This article describes the band order, wavelength ranges, and GeoTIFF metadata for the 8-band PlanetScope® asset.

Band order and wavelengths

The 8-band PlanetScope asset delivers the following bands in wavelength order, consistent with common remote sensing conventions.

1. Coastal Blue (coastal_blue): 431 – 452 nm
2. Blue (blue): 465 – 515 nm
3. Green I (green_i): 513 – 549 nm
4. Green II (green): 547 – 583 nm
5. Yellow (yellow): 600 – 620 nm
6. Red (red): 650 – 680 nm
7. Red-Edge (rededge): 697 – 713 nm
8. NIR (nir): 845 – 885 nm

Note: The GeoTIFF Description field uses lowercase identifiers (for example, green for Band 4). The display names Green I and Green II distinguish the two green bands by wavelength.

GeoTIFF band metadata

Each band is encoded as UInt16 with a 256x256 block size and a name in the Description field. The full per-band metadata looks like this:

Band 1 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  Description = coastal_blue
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 2 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Blue
  Description = blue
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 3 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  Description = green_i
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 4 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Green
  Description = green
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 5 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  Description = yellow
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 6 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Red
  Description = red
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 7 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  Description = rededge
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Band 8 Block=256x256 Type=UInt16, ColorInterp=Undefined
  Description = nir
  NoData Value=0
  Overviews: 4602x3339, 1534x1113, 512x371

Bands 2 (blue), 4 (green), and 6 (red) carry standard ColorInterp values. The remaining bands report ColorInterp=Undefined; identify them by the Description field.