The USGS produces data in 3 tiers (categories) for each satellite:
Tier 1 (T1) - Data that meets geometric and radiometric quality requirements
Tier 2 (T2) - Data that doesn’t meet the Tier 1 requirements
Real Time (RT) - Data that hasn’t yet been evaluated (it takes as much as a month).
ID | Description |
LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_RT | Landsat 8, Collection 1, Tier 1 + Real Time |
LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1 | Landsat 8, Collection 1, Tier 1 only |
LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T2 | Landsat 8, Collection 1, Tier 2 only |
ID | Description |
LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_RT_TOA | Landsat 8, Collection 1, Tier 1 + Real Time, TOA |
LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_TOA | Landsat 8, |