Landsat Collection 2 Surface Temperature

Landsat Collection 2 Surface Temperature is an open USGS Level 2 product for surface temperature retrieval from Landsat thermal observations ^[1]. The product is distributed through USGS access channels including EarthExplorer and the Landsat Collection 2 Surface Temperature portal, with no restrictions on use or redistribution under USGS public-domain terms ^[1]. It is delivered as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF and is represented in this catalogue as a 30 m grid product from a thermal input range of 10600 to 11190 nm ^[1].

The product is directly relevant to urban heat island analysis, extreme heat event mapping, and hydrologic or energy-balance studies ^[1]. For building-thermal buyers, the 30 m delivered grid can support neighbourhood, parcel cluster, or corridor analysis, but individual building surfaces may be mixed within one pixel ^[1]. Processing depends on ASTER GED emissivity inputs, so gaps can occur where the required ASTER GED data are missing ^[1].