This chapter provides an overview of the Landsat collections and relevant quality information necessary for using the imagery.

本章概述了Landsat8系列和使用图像所需的相关质量信息。

​Landsat​​ platform.

Landsat processing ​​tiers​​.

Landsat 8​​¶​

​Landsat 8​​ collection.

Surface Reflectance (SR)​​¶​

  • USGS Landsat 8 Surface Reflectance Tier 1
  • USGS Landsat 8 Surface Reflectance Tier 2

Top of Atmosphere (TOA)​​¶​

  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 1 TOA Reflectance
  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 1 and Real-Time data TOA Reflectance
  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 2 TOA Reflectance

Raw Images​​¶​

  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 1 Raw Scenes
  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 1 and Real-Time data Raw Scenes
  • USGS Landsat 8 Collection 1 Tier 2 Raw Scenes

Derived Datasets​​¶​

  • Burned Area Index (BAI)
  • Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
  • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Normalized Burn Ratio Thermal (NBRT)
  • Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI)
  • Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI)

Specifications and Quality​​¶​

Section 6 of the Landsat 8 Collection 1 (C1) Land Surface Reflectance Code (LaSRC) ​​product guide​​ provides information related to the SR specifications as well to the data quality measurements.

Surface Reflectance Specifications​​¶​

Table 1 Surface Reflectance Specifications ​​¶​

Band Designation

Band Name

Data Type

Units

Range

Valid Range

Fill Value

Saturate Value

Scale Factor

ProductID_sr_band1

Band 1

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band2

Band 2

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band3

Band 3

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band4

Band 4

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band5

Band 5

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band6

Band 6

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_sr_band7

Band 7

16-Bit Signed Integer

Reflectance

-2000 - 16000

0 - 10000

-9999

20000

0.0001

ProductID_pixel_qa

Level 2 Quality Band

16-Bit Unsigned Integer

Bit Index

0 - 32768

0 - 32768

1 (Bit 0)

NA

NA

ProductID_sr_aerosol

Aerosol QA

8-Bit Unsigned Integer

Bit Index

0 - 255

0 - 255

NA

NA

NA

ProductID_radsat_qa

Radiometric Saturation QA

16-Bit Unsigned Integer

Bit Index

0 - 32768

0 - 32768

1 (Bit 0)

NA

NA

ProductID_MTL.txt

Level 1 Metadata File

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

ProductID_ANG.txt

Level 1 Angle Coefficient File

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Pixel Quality Assessment (QA) Band​​¶​

Table 2 Landsat 8 Pixel Quality Assessment Bit Index ​​¶​

Bit

Bit Value

Cumulative Sum

Attribute

0

1

1

Fill

1

2

3

Clear

2

4

7

Water

3

8

15

Cloud Shadow

4

16

31

Snow

5

32

63

Cloud

6-7

64 / 128

127 / 255

Cloud Confidence
00 (0) = None
01 (1) = Low
10 (2) = Medium
11 (3) = High

8-9

256 / 512

511 / 1023

Cirrus Confidence
00 (0) = Not Set
01 (1) = Low from OLI Band 9 Reflectance
10 (2) = Medium from OLI Band 9 Reflectance (Not Used)
11 (3) = High from OLI Band 9 Reflectance

10

1024

2047

Terrain Occlusion

11

2048

4095

Unused

12

4096

8191

Unused

13

8192

16383

Unused

14

16384

32767

Unused

15

32768

655535

Unused

Table 3 Landsat 8 Pixel Quality Assessment Values ​​¶​

Attribute

Pixel Value

Fill

1

Clear

322, 386, 834, 898, 1346

Water

324, 388, 836, 900, 1348

Cloud Shadow

328, 392, 840, 904, 1350

Snow/Ice

336, 368, 400, 432, 848, 880, 912, 944, 1352

Cloud

352, 368, 416, 432, 480, 864, 880, 928, 944, 992

Low Confidence Cloud

322, 324, 328, 336, 352, 368, 834, 836, 840, 848, 864, 880

Medium Confidence Cloud

386, 388, 392, 400, 416, 432, 898, 900, 904, 928, 944

High Confidence Cloud

480, 992

Low Confidence Cirrus

322, 324, 328, 336, 352, 368, 386, 388, 392, 400, 416, 432, 480

High Confidence Cirrus

834, 836, 840, 848, 864, 880,898,900, 904, 912, 928, 944, 992

Terrain Occlusion

1346, 1348, 1350, 135

Radiometric Saturation QA Band​​¶​

Table 4 Landsat 8 Radiometric Saturation Quality Assessment Bit Index ​​¶​

Bit

Bit Value

Cumulative Sum

Description

0

1

1

Data Fill Flag (0 valid data, 1 invalid data)

1

2

3

Band 1 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

2

4

7

Band 2 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

3

8

15

Band 3 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

4

16

31

Band 4 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

5

32

63

Band 5 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

6

64

127

Band 6 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

7

128

255

Band 7 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

8

NA

NA

Not Used

9

512

1023

Band 9 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

10

1024

2047

Band 10 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

11

2048

4095

Band 11 Data Saturation Flag (0 valid data, 1 saturated data)

Surface Reflectance Aerosol Band​​¶​

Table 5 Landsat 8 Internal Surface Reflectance Aerosol Quality Assessment Bit Index ​​¶​

Bit

Bit Value

Cumulative Sum

Attribute

0

1

1

Fill

1

2

3

Valid Aerosol Retrieval(center pixel of 3x3 pixel window)

2

4

7

Water Pixel (or water pixel was used in the fill-the-window interpolation)

3

8

15

Cloud or Cirrus

4

16

31

Cloud Shadow

5

32

63

Non-center window pixel for which aerosol was interpolated from surrounding 3x3 window center pixels

6-7

64 / 128

127 / 255

Aerosol Level
00 (0) = Climatology
01 (1) = Low
10 (2) = Medium
11 (3) = High

Table 6 Landsat 8 Surface Reflectance Aerosol Values ​​¶​

Attribute

Pixel Value

Fill

1

Valid Aerosol Retrieval(center pixel of 3x3 window)

2,66, 130, 194

Water Pixel (or water pixel was used in the fill-the-window interpolation)

4, 68, 100, 132, 164, 196, 228

Cloud or Cirrus

8, 72, 136, 200

Cloud Shadow

16, 80, 144, 208

Non-center window pixel for which aerosol was interpolated from surrounding 3x3 center pixels

32, 96, 100, 160, 164, 224, 228

Low-level aerosol

66, 68, 72, 80, 96, 100

Medium-level aerosol

130, 132, 136, 144, 160, 164

High-level aerosol

194, 196, 200, 208, 224, 228