dataset · Global
Landsat mosaic (bi-monthly, v1.0.1)
Global, cloud-free, and reconstructed historical Landsat spectral bands are provided at a spatial resolution of 30 meters and temporal resolution of bimonthly intervals from 1997 onwards. The dataset was generated using the GLAD Landsat ARD version 2 as the primary input for temporal aggregation and the imputation of missing values.
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Licence: other
Evidence quality: 42.9
Listed in cdse-stac public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Blue (B01) · Green (B02) · Red (B03) · Near infrared (B04) · SWIR 1.6 (B05) · SWIR 2.2 (B06) · Thermal (B07) · clear sky mask
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global · 1997-01-01 to 2025-12-31
- Resolution docs-verified
- 30 m spatial; bimonthly temporal
- Formats docs-verified
- GeoTIFF (cloud-optimized)
- Access docs-verified
- Credentials required via S3 auth scheme (CDSE S3 free; CREODIAS S3 requester-pays); licence 'other', governed by USGS Landsat data policy
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Multi-decade land cover and vegetation change baseline for site appraisal (NDVI from red and NIR bands) · Historical surface wetness and water-extent context for flood risk or groundwater dependency assessments · Bimonthly land-use trend analysis for BNG habitat change or planning baselines
- Audience llm-inferred
- GIS analysts · ecologists · hydrologists · environmental consultants · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Licence is 'other'; reuse terms must be checked against the USGS Landsat data policy · CREODIAS S3 storage is requester-pays · Temporal coverage ends 2025-12-31, so no later data · Reconstructed and imputed values are used for gaps, so not all pixels are direct observations · Bands are stored as uint8 with no scaling documented in the metadata · Derived from GLAD Landsat ARD v2 as primary input, so inherits that product's processing choices
Evidence
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.