-30 and 2026-03-12.
• No column, row count, or file size information is provided by any source.
• The specific license terms under 'other-license-specified' are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Developed from Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) satellite data.

Time Range

2004

Freshness

2026-03 21:35:24.495201

Geography

Regional study areas in Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico.