2024-06-30-SA1: Transect South Australia Site 1, Landsat 8 overpass

This is a report of the field data collected on 30 June 2024 at the location of Transect South Australia Site 1 to validate the satellite data of the Landsat 8 overpass. The full collection of data is contained in the National Spectral Database. Satellite data can be found on DEA maps.

Variables

These variables and environmental factors were present on the day the data were collected.

Instrument(s) used

SR-3500_20680T1

Time of field site measurements (UTC)

2024-06-30 00:16:43 to 2024-06-30 00:43:32

Time of overpass (UTC)

2024-06-30 00:25:52

GPS quality

Good

Reference position

140.64083333E, 32.17500667S (WGS84)

Matchup quality

Excellent

Results

The surface reflectance statistics collected on this day are grouped into bands. This allows the data to be used to validate Geoscience Australia’s other datasets that use the same standardised bands.

Results of Field data versus Landsat 8 Satellite

Band

Sat Mean

Sat rms

Field mean

Field rms

CA

0.04

0.002

0.042

0.005

blue

0.051

0.002

0.05

0.006

green

0.087

0.003

0.087

0.017

red

0.143

0.007

0.141

0.04

NIR

0.206

0.009

0.2

0.044

SWIR1

0.258

0.012

0.26

0.042

SWIR2

0.199

0.009

0.206

0.038

Figures

The following figures provide visual representations of the data. (Click a figure to view it at full size.)

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A satellite imagery tile of true colour (RGB) surface reflectance. It covers an area of approximately 2 km × 2 km. The white box indicates the size and location of the field site.

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A band-by-band plot of surface reflectance for satellite and field data. Satellite uncertainty error bars for each band are the standard deviation of pixel values over and surrounding the field site. Field uncertainty error bars are the standard deviation of values after averaging all spectra within the same satellite pixels.

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A plot of Satellite Surface Reflectance versus Field Site Surface Reflectance on this day. The solid line represents the one-to-one equality between field and satellite measurements. The black dots are the values from all field site measurements prior to this date. The line of best fit is not shown, but its parameters are given in the bottom-right corner.