Sensor Details
Sensor details
| Sensor Name : | TM |
| Sensor Description : | The TM sensor is an advanced, multispectral scanning, Earth resources instrument designed to achieve higher image resolution, sharper spectral separation, improved geometric fidelity, and greater radiometric accuracy and resolution than the MSS sensor. The TM data are scanned simultaneously in seven spectral bands. Band 6 scans thermal (heat) infrared radiation. |
| Spatial Resolution : | 30x30m for bands 1-5 & 7. 120x120m for band 6 |
| Additional Information : | Landsat Thematic Mapper |
| 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 most recent, Landsat 7, was launched in 1999. 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)' |