Page Summary
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This dataset contains deprecated Landsat 5 TM Collection 1 Tier 1 8-day NDWI composites, superseded by LANDSAT/COMPOSITES/C02/T1_L2_8DAY_NDWI.
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The dataset is available from 1984-01-01 to 2012-04-30 and provided by Google.
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It includes the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) band with a pixel size of 30 meters, which is sensitive to liquid water content in vegetation.
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The composites are created from all scenes in each 8-day period, with the most recent pixel used for the composite value.
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Landsat datasets are public domain and can be used, transferred, or reproduced without copyright restrictions, with acknowledgment of USGS as the data source recommended.
- Dataset Availability
- 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z–2012-04-30T00:00:00Z
- Dataset Producer
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Description
These Landsat 5 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 Water Index (NDWI) is sensitive to changes in liquid water content of vegetation canopies. It is derived from the Near-IR band and a second IR band, ≈1.24μm when available and the nearest available IR band otherwise. It ranges in value from -1.0 to 1.0. See Gao (1996) for details.
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 | Pixel Size | Description |
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NDWI |
30 meters | Normalized Difference Water Index |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
Landsat datasets are federally created data and therefore reside in the public domain and may be used, transferred, or reproduced without copyright restriction.
Acknowledgement or credit of the USGS as data source should be provided by including a line of text citation such as the example shown below.
(Product, Image, Photograph, or Dataset Name) courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
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See the USGS Visual Identity System Guidance for further details on proper citation and acknowledgement of USGS products.