Landsat 8 Handbook

Landsat 8 Data Users HandbookThe USGS has a long history as a national leader in land cover and land use mapping and monitoring. Landsat data, including L8 and archive holdings, are essential for USGS efforts to document the rates and causes of land cover and land use change, and to address the linkages between land cover and use dynamics on water quality, water quantity, biodiversity, energy development, and many other environmental topics. In addition, the USGS is working toward the provision of long-term environmental records that describe ecosystem disturbances and conditions.The Landsat Data Users Handbooks are prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project Science Office at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Project ScienceThe purpose of this handbook is to provide a basic understanding and associated reference material for the Landsat 8 (L8) observatory and its science data products. In doing so, this document does not include a detailed description of all technical details of the L8 mission, but instead focuses on the information that the users need to gain an understanding of the science data products.This handbook includes various sections that provide an overview of reference material and a more detailed description of applicable data user and product information. Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland.Access Landsat 7 Data User Handbook