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Paper Abstract
The Landsat 8 satellite was launched on February 11, 2013, to systematically collect multispectral images for detection and quantitative analysis of changes on the Earth’s surface. The collected data are stored at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and continue the longest archive of medium resolution Earth images. There are two imaging instruments onboard the satellite: the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS). This paper summarizes radiometric performance of the OLI including the bias stability, the system noise, saturation and other artifacts observed in its data during the first 1.5 years on orbit. Detector noise levels remain low and Signal-To-Noise Ratio high, largely exceeding the requirements. Impulse noise and saturation are present in imagery, but have negligible effect on Landsat 8 products. Oversaturation happens occasionally, but the affected detectors quickly restore their nominal responsivity. Overall, the OLI performs very well on orbit and provides high quality products to the user community.
Paper Details
Date Published: 2 October 2014
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX, 921816 (2 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2063338
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9218:
Earth Observing Systems XIX
James J. Butler; Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong; Xingfa Gu, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX, 921816 (2 October 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2063338
Show Author Affiliations
Esad Micijevic, SGT Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Kelly Vanderwerff, SGT, Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Pat Scaramuzza, SGT, Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Kelly Vanderwerff, SGT, Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Pat Scaramuzza, SGT, Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Ron A. Morfitt, SGT Inc. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Julia A. Barsi, Science, Systems and Applications, Inc. (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Raviv Levy, Science, Systems and Applications, Inc. (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
U.S. Geological Survey (United States)
Julia A. Barsi, Science, Systems and Applications, Inc. (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Raviv Levy, Science, Systems and Applications, Inc. (United States)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9218:
Earth Observing Systems XIX
James J. Butler; Xiaoxiong (Jack) Xiong; Xingfa Gu, Editor(s)
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