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ECCOE Landsat Quarterly Calibration and Validation Report—Quarter 2, 2023

Open-File Report 2023-1075
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20231075

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Executive Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science Calibration and Validation (Cal/Val) Center of Excellence (ECCOE) focuses on improving the accuracy, precision, calibration, and product quality of remote-sensing data, leveraging years of multiscale optical system geometric and radiometric calibration and characterization experience. The ECCOE Landsat Cal/Val Team continually monitors the geometric and radiometric performance of active Landsat missions and makes calibration adjustments, as needed, to maintain data quality at the highest level.

This report provides observed geometric and radiometric analysis results for Landsats 7–8 for quarter 2 (April–June) of 2023. All data used to compile the Cal/Val analysis results presented in this report are freely available from the U.S. Geological Survey EarthExplorer website: https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov.

One specific activity that the ECCOE Landsat Cal/Val Team closely monitored was a Landsat 8 Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) Scene Select Mechanism (SSM) excursion anomaly. On April 21, 2023, a TIRS SSM excursion error flag was indicated in telemetry during a calibration activity when the SSM encoder was powered on and the mirror was between the nadir position and the deep space position. An initial recovery plan indicated the SSM was moving erratically, so the instrument was put into a safe state for additional troubleshooting. A second recovery plan was developed and successfully executed on April 23, 2023. Additional information about the Landsat 8 TIRS SSM excursion anomaly is available at https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/news/landsat-8-level-1-product-processing-resumes.

Suggested Citation

Haque, M.O., Rengarajan, R., Lubke, M., Hasan, M.N., Shrestha, A., Tuli, F.T.Z., Shaw, J.L., Denevan, A., Franks, S., Ruslander, K., Micijevic, E., Choate, M.J., Anderson, C., Thome, K., Kaita, E., Barsi, J., Levy, R., Miller, J., and Ding, L., 2023, ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 2, 2023: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2023–1075, 39 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20231075.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Table of Contents

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Landsat 8 Radiometric Performance Summary
  • Landsat 8 Geometric Performance Summary
  • Landsat 7 Radiometric Performance Summary
  • Landsat 7 Geometric Performance Summary
  • Quarterly Level 2 Validation Results
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title ECCOE Landsat quarterly Calibration and Validation report—Quarter 2, 2023
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2023-1075
DOI 10.3133/ofr20231075
Year Published 2023
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description Report: vii, 39 p.; Dataset
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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