Page Summary
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This dataset contains Landsat 4 TM Collection 1 Tier 1 8-Day NDVI composites generated from Tier 1 orthorectified scenes using top-of-atmosphere reflectance.
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The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is calculated from the Near-IR and Red bands with values ranging from -1.0 to 1.0.
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Composites are created every 8 days using all scenes from the period, with the most recent pixel being the composite value.
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This dataset is available from August 21, 1982, to December 11, 1993.
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This dataset has been superseded by LANDSAT/COMPOSITES/C02/T1_L2_8DAY_NDVI.
- Dataset Availability
- 1982-08-21T00:00:00Z–1993-12-11T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- Tags
Description
These Landsat 4 TM Collection 1 Tier 1 composites are made from Tier 1 orthorectified scenes, using the computed top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance. See Chander et al. (2009) for details on the TOA computation.
The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index is generated from the Near-IR and Red bands of each scene as (NIR - Red) / (NIR + Red), and ranges in value from -1.0 to 1.0.
These composites are created from all the scenes in each 8-day period beginning from the first day of the year and continuing to the 360th day of the year. The last composite of the year, beginning on day 361, will overlap the first composite of the following year by 3 days. All the images from each 8-day period are included in the composite, with the most recent pixel as the composite value.
Bands
Bands
| Name | Min | Max | Pixel Size | Description |
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NDVI |
-1* | 1* | 30 meters | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
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