Origins, evolutions, and future directions of Landsat science products for advancing global inland water and coastal ocean observations

Page, Benjamin; Crawford, Christopher J.; Arab, Saeed; Schmidt, Gail; Barnes, Christopher; Wellington, Danika

doi:10.5194/essd-18-779-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-779-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-779-2026

Copyright waived. This work has been dedicated to the public domain (Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication).

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Data description paper

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02 Feb 2026

Data description paper |

| 02 Feb 2026

Origins, evolutions, and future directions of Landsat science products for advancing global inland water and coastal ocean observations

Benjamin Page, Christopher J. Crawford, Saeed Arab, Gail Schmidt, Christopher Barnes, and Danika Wellington

Data sets

Landsat 8-9 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Level 2 Provisional Aquatic Reflectance Products, Collection 2 Validation Subset Christopher Crawford et al. https://doi.org/10.5066/P14MBBRM

Short summary

The purpose of this paper is to communicate United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center’s origins, objectives, and future directions for operationalizing global Level 2 Aquatic Reflectance (AR) science products for Landsat satellite missions.