There are countless books, tutorials, and videos that can help you get started with Landsat data. The resources below are a small subset that provide instruction on how to access, download, process, and analyze Landsat data.
NASA Data Viewers and Access
- Monitoring Water Quality of Inland Lakes using Remote Sensing (July 2023)
- Connecting Citizen Science with Remote Sensing (January 2023)
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Agricultural Applications (April 2020)
- Investigating Time Series of Satellite Imagery (April 2019)
- NASA Earth Science Data for Wildland Fire Decision Making (April 2017)
- Land Cover Classification with Satellite Imagery (January 2017)
- Remote Sensing of Forest Cover and Change Assessment for Carbon Monitoring (June 2016)
- Creating and Using Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from Satellite Imagery (February 2016)
NASA Earth Observatory Tutorials and Articles
This USGS website provides an overview of Landsat data access through a variety of online applications and tools. It hosts a series of videos which show users how to search for and download data from the USGS EarthExplorer, GloVis, Landsat in the Cloud, and the LandsatLook Viewer.
Landsat Data Users Handbooks provide a basic understanding of each Landsat mission, the spacecraft and sensors, data processing systems, and the resulting products created and made available for download.
Supporting information for Landsat 8:
+ Landsat 8 OLI and TIRS Calibration Notices (December 15, 2019)
+ RIT Scientists Recognized for Solving Issue with Landsat 8 TIRS Instrument (June 7, 2019)
+ Landsat 8 Thermal Data Ghost-Free After Stray Light Exorcism (October 31, 2017)
- AlaskaView (University of Alaska Fairbanks): GIS Image Analysis in ArcGIS Pro (Free Course)
- Rhode IslandView: Remote Sensing with Landsat in Rhode Island (ArcGIS StoryMap)
- TennesseeView: Educational Workshops and Trainings
- VermontView: Downloading Landsat 8 OLI Data and Computing NDVI in ArcGIS Pro (YouTube Video)
- West VirginiaView: Free Online Geospatial Courses
