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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - TM -
Full Name Thematic Mapper Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies USGS, NASA Maturity High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) Geometry Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology High resolution optical imager Sampling Imaging
Data Access Open Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Measures surface radiance and emittance, lands cover state and change (eg vegetation type). Used as multipurpose imagery for land applications. Declared no longer operational June 4, 2012.
Resolution Summary VIS - SWIR, 30 m; TIR: 120 m
[Best Resolution: 30m]
Swath Summary 185 km
[Max Swath: 185 km]
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary VIS - TIR: 7 bands: 0.45 - 12.5 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
CategoryParameterUtility
Albedo and reflectanceFractionally absorbed PAR (FPAR)General Utility
Earth surface albedoHigh Utility
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperatureCloud imageryHigh Utility
Cloud coverHigh Utility
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Fire areaHigh Utility
Land surface imageryHigh Utility
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)Ocean imagery and water leaving radianceHigh Utility
Sea ice cover, edge and thicknessSea-ice coverHigh Utility
Sea-ice surface temperatureHigh Utility
Iceberg fractional coverHigh Utility
Iceberg heightHigh Utility
Glacier coverHigh Utility
Snow cover, edge and depthSnow coverHigh Utility
Surface temperature (land)PermafrostHigh Utility
Land surface temperatureHigh Utility
Fire temperatureHigh Utility
VegetationNormalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)High Utility
Leaf Area Index (LAI)High Utility
Vegetation typeHigh Utility
Land coverHigh Utility
Instrument Missions
Landsat-4 - Landsat-4 (1982 - 1993)
Landsat-5 - Landsat-5 (1984 - 2012)
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