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<idAbs>A representation of the confidence associated with the WTR classification that is based on a combination of Diagnostic Layer (DIAG) results and quality assurance information provided with the input HLS data. For example, the Open water class of the WTR layer is split into two classes: High Confidence and Moderate Confidence while WTR Partial surface water Class pixels of WTR are flagged as either Partial surface water Conservative or Partial surface water Aggressive, with the latter exhibiting less certainty. As in the WTR layers, pixels for which water retrievals are difficult or impossible due to HLS snow/ice, HLS cloud/shadow, or fill values are also noted in the CONF layer.
This dataset contains Level-3 Dynamic OPERA surface water extent product version 1. The data are validated surface water extent observations beginning April 2023. Known issues and caveats on usage are described in the Product Documentation. The input dataset for generating each product is the Harmonized Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A/B/C (HLS) product version 2.0. HLS products provide surface reflectance (SR) data from the Operational Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat 8 satellite and the MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) aboard the Sentinel-2A/B/C satellite. The surface water extent products are distributed over projected map coordinates using the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. Each UTM tile covers an area of 109.8 km × 109.8 km. This area is divided into 3,660 rows and 3,660 columns at 30-m pixel spacing. This EGIS service offers access to the confidence data layer.
More information about the dataset is available at https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/pocloud-opera-l3-dswx-hls-v1-1.0
OPERA was informed by the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG), an interagency effort of the U.S. Government dedicated to identifying and addressing Earth observation needs across U.S. civilian federal agencies.
For questions about this service, please contact podaac@podaac.jpl.nasa.gov </idAbs>
<idPurp>OPERA Level-3 Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (DSWx-HLS) Confidence (CONF) imagery is processed and developed by OPERA (JPL/USGS).</idPurp>
<idCredit>Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC).</idCredit>
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