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Baseline data DEA Surface Reflectance

  • A suite of analysis ready datasets

  • Baseline data for many derived products

  • Landsat imagery adjusted for Australian use

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Updated
As needed
Satellite data from
Landsat and Sentinel-2
Data since
1988

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Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery ready for analysis

Digital Earth Australia (DEA)’s Surface Reflectance datasets represent the vast archive of images captured by the US Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat and European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite programs, validated, calibrated, and adjusted for Australian conditions — ready for easy analysis

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Landsat view of Shoemaker impact crater in Western Australia

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Light reflected from the Earth’s surface (surface reflectance) is important for monitoring environmental resources such as agricultural production and mining activities over time

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DEA’s analysis ready datasets have been adjusted and corrected to account for image inconsistencies caused by factors such as atmosphere, cloud cover, terrain shadow, and sun and satellite position

How is DEA Surface Reflectance data used?

  • The analysis ready baseline data is used to develop derivative data products

  • Products derived from DEA Surface Reflectance include DEA Fractional Cover, DEA Water Observations and DEA Coastlines

  • Derivative products may explore landscape metrics such as land use, water availability, urban growth, agriculture, bushfire patterns or the impacts of mining

  • Other products can be developed from DEA Surface Reflectance, such as statistical models of surface water or deforestation

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Imagery for impact What is analysis ready data?

The calibration and standardisation of satellite data is fundamental to its usability, and we’re making world-leading strides in this work

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