ECOSTRESS evaporative stress index data from the ECO4ESIPTJPL product over Central Valley, California, United States, acquired on August 5, 2018.
View full-size imageThe ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) mission measures the temperature of plants to better understand how much water plants need and how they respond to stress. ECOSTRESS is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) and collects data over the conterminous United States (CONUS) as well as key biomes and agricultural zones around the world and selected FLUXNET validation sites. A map of the acquisition coverage can be found on the ECOSTRESS website.
The ECO4ESIPTJPL Version 1 data product provides Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) data generated according to the Priestley-Taylor Jet Propulsion Laboratory (PT-JPL) algorithm described in the ECOSTRESS Level 4 (ESI_PT-JPL) Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD). The ESI product is derived from the ratio of the Level 3 actual evapotranspiration (ET) to potential ET (PET) calculated as part of the algorithm. The ESI is an indicator of potential drought and plant water stress emphasizing areas of sub-optimal plant productivity.
The ECO4ESIPTJPL Version 1 data product contains layers of ESI and PET.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Collection | ECOSTRESS |
| DOI | 10.5067/ECOSTRESS/ECO4ESIPTJPL.001 |
| File Size | ~235 MB |
| Temporal Resolution | Varies |
| Temporal Extent | 2018-07-15 to Present |
| Spatial Extent | CONUS, key biomes/agricultural zones, selected FLUXNET sites |
| Coordinate System | None (Swath) |
| Datum | N/A |
| File Format | HDF5 |
| Geographic Dimensions | 400 km x 400 km |
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Science Dataset (SDS) Layers | 2 |
| Columns/Rows | 5400 x 5632 |
| Pixel Size | 70 m |
| SDS Name | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | No Data Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESIavg | Evaporative Stress Index | ET/PET | 32-bit floating point | N/A | N/A | 0 to 2 | N/A |
| PET | Potential Evapotranspiration | W/m² | 32-bit floating point | N/A | N/A | 0 to 2000 | N/A |
No quality flags are produced for the ECO4ESIPTJPL Version 1 data product. Instead, the quality flags of the source data are available in the ECO3ANCQA Version 1 data product.
Data acquisition gaps: ECOSTRESS was launched on June 29, 2018 and moved to autonomous science operations on August 20, 2018 following a successful in-orbit checkout period. On September 29, 2018, ECOSTRESS experienced an anomaly with its primary mass storage unit (MSU). ECOSTRESS has a primary and secondary MSU (A and B). On December 5, 2018, the instrument was switched to the secondary MSU and science operations resumed. On March 14, 2019, the secondary MSU experienced a similar anomaly temporarily halting science acquisitions. On May 15, 2019, a new data acquisition approach was implemented and science acquisitions resumed. To optimize the new acquisition approach TIR bands 2, 4 and 5 are being downloaded. The data products are as previously, except the bands not downloaded contain fill values (L1 radiance and L2 emissivity).
Data acquisition gap: From February 8 to February 16, 2020 an ECOSTRESS instrument issue resulted in a data anomaly that created striping in band 4 (10.5 micron). These data products have been reprocessed and are available for download. No ECOSTRESS data were acquired on February 17, 2020 due to the instrument being in SAFEHOLD. Data acquired following the anomaly have not been affected.