Landsat 8: Striping

Some of Landsat 8’s bands exhibit striping in the images, probably due to sensor calibration

problems. So far the thermal, cirrus, and coastal aerosol bands have been identified as those that

show striping most prominently. The stripes in the thermal bands are the most problematic,

because even though they are narrow and short in length, they show the biggest offset in pixel

values (Band 10: 2.5K, Band 11: 1.2K). The stripes in the cirrus and coastal aerosol bands are

easier to detect since they are broad and long. However, the offsets in pixel values in these two

bands are minimal (~0.0003 in reflectance).

TIR Bands

Dominica: 2013May05_TIR

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

TIR Band 10 11 10 11 10 11

DN 21193 20671 22125 20976 -932 -305

Brightness

Temeprature

281.7 283.1 284.2 284.0 -2.5

-0.9

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Left: Band 10 – TIR 1 Right: Band 11 – TIR 2

Mississippi: 2013May24_TIR

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

TIR Band 10 11 10 11 10 11

DN 24803 22646 23804 22168 999 478

Brightness

Temeprature

291.2 289.1 288.7 287.7 2.5 1.4

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Left: Band 10 – TIR 1 Right: Band 11 – TIR 2

Cirrus Band

Dominica: 2013May05_Cirrus

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

DN 5053 5061 -8

TOA Reflectance 0.0011 0.0013 -0.0002

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Mississippi: 2013May24_Cirrus

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

DN 5102 5087 15

TOA Reflectance 0.0022 0.0019 0.0003

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Coastal Aerosol

Florida: 2013May23_CoastalAerosol

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

Aerosol Index

(B1-B2/B1+B2)

0.064 0.058 0.006

DN 13693 13538 155

TOA Reflectance 0.186 0.182 0.004

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Left: Aerosol Index Right: Coastal Aerosol Band

Dominica: 2013May05_CoastalAerosol

Outside the Strip Inside the Strip Offset

(Outside – Inside)

Aerosol Index

(B1-B2/B1+B2)

0.104 0.109 -0.005

DN 11576 11616 -40

TOA Reflectance 0.142 0.143 -0.001

Note: Two pixels close to the boundary of the striping were chosen, one immediately outside and

another immediately inside. They were picked among the pixels displayed in the Zoom window.

Left: Aerosol Index Right: Coastal Aerosol Band

Blue Band

The striping in the Aerosol Index is primarily due to the coastal band. There is evidence of little

striping in the rest of the bands (See Mississippi example).

Florida: 2013May23_CoastalAerosol

Left: Aerosol Index Middle: Coastal Band Right: Blue Band

Left: Green Band Middle: Red Band Right: NIR Band

Left: MIR1 Band Right: MIR2 Band

Mississippi: 2013May23_CoastalAerosol

Left: Aerosol Index Middle: Coastal Band Right: Blue Band

Left: Green Band Middle: Red Band Right: NIR Band

Left: MIR1 Band Right: MIR2 Band