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HyTES Level 1 Radiance, Facility Instrument Collection

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2462
Version1
Projects
  • HyTES
  • WDTS
  • BioSCape
  • HyspIRI Airborne
Published2026-05-28

Description

This dataset contains Level 1 (L1) radiance imagery as well as per-pixel geolocation information from the Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) instrument. This is the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) facility instrument archive of these data. The NASA HyTES is an airborne imaging spectrometer with 256 spectral channels between 7.5 and 12 micrometers in the thermal infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum and 512 pixels cross-track. HyTES has been deployed on DHC-6 Twin Otter, NASA's Earth Resources ER-2, and GulfStream V aircraft and completed its first flights in July 2012. Radiance units are W m-2 micron-1 sr-1. Geolocation information includes latitude, longitude, height, and number of steps taken during ray-casting. HyTES was designed to provide high spectral and spatial resolution thermal infrared (TIR) data as a precursor for NASA's planned Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) orbital mission. It is useful for a number of applications, including high-resolution surface temperature and emissivity measurements, point sources of air pollution, and volcano observations. The data are provided in HDF-5 format.

Science Keywords

  • LAND SURFACE
  • SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES
  • LAND SURFACE
  • SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES
  • SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING
  • INFRARED WAVELENGTHS
  • INFRARED RADIANCE

Data Use and Citation

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Hook, S.J., G.C. Hulley, T.T. La, G. Rivera, W.R. Johnson, and B.T. Eng. 2026. HyTES Level 1 Radiance, Facility Instrument Collection. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2462

This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the NASA Earthdata Data Use Guidance.

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Dataset has 5 companion files.

  • HyTES_WMX_v4.csv
  • HyTES_SRF_v4.csv
  • HyTES_L1_Radiance.pdf
  • HyTES_WMX_v6.csv
  • HyTES_SRF_v6.csv