Description
The ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission measures the temperature of plants to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress. ECOSTRESS is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and collects data globally between 52° N and 52° S latitudes. A map of the acquisition coverage can be found in figure 2 on the ECOSTRESS website(https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/science).
The ECO1BMAPRAD Version 1 data product combines the at-sensor calibrated radiance values retrieved for the ECO1BRAD (https://doi.org/10.5067/ECOSTRESS/ECO1BRAD.001) data product and the geolocation information provided in the ECO1BGEO (https://doi.org/10.5067/ECOSTRESS/ECO1BGEO.001) data product to produce a geotagged, resampled radiance product. The ECO1BMAPRAD data product is produced as a map registered product that is in a rotated geographic projection with a spatial resolution of 70 m. The ECO1BMAPRAD data product accounts for the overlap and variable pixel size in the ECO1BRAD data product.
The ECO1BMAPRAD Version 1 data product contains data layers including the radiance values for the five thermal infrared (TIR) bands, digital number (DN) values for the shortwave infrared (SWIR) band, associated data quality indicators, latitude and longitude values, solar and view geometry information, and surface height.
The ECO1BMAPRAD Version 1 data product contains data layers including the radiance values for the five thermal infrared (TIR) bands, digital number (DN) values for the shortwave infrared (SWIR) band, associated data quality indicators, latitude and longitude values, solar and view geometry information, and surface height.
Known Issues: Data acquisition gap: ECOSTRESS was launched on June 29, 2018, and moved to autonomous science operations on August 20, 2018, following a successful in-orbit checkout period. On September 29, 2018, ECOSTRESS experienced an anomaly with its primary mass storage unit (MSU). ECOSTRESS has a primary and secondary MSU (A and B). On December 5, 2018, the instrument was switched to the secondary MSU and science operations resumed. On March 14, 2019, the secondary MSU experienced a similar anomaly temporarily halting science acquisitions. On May 15, 2019, a new data acquisition approach was implemented and science acquisitions resumed. To optimize the new acquisition approach TIR bands 2, 4 and 5 are being downloaded. The data products are as previously, except the bands not downloaded contain fill values (L1 radiance and L2 emissivity). This approach was implemented from May 15, 2019, through April 28, 2023.
Data acquisition gap: From February 8 to February 16, 2020, an ECOSTRESS instrument issue resulted in a data anomaly that created striping in band 4 (10.5 micron). These data products have been reprocessed and are available for download. No ECOSTRESS data were acquired on February 17, 2020, due to the instrument being in SAFEHOLD. Data acquired following the anomaly have not been affected.
Resampled data: The data has been resampled, so users interested in working with data closest to that acquired by the instrument may want to work with the swath products.
Missing scan data: During testing, an instrument artifact was encountered in ECOSTRESS bands 1 and 5, resulting in missing values. A machine learning algorithm has been applied to interpolate missing values. For more information on the missing scan filling techniques and outcomes, see section 3.3.2 of the User Guide.
Cold bias: ECOSTRESS Level-1 Radiance data shows high correlation with in-situ ground measurements (R2 = 0.99 in all bands). Currently, ECOSTRESS has a cold bias of approximately 0.7 Kelvin (K), which will be corrected through calibration in future data releases.
Data acquisition: ECOSTRESS has now successfully returned to 5-band mode after being in 3-band mode since 2019. This feature was successfully enabled following a Data Processing Unit firmwar
Resources
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| Download this dataset through APPEEARS | HTML | The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AρρEEARS) offers a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Open resource |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | The LP DAAC product page provides information on Science Data Set layers and links for user guides, ATBDs, data access, tools, customer support, etc. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through a directory map | Unknown | LP DAAC Data Pool provides direct access to available products via HTTPS. | Open resource |
| Get a related visualization | HTML | Browse image for Earthdata Search | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The ECOSTRESS website provides detailed information on the mission, instrument, products, etc. | Open resource |
| The dataset's project home page | HTML | The LP DAAC website provides detailed information on discovery, distribution, access, and support of land data products. | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The Product Specification Document (PSD) describes the format and contents of the ECOSTRESS product. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's user's guide | The technical information in the User's Guide enables users to interpret and use the data products. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's how-to documentation | The Earthdata Search Quick Guide explains how to search ECOSTRESS data in NASA Earthdata Search. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | The Calibration ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products. | Open resource | |
| View this dataset's algorithm theoretical basis document | The Geolocation ATBD provides physical theory and mathematical procedures for the calculations used to produce the data products. | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The Radiance Algorithm Specification Document (ASD) describes the computer processing used to generate the ECOSTRESS products. | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | The Geolocation Algorithm Specification Document (ASD) describes the computer processing used to generate the ECOSTRESS geolocation product. | Open resource | |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | Access data via Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol. | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |
| Download this dataset through Earthdata Search | Unknown | Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data. | Open resource |