d001·dataset
Sharp land snapshots (Landsat)
Harmonized Landsat 30m
LP DAAC HLSL30 cloud-native 30 m 16-day (combined with HLSS30 → ≤3 day revisit) COG landvegetationforestry
Most-downloaded NASA Earth-data product in FY2024. Harmonized Landsat 8/9 with consistent BRDF correction + spatial co-registration with Sentinel-2.
Harmonized Landsat 30m
Most-downloaded NASA Earth-data product in FY2024. Harmonized Landsat 8/9 with consistent BRDF correction + spatial co-registration with Sentinel-2.
Access
- Python (earthaccess):
short_name='HLSL30' - Portal: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/hlsl30v002/
- Auth: Earthdata Login + S3 credentials (us-west-2 only)
Gotchas
- Cloud-cover filter at 20% is aggressive in cloudy biomes
- Harmonized != raw Landsat; for raw use USGS Collection 2
- Version 020 is current; older 010 deprecated
Related
- Other datasets: d002, d003
- Questions: q01
- Recipes: r01
Sources
The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.
Quick access (cloud-direct)
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")
results = earthaccess.search_data(
short_name="HLSL30",
bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results) # stream from LP DAACBrowsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package. 📚 Problem Finder KB
2 matching entries in the Knowledge Base:
§14 Glossary
HLS HLSS30 / HLSL30 v002
LP DAAC
HLS
Harmonized Landsat & Sentinel-2