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Title:   Author  item
                                            ROY, D. - South Dakota State Universityitem
                                            WULDER, M. - Canadian Forest Serviceitem
                                            LOVELAND, T. - Us Geological Survey (USGS)item
                                            WOODCOCK, C. - Boston Universityitem
                                            ALLEN, R.G. - University Of Idahoitem
                                            Anderson, Marthaitem
                                            HELDER, D. - South Dakota State Universityitem
                                            IRONS, J. - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            JOHNSON, D. - National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS, USDA)item
                                            KENNEDY, R. - Boston Universityitem
                                            SCAMBOS, T. - University Of Coloradoitem
                                            SCHOTT, J. - Rochester Institute Of Technologyitem
                                            SHENG, Y. - University Of Californiaitem
                                            VERMOTE, ERIC - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            BELWARD, A. - European Commission-Joint Research Centre (JRC)item
                                            BINDSCHADLER, R. - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            COHEN, WARREN - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)item
                                            Gao, Fengitem
                                            HIPPLE, J. - US Department Of Agriculture (USDA)item
                                            HOSTERT, P. - Humboldt Universityitem
                                            HUNTINGTON, J. - Desert Research Instituteitem
                                            JUSTICE, C. - University Of Marylanditem
                                            KILIC, A. - University Of Nebraskaitem
                                            KOVALSKYY, V. - South Dakota State Universityitem
                                            LEE, Z. - University Of Massachusettsitem
                                            LYMBURNER, L. - Geoscience Australiaitem
                                            MASEK, J. - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            MCCORKEL, J. - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            SHUAI, Y. - National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA)item
                                            TREZZA, R. - University Of Idahoitem
                                            VOGELMANN, J. - Us Geological Survey (USGS)item
                                            WYNNE, R. - Virginia Techitem
                                            ZHU, Z. - Boston University
  Submitted to: Remote Sensing of Environment
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 2/3/2014
                                    Publication  Date: 3/6/2014
                                    Publication URL: https://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/60053Citation: Roy, D., Wulder, M., Loveland, T., Woodcock, C., Allen, R., Anderson, M.C., Helder, D., Irons, J., Johnson, D., Kennedy, R., Scambos, T., Schott, J., Sheng, Y., Vermote, E., Belward, A., Bindschadler, R., Cohen, W., Gao, F.N., Hipple, J., Hostert, P., Huntington, J., Justice, C., Kilic, A., Kovalskyy, V., Lee, Z., Lymburner, L., Masek, J., McCorkel, J., Shuai, Y., Trezza, R., Vogelmann, J., Wynne, R., Zhu, Z. 2014. Landsat-8: science and product vision for terrestrial global change research. Remote Sensing of Environment. 145:154-172.Interpretive Summary: The Landsat satellite series has provided a near continuous record of global landcover conditions since 1972, recording impacts of climate, population and land-use change at spatial resolutions (~30-100m) capturing the scale of human  impacts.  This paper summarizes the research proposed by the current Landsat Science Team, integrating a new epoch of high quality satellite imagery collected by Landsat 8 – recently launched in February, 2013.  A description of the mission and  the Landsat 8 sensor systems, as well as anticipated data products, is provided.   Landsat 8, in conjunction with the full Landsat archive, will contribute to studies of drought and water use change, agricultural monitoring and yield estimation, landcover disturbances such as due to fire and deforestation, fresh and coastal water quality, as well as cryospheric applications in mapping ice sheet flows and and extent and response to changing climate.  New science and applications in these areas are outlined, as well as a vision for the future of land imaging at these critical spatial scales.
                                Technical Abstract: Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave, and thermal infrared. Landsat 8 extends the remarkable 40 year Landsat record and has enhanced capabilities including new spectral bands in the blue and cirrus cloud-detection portion of the spectrum, two thermal bands, improved sensor signal-to-noise performance and associated improvements in radiometric resolution, and an improved duty cycle that allows collection of a significantly greater number of images per day. This paper introduces the current (2012-2017) Landsat Science Team‘s efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat 8 capabilities and the steps ahead in support of priorities identified by the team. Preliminary evaluation of Landsat 8 capabilities and identification of new science and applications opportunities are described with respect to calibration and radiometric characterization; surface reflectance; surface albedo; surface temperature, evapotranspiration and drought; agriculture; land cover, condition, disturbance and change; fresh and coastal water; and snow and ice. Insights into the development of derived ‘higher-level‘ Landsat products are provided in recognition of the growing need for consistently processed, moderate spatial resolution, large area, long-term terrestrial data records for resource management and for climate and global change studies. The paper concludes with future prospects, emphasizing the opportunities for land imaging constellations by combining Landsat data with data collected from other international sensing systems, and consideration of successor Landsat mission requirements.


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