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Landsat8hasbeenonlineforacoupleofmonthsnow,andtheimageslookincredible.Whileallofthe
bandsfrompreviousLandsatmissionsarestillincorporated,thereareacoupleofnewones,suchasthe
coastalbluebandwaterpenetration/aerosoldetectionandthecirruscloudbandforcloudmaskingand
otherapplications.HeresarundownofsomecommonbandcombinationsappliedtoLandsat8,
displayedasared,green,blue(RGB):
NaturalColor
432
FalseColor(urban)
764
ColorInfrared(vegetation)
543
Agriculture
652
AtmosphericPenetration
765
HealthyVegetation
562
Land/Water
564
NaturalWithAtmosphericRemoval
753
ShortwaveInfrared
754
VegetationAnalysis
654
HereshowthenewbandsfromLandsat8lineupwithLandsat7:
Landsat7
Landsat8
Band
Bandwidth
Resolution
Name
(m)
(m)
BandName
Band1
Bandwidth
Resolution
(m)
(m)
0.430.45
30
Coastal
Band1
0.450.52
30
Band2Blue
0.450.51
30
0.520.60
30
Band3
0.530.59
30
0.640.67
30
Blue
Band2
Green
Band3
Red
Green
0.630.69
30
Band4Red
Band4
0.770.90
30
Band5NIR
0.850.88
30
1.551.75
30
Band6
1.571.65
30
2.112.29
30
Band8Pan
0.500.68
15
Band9
1.361.38
30
Band10
10.6
100
TIRS1
11.19
Band11
11.5
TIRS2
12.51
NIR
Band5
SWIR1
SWIR1
Band7
2.092.35
30
SWIR2
Band7
SWIR2
Band8
0.520.90
15
Pan
Cirrus
Band6
10.40
TIR
30/60
12.50
100
Forthemostpart,thebandslineupwithwhatwereusedto,withsomeminortweakingofthespectral
ranges.ThethermalinfraredbandfromLandsat7isnowsplitintotwobandsforLandsat8.Whereas
beforeyouhadonethermalbandthatwasacquiredat60mresolution(andresampledto30m)nowyou
haveincreasedspectralresolutionatthecostofspatialresolution.Itwouldntberemotesensingwithout
tradeoffs,right?
Thisentryw aspostedinImagery,Uncategorizedandtaggedbandcomposition,imagerylandsat8,Raster.Bookmarkthepermalink.
20 Comments
franzpcsays:
DoyouknowifIcanmakeaDEMwithBand8Pan?Howto
Thanks
July27,2013at11:51pm
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kevin_butlersays:
Shortanswerisno.Landsatwouldhavetohaveaforwardandbackwardlookingbandtogenerateastereoimagefordempurposes.All
ofitsbandsareatnadir.CheckoutAster(30mglobally)orSRTM(90mglobally).
July29,2013at7:44am
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joabelbsays:
HiKevin.Firstofallcongratulationsforthisexcellentpost.
IwouldliketoknowifESRIisplanningtoreleaseabasemapofLandsat8images(timeenabled).
Ijustsawsomethinglikethatinthiswebsitehttp://landsatlook.usgs.gov/.ItwouldbeawesometohavethisbasemaponmyArcGIS
Desktop
tks
July29,2013at8:19am
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kevin_butlersays:
Thankslookslikeitscomingsoon.Mightbeaquestionofgettingenoughqualitypasses,althoughthatsjustspeculationonmypart.
HeresablogpostfromJack(4thparagraphtalksaboutwhatyoureaskingfor).
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/esriinsider/2013/06/13/understandingourworldwithlandsatdataandarcgis/
July29,2013at8:38am
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alexanderwandlsays:
HiKevin,
IhaveaquestionconcerningthecalculationoftheNDVI.switchingthebands3to4and4to5intheimageanalysesextensiondoesnt
providereasonableresults,anyadvice?
Thanks
Alex
July30,2013at10:35am
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kevin_butlersays:
HiAlex,
Ithinkyouveidentifiedthenormalizeddifferencebuiltupindex.Urbanareas/impervioussurfacesshouldpopoutwhenyouusethat
index.Theresablogfromacoupleofweeksagoaboutit.
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2013/07/03/leveragingndvitocalculateotherindicesinimageanalysiswindow/
July30,2013at11:42am
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kevin_butlersays:
Thatsassumingyoureusinglandsat7orlandsat5.
July30,2013at11:42am
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horizonswebsays:
HowcanIcombinetheLandsat8bandsinArcGIS10.1?
September12,2013at8:39am
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kevin_butlersays:
IfyoureworkingwithoneLandsatscene,loadallofthebandsontoyourmap.FromtheImageAnalysisWindow,selectallofthemand
thenclickthecompositebandsfunctionintheprocessingpane.
Ifyouhavemultiplescenes,theeasiestwaytodothiswithoutscriptinganythingistocreateamosaicdatasetofeachbandandthen
usecompositebandsoneachofthemosaicdatasets.
September12,2013at9:00am
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Williamsays:
Hello
MayIaskwhatisthebestbandcombinationtodisplayascenewherethelandcoverincludesforest,baresoil,cropsandurbanareas
February13,2014at9:01am
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kevin_butlersays:
Ifthetruecolorcompositedoesntworkforyou,Iwouldtrysomethingalongthelinesof764.Bands2or3couldalsoworkintheblue
band.Ifthevegetationisntsufficientlyhighlighted,tryswitchingthegreenbandfrom6to5.
