Measurements and Applications
Measures surface radiance, land cover state and change (e.g., vegetation type), and longwave termal infrared surface emittance. Used as multi-purpose imagery for land applications.
Full Name
Landsat Instrument Suite
Status
Proposed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
COG, GeoTIFF
Resolution
VNIR: 10m, SWIR: 20m
[Best Resolution: 10m]
Swath
164 km
[Max Swath: 164 km]
Accuracy
Absolute geodetic accuracy of 30 m; relative geodetic accuracy of 9 m (excluding terrain effects); and geometric accuracy of 8 m or better
Waveband
VNIR and SWIR: 21 bands from 0.41 - 2.3 µm; TIR: 5 bands from 8.3 - 12 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) |