ECCOE 2022 Surface Reflectance Validation Dataset

Publication Date

2024-01-08

Start Date

2022-05-09

End Date

2022-10-17

Kropuenske, T.J., Irwin, J.R., Shrestha, M., Mann, J.J., Gross, G., and Robbins, T.J., 2024, ECCOE 2022 Surface Reflectance Validation Dataset: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AHFC7F.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) Cal/Val Center of Excellence (ECCOE) surface reflectance validation team is committed to validation of Landsat derived surface reflectance products. The Landsat surface reflectance products are now an operational product after the release of Landsat Collection 2 in December 2020. As the number of users and applications relying upon the surface reflectance product continues to grow, the need for validation also increases. ECCOE is dedicated to expanding the validation effort by collecting radiance data over a target using a field spectrometers. These in-situ measurements can be converted to surface reflectance values, which allows the field collected data to be used as a validation source for the Landsat surface reflectance product. The data provided in this release are intended for validation of Earth observing optical remote sensor surface reflectance products. While the primary focus of the ECCOE is validation of the Landsat surface reflectance product, the data can be potentially be used for validation of other earth observing optical satellites at the discretion of the user.

• Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS)
• USGS Data Release Products