February18,2014at10:41am
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naveenjayannasays:
HowtoLayerStackLandsat8bands
plzrespondsoon
Thankyou
April7,2014at10:03pm
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kevin_butlersays:
Askandyoushallreceive.Iwroteablogjustforyou:
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/?p=36875
Neverunderestimatethepowerofthewordsplz,please,andthankyou.
April8,2014at9:05am
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gauravhegde24says:
HelloKevin,
Ineededguidelinesonhowaparticularobject/classlookslikeinvariousbandcombinationsforlandsatimages.
forexamplecroplooksbrightred,fallowlandlooksyelowinfcc..
Ineedthisforimageclassification.HopeIcangetsomereferenceforallmajorbandcombinations.
April23,2014at8:16am
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kevin_butlersays:
Ihatetobreakittoyou,butitsreallynotthatsimple.Thereareatonoffactorsthatgointohowfeatureslook,andifyouwanttodoa
classification,metellingyouthatvegetationisbrightintheNIRisnotgoingtogetyouwhereyouwanttobe.Mysuggestionisloadup
theimagerybasemapfromArcgisOnlineandusethatasareference.Somestuffmayhavechangedifthereisabigdifferenceinwhen
thelandsatimageryandthehighresimagerywasacquired,butmostthingsareconsistent.Whenyouseeafeaturethatyoure
interestedin,startplayingwiththebandcombinationsandgetafeelforhowthosefeatureschangeasyouchangetheband
combinations.Whatareyouclassifyingfor?
April23,2014at9:18am
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gauravhegde24says:
ThanksforthesuggestionsKevin.
IamtryingtoclassifyaLandsat8imagetodetecttemporalchangesinaminingarea.
IamtryingtofigureouthowtobesureaboutsignaturepixelsIchoose..
Regards,
Gaurav
April23,2014at12:38pm
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kevin_butlersays:
Youwontbesureaboutyourtrainingsitesuntilyouactuallyruntheclassification.Ittendstobeaniterativeprocessthatinvolves
alotoftweakingtothetrainingsitesuntilyouaresatisfiedwiththeoutput.Startwithpixelsthatseemrepresentativeofthefeature
youwanttoclassify.Iftheyaretoopureyoullmissclassifysomeofthemixedpixels.Iftheyretoomixedyoullmissoutonthe
pixelsthatonlyhavethatfeature.Itbecomesasmuchofanartasscienceatthispoint.
IfyouusetheMLClassifyfunction(fromtheimageanalysiswindow,notthegeoprocessingtool)itwilldisplayyourresultsonthe
fly.IfindthatthissavestimewhenImgoingthroughandtryingtoperfectaclassification.
April23,2014at2:45pm
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mervynlottersays:
HiKevin
TwoquestionsifImay,(1)usingthenewsegmentationfunctionalityin10.3andArcGISPro,Iwouldliketobetterunderstandthethe
spatialdetailproperties.Readingthehelpfilesuggeststhatitissimilartospectraldetail(whichIdounderstand).Couldyoupleasetryand
differentiatebetweenthemformeoratleastexpandonthespatialdetail?And(2)withsegmentationIamlimitedto3bandsinthe
analysis,which3bandswouldyourecommendforclassificationofvegetationcommunities?654?
Loveyourwork
Cheers
Mervyn
December17,2014at11:28am
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kevin_butlersays:
HiMervyn,
Greatquestion!Itsasubtlenuance.Basically,spatialdetailisusedwhenyouhaveaverymixedscene.Forexample,inanurban
scene,youcouldclassifyanimpervioussurfaceusingasmallerspatialdetail,oryoucouldclassifybuildingsandroadsasseparate
classesusingahigherspatialdetail.Soyouhavelotsofdifferentfeaturesandyouwanttorecognizethemasdifferent.Ifyoulowerthe
spatialvalue,youwillgetasmootheroutput.
Spectraldetailisusedtodifferentiatebetweenfeaturesthatareclosetogetherandspectrallysimilar.Lookingataforestandwantto
pickouttreespecies?Setthistoahighvalue.
Asforthebands,nearinfraredandshortwaveinfraredaregoingtogiveyouthemostinformationaboutthevegetation.Thethirdband
dependsontheotherdominantfeaturesinyourimage.Dontworryaboutwater,butifyouhavealotofsoil,youmightwanttotrythe
redband.
Lifeprotip:Zoominto1:1andusetherasterfunctiontospotcheckyoursegmentsbeforerunningthegeoprocessingtool.Youdonot
wanttorunthisfunctiononanentireLandsatscene!Unlessofcourse,yougetpaidbythehourandcanlogcomputationaltime.The
waytodothisiszoomintoanareaofinterestata1:1resolutionandthenapplythesegmentationfunction.Tweakthespectraland
spatialparametersaccordingly.Then,turnthatlayeroffinthetableofcontents.Movetoanotherareaandrepeatuntilyourehappy
withthespectralandspatialdetaillevels.Thenrunthegeoprocessingtooltocreatethesegmentedimagethatyouwillusefor
classification.
December17,2014at12:09pm
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aryan1992says:
HowcanwederivethevegetationindicesforLandsat8data?
May23,2015at12:16pm
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