This article explains how to convert PlanetScope® data from radiance to reflectance in QGIS using the Raster Calculator.
- Open QGIS and locate the downloaded data file in the Browser panel.
- Drag and drop the data onto the QGIS canvas.
- Open the Raster Calculator from the Raster menu.
- Extract the top-of-atmosphere (TOA) reflectance coefficients from the metadata file of the downloaded data (the
.xmlfile).Band 1 reflectance coefficient: 3.62030803777e-05 Band 2 reflectance coefficient: 3.92650525314e-05 Band 3 reflectance coefficient: 4.72609117041e-05 Band 4 reflectance coefficient: 7.48021400215e-05 - In the raster bands section, each band is named after the raster file, followed by
@and the band number. - Use the Raster Calculator to multiply the digital number (DN) values in each band by the matching TOA reflectance coefficient.
"<layer_name>@1" * 3.62030803777e-05 "<layer_name>@2" * 3.92650525314e-05 "<layer_name>@3" * 4.72609117041e-05 "<layer_name>@4" * 7.48021400215e-05For example, using the Raster Calculator for band 1:
- Repeat these steps to calculate TOA reflectance values for each remaining band.
For more detail, see Converting PlanetScope data from radiance to reflectance.
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