Landsat 8 Data Product Information
Landsat 8 data products are produced to be consistent with the existing standard Level-1
(orthorectified) data products created using Landsat 1 to Landsat 7 data.
The standard Level 1 Product, along with the LandsatLook (full-resolution jpg) images, are
available to download at no charge from EarthExplorer, GloVis, or via the LandsatLook
Viewer.
Processing details of Landsat 8 Level 1 Products
Processing: Level 1 T- Terrain Corrected
Pixel Size: OLI multispectral bands 1-7,9: 30-meters
OLI panchromatic band 8: 15-meters
TIRS bands 10-11: collected at 100 meters but resampled
to 30 meters to match OLI multispectral bands
Data
Characteristics:
GeoTIFF data format
Cubic Convolution (CC) resampling
North Up (MAP) orientation
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) map projection
(Polar Stereographic for Antarctica)
World Geodetic System (WGS) 84 datum
12 meter circular error, 90% confidence global accuracy
for OLI
41 meter circular error, 90% confidence global accuracy
for TIRS
16-bit pixel values
Data Delivery: .tar.gz compressed file via HTTP Download
File size: Approximately 1 GB (compressed), approximately 2 GB
(uncompressed)