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Landsat H (8) Long-Term Acquisition Plan

Landsat H (8) Long-Term Acquisition Plan. Samuel N. Goward – UMD Darrel L. Williams – NASA/GSFC Andrew Macatee - UMD. L7 – LTAP. 1993 Beginning for 1998 Launch Finished 1999 Validation 2000-2002 SLC failure Validation Lessons Learned LTAP-5, LTAP-7, LTAP-8. Validation Outcomes Summary.

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Landsat H (8) Long-Term Acquisition Plan

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  1. Landsat H (8)Long-Term Acquisition Plan Samuel N. Goward – UMD Darrel L. Williams – NASA/GSFC Andrew Macatee - UMD

  2. L7 – LTAP • 1993 Beginning for 1998 Launch • Finished 1999 • Validation 2000-2002 • SLC failure • Validation Lessons Learned • LTAP-5, LTAP-7, LTAP-8

  3. Validation Outcomes Summary Seasonality • Good global coverage on quarterly basis • Regional coverage needs adjustment • Excessive deserts and winter high latitudes • Excessive tropical cloud cover • Not enough boreal forest growing season • Cloud Avoidance • 25% reduced cloud contamination in archive imagery • ACCA within 10%, 95% of the time • NOAA NCEP predicts and ACCA agree best at high (>80%) and low (<20%) cloud cover • Problems at land/water margins (e.g., coastal regions) • Radiometry • Fourth generation gain change approach • Change solar zenith angle threshold to 75º from 85º in Northern Hemisphere

  4. Potential LTAP Enhancements • Improve LTAP coverage • Reduced desert and winter acquisitions • Focused boreal and tropical forest acquisitions • Consideration of image composite approaches • Conversion of niches to campaigns • Incorporate continuous variable seasonality (NDVI) • Better use of LTAP decision making • Include land mask for ACCA assessment, possibly for cloud predict application • Consider Low-gain-only operations • Gain changes more of a problem than a solution

  5. Cloud Contamination (L7 16-Day Temporal Repeat – Washington DC region, 2000) May 11 May 27 June 12 June 28 July 14 July 30

  6. Cloud Contamination (L7 16-Day Temporal Repeat – Oregon region, 2000) May 19 June 04 June 20 July 06 July 22 Aug 07

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