Measurements and Applications
Measures surface radiance and emittance, land cover state, and change (e.g., vegetation type). Used as multi-purpose imagery for land applications.
Full Name
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
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
COG, GeoTIFF
Resolution
PAN: 15 m, VIS - SWIR: 30 m, TIR: 60 m
[Best Resolution: 15m]
Swath
185 km
[Max Swath: 185 km]
Accuracy
50 - 250 m systematically corrected geodetic accuracy
Waveband
VIS - TIR: 8 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) |
Landsat 7 - Landsat 7 (1999 - 2025) |