- remote sensing
- satellite
- remote sensing data
1. Summary Table
| Data Product | Provider | Orbital Height | Spatial Resolution | Swath Width | Pass Over Time | Date Range of Acquisition | Spectral Coverage | Access and Restrictions | Data Use | Sources |
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| Landsat 5 TM | NASA/USGS | 705 km Sun-synchronous | 30 m 120 m | 185 km | Every 16 days Equator at ~09h45 (local time) | since March 1, 1984 Note: First Landsat Mission in 1972 | B1: 0.45-0.52 μm (30 m) B2: 0.52-0.60 μm (30 m) B3: 0.63-0.69 μm (30 m) B4: 0.76-0.90 μm (30 m) B5: 1.55-1.75 μm (30 m) B6: 10.4-12.5 μm (120 m) (IR) B7: 2.08-2.35 μm (30 m) | