Sensor Details
Sensor details
| Sensor Name : | ETM+ |
| Sensor Description : | The Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) is a sensor carried onboard the Landsat 7 satellite and has acquired images of the Earth nearly continuously since July 1999, with a 16-day repeat cycle. |
| Spatial Resolution : | 30m visible & NIR, 15m panchromatic, 60m thermal |
| Additional Information : | Project Documentation, USGS Enhance d Thematic Mapper Plus, Landsat homepage at USGS |
| Platform : | Landsat |
| Description : | The Landsat Project is the longest-running enterprise for acquisition of moderate resolution imagery of the Earth from space. The Landsat 1 satellite was launched in 1972. The instruments on the Landsat satellites have acquired millions of images. These images form a unique resource for applications in agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education, mapping, and global change research. |
| Image : |  Landsat 7 as viewed from the sun side. Image acknowledgement |
| Copyright : | © United States Geological Survey (year of capture) |
| Access Constraints : | The AADC may provide Landsat images to anybody on the condition that: 1 they are not passed on to third parties; third parties should contact the AADC for a copy or download a copy from the USGS EarthExplorer website; 2 any product resulting from use of the imagery provided by the AADC includes the acknowledgement below. |
| Acknowledgement : | 'Landsat imagery courtesy of the Australian Antarctic Data Centre. © United States Geological Survey (year of capture)' |