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Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases

SLAP IPF VersionSoftware Release DateImprovements/upgrades*(B)UG
(E)VOLUTION
Datasets Processed
CategoryDescription
2.0November 2012(First issue)

Supporting data, raster reference
Extension of TM/ETM+ GCP chips databases including Nairobi ground station coverage n/a - interim version
2.1January 2013Product formatCompliance with ngEO specifications

Alignment of TM and ETM+ products with the latest USGS DFCB
En/a - interim version
TM radiometric calibrationUpdate to residual striping handlingE
2.02March 2013Supporting data (CPF, Raster Reference data) handling / interfaceUpdates to the MDPSReportGenerator

Updated handling of GCP data for L1T product generation

Updated capability to handle USGS CPF files whose validity range does not include hours, minutes and seconds

Updated library (libMDPSLandsatProc)
Bn/a - interim version
L1T geometric correctionExtension of the Terrain Corrected processor over 60° North latitudeE
TM radiometric calibrationUpdated thermal band calibration

Correction of Memory Effect

Correction of Scan Correlated Shift (SCS)

Correction of residual striping
E
Product formatCompliance to ngEO ICDE
2.03April 2013Processing of incomplete productsAdded feature to enable processing of first and last WRS scene in a pass when at least 50% of the image lines existEn/a - interim version
Product metadata: QualityCorrection to the root mean square (RMS) error of GCP displacementB
TM radiometric calibrationUpdate to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current offset computed based on CPF file)E
2.04N/APlanned version for TM fixes, then superseded by v3.00  n/a
3.00June 2013MSS productionAddition of MSS processing capabilityEn/a - interim version
3.01June 2013Image geometric processingCorrection of cubic convolution errorBn/a - interim version
TM / ETM+ radiometric calibration processingUpdate to the detector statistics calculations for de-striping processing (TM/ETM+)

Update to the instrument temperature filtering process (TM/ETM+)
B
ETM+ product metadataCompliance of ETM+ gain change values in the metadata file to the USGS DFCBB
3.02September 2013MSS processingImprovement to the handling of Scan Start Anomaly (SSA) MSS productsBn/a - interim version
Product formatCompliance of Landsat-5 TM Metadata report (MTR) to ngEO specifications

Compliance of metadata to Quicklook for partial scenes

Updated file naming convention to include product level
E / B
Cloud assessment processingCorrection of erroneous cloud cover calculationsB
Quicklook processingCorrection of an incorrect band combination used for the Quicklook generationB
Supporting data, raster reference, updateUpdated GENCHIP database over EgyptB
3.03October 2013MSS radiometric calibration processingRemoval of banding in SSA MSS productsBn/a - interim version
Product formatUpdates to MTR file generation:
 
  • Correction of MTR path discrepancies
  • Correction of MTR <eop:ProductType> parameter
  • Addition of MTR <eop:IlluminationElevationAngle> parameter
B
3.03_p1November 2013Product formatUpdate to Metadata (MTL) file generation:
  • Correction of MTL <rep:browseType>
BTM – Kiruna
3.03_p2December 2013Supporting dataUpdated Task Tables to correct processing failure of L1G products (MSS & TM)BTM – Kiruna
3.03_p3February 2014TM / ETM+ radiometric calibration processingFurther updates to the instrument temperature filtering process (TM/ETM+)BTM – Maspalomas, Matera

ETM+ - Kiruna, Maspalomas, Matera
Quicklook processingImprovements to the generation of Quicklooks for partial scenes (no longer stretched to be square, and instead offer a truer representation of the product)E
3.03_p4May 2014Internal updateUpdated IPF software at processing facilityBLinked to the operational installation
3.04October 2014MSS geometric processingCorrection of estimated ortho-rectified affine transformation (including improvement to the accuracy of the systematic correction)

Correction of swath and line misalignment of Landsat-3 MSS products
BMSS – due for release 2015
MSS radiometric calibration processingInclusion of a more sophisticated non-linear de-striping method for Landsat-1 MSS productsE
MSS image cloud assessment processingUpdated MSS cloud cover voteE
TM / ETM+ geometric processingCapability to handle ascending scenes

Correction of UTM zone miss-handling (TM/ETM+)
B
3.04_p1January 2015MSS geometric processingMemory allocation issue linked to orthorectification correctionB
3.04_p2February 2015Supporting data, raster reference, updateRemoval of duplicate GCP chips, occurred at high latitude scenes, from the MSS GENCHIP databaseB
3.05January 2017Bug fixesVersion included several bug fixes from previous versionBn/a - interim version
3.06June 2018Inclusion of quality parameter and data recovery strategy (SB)Software release implementing several CR and AR described in [IDEAS-REQ-2753]B/En/a - interim version
3.07October 2018Bug fixesSoftware release implementing several ARBn/a - interim version
3.08March 2019Bug fixesSoftware release implementing several ARBMSS – due for release September 2019

 

*Please note, unless otherwise stated, updates and improvements are applicable to all instruments.

Quality Control Tools

A quality control report is included in the ESA Level 1 Landsat product. This details the results of the inspections applied by the AMALFI QC Tool as part of the integrated reprocessing chain. AMALFI version v1.0.19 is used for the MSS processing.

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