This report describes the results of an extended national field spectroscopy campaign designed to validate the Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2 Analysis Ready Data (ARD) surface reflectance (SR) products generated by Digital Earth Australia. Field spectral data from 55 overpass coincident field campaigns have been processed to match the ARD surface reflectances. The results suggest the Landsat 8 SR is validated to within 10%, the Sentinel 2A SR is validated to within 6.5% and Sentinel 2B is validated to within 6.8% . Overall combined Sentinel 2A and 2B are validated within 6.6% and the SR for all three ARD products are validated to within 7.7%.

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Stevens, A., V.E. Brando, A.G. Dekker, J. Hodge, B. Farthing, K. Mengersen, K. Oubelkheir, Y. Qin, (2007). Remotely-Sensed Monitoring of Chlorophyll and Suspended Sediment in the Coastal Waters of the Wet Tropics Region: a demonstration project with national application. Report for Dep. Environm. Heritage. Published by CSIRO, Canberra, Australia:pp 143 For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Anstee, J. M., Botha, E. J. and Dekker, A. G. (2009): Study on the remote sensing of estuarine macrophytes and saltmarsh vegetation in Wallis Lake; CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship report prepared for: NSW MER Program, Estuarine Theme Team); CSIRO Land and Water and Water for a Healthy Country: Canberra, Australia, 2030 For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Rodney Borrego-Acevedo, Chris M. Roelfsema, Stuart R. Phinn & Alistair R. Grinham (2014) Predicting distribution of microphytobenthos abundance on a reef platform by combining in situ underwater spectrometry and pigment analysis, Remote Sensing Letters, 5:5, 461-470, DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2014.922723 For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Monk, J., Pope, A., Ierodiaconou, D., Otera, K. & Mount, R. (2011) Corner Inlet and Nooramunga Habitat Mapping Project; Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Blackburn, D. T, and Dekker, A. G. (2007). “Remote sensing study of marine and coastal features and interpretation of changes in relation to natural and anthropogenic processes. Final Technical Report”. ACWS Technical Report No.6 prepared for the Adelaide Coastal Waters Study Steering Committee, July 2007 David Blackburn Environmental Pty Ltd and CSIRO Land and Water. For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Leiper, I., Phinn, S. & Dekker, A.G. (2012): Spectral reflectance of coral reef benthos and substrate assemblages on Heron Reef, Australia, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33:12, 3946-3965. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.637675 For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Dekker, A. G., Anstee, J. M., and Brando, V. E. (2002) Seagrass change assessment using satellite data for Wallis lake. Canberra, ACT, Australia, CSIRO Land & Water. Technical Report 13/04 Publication: Dekker, A. G., Anstee, J. M., and Brando, V. E. (2005) Retrospective seagrass change detection in a shallow coastal tidal Australian lake, Rem. Sens. Environm. Vol. 97 (4), pp. 415-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2005.02.017 For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database

Record for source data hosted in the National Spectral Database (NSD) Aquatic Library Citation: Jupp, D., Byrne, G. T., Anstee, J. M. McDonald, E.R., McVicar, T.R. ,Parkin, D; 1996 Port Phillip Bay benthic habitat mapping project task G2.2, CSIRO Division of Water Resources, Consultancy Report 96/43, 47 pp, CSIRO Australia For further information and instructions to access the database go to the following URL: https://cmi.ga.gov.au/data-products/dea/643/australian-national-spectral-database