# SDGSAT-1 Thermal Infrared Open Science Data
*data products*

## Specifications
- **level**: L1
- **distributor**: nssc-cas
- **spectral range nm**: {"min":8000,"max":12500}
- **spectral band count**: 3
- **gsd m**: {"native":30}
- **file format**: GeoTIFF
- **access endpoint**: https://www.sdgsat.ac.cn/satellite/data
- **access model**: open
- **licence**: SDGSAT-1 Open Science Program terms; verify per download
- **primary data portal url**: https://www.sdgsat.ac.cn/satellite/data
- **use cases**: ["Urbanization and human activity monitoring","Urban thermal research","Sustainable-development thermal infrared applications"]
- **practical limitations**: ["Public English documentation confirms 30 m TIS capability and open-science data products, but stable product-level metadata and licence detail are less explicit than NASA/USGS catalogues","Treat as a promising high-resolution thermal source rather than a mature off-the-shelf building retrofit product"]
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: data_product
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: nssc-cas
- **attributes**: {"level":"L1","distributor":"nssc-cas","spectral_range_nm":"{\"min\":8000,\"max\":12500}","spectral_band_count":3,"gsd_m":"{\"native\":30}","file_format":"GeoTIFF","access_endpoint":"https://www.sdgsat.ac.cn/satellite/data","access_model":"open","licence":"SDGSAT-1 Open Science Program terms; verify per download","primary_data_portal_url":"https://www.sdgsat.ac.cn/satellite/data","use_cases":"[\"Urbanization and human activity monitoring\",\"Urban thermal research\",\"Sustainable-development thermal infrared applications\"]","practical_limitations":"[\"Public English documentation confirms 30 m TIS capability and open-science data products, but stable product-level metadata and licence detail are less explicit than NASA/USGS catalogues\",\"Treat as a promising high-resolution thermal source rather than a mature off-the-shelf building retrofit product\"]","deployment_context":"orbital"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
SDGSAT-1 Thermal Infrared Open Science Data is an open Level 1 data product associated with SDGSAT-1 thermal infrared observations distributed through the SDGSAT Open Science Program [^sdgsat-data]. The SDGSAT-1 Thermal Infrared Spectrometer provides three thermal infrared bands spanning 8000 to 12500 nm at 30 m spatial resolution [^cbas-sdgsat]. The catalogue row records GeoTIFF delivery, an orbital deployment context, and access through the SDGSAT data portal [^sdgsat-data].

For buyers evaluating urban and sustainability workflows, the product is relevant to urbanization and human-activity monitoring, urban thermal research, and sustainable-development thermal infrared applications [^cbas-sdgsat]. It is a useful candidate input for thermal research workflows that can handle Level 1 data and local processing requirements [^sdgsat-data]. Product-level identifiers and download terms should be checked per acquisition before operational use, especially where a workflow requires stable Level 2 or Level 4 thermal product identifiers or precise licence terms [^sdgsat-data].

## Compositional position
- building-thermal (topics) --[topic_capabilities]--> SDGSAT-1 Thermal Infrared Open Science Data

## Sources
- [cbas-sdgsat] | SDGSAT-1 overview and technical specifications, CBAS | https://www.cbas.ac.cn/en/resources/sdgsat/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [sdgsat-data] | SDGSAT-1 Open Science Program data products | https://www.sdgsat.ac.cn/satellite/data | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14

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