MODIS/ASTER (MASTER) imagery and derived data in select neighborhoods of the greater Phoenix metropolitan area

A data collection campaign using the MODIS/ASTER airborne simulator (MASTER) was conducted in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area in July 2011 to collect visible through mid-infrared multispectral imagery. High resolution (7 m/pixel) land surface temperature products for day and night periods were calculated using the mid-infrared bands of data; surface reflectance, albedo, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) products were calculated using the visible through shortwave infrared band data for 41 select neighborhoods. While the full MASTER dataset has been processed to at-sensor radiance, it did not include native geolocation data. As georeferencing the entire dataset was not possible with funds available, the processed data described above were extracted for the 41 spatially discrete Phoenix Area Social Survey neighborhoods within the MASTER flight boundary.