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.
Full Name
Thematic Mapper
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
Resolution
VIS - SWIR, 30 m; TIR: 120 m
[Best Resolution: 30m]
Swath
185 km
[Max Swath: 185 km]
Waveband
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) |
Landsat 4 - Landsat 4 (1982 - 1993) |
| Landsat 5 - Landsat 5 (1984 - 2013) |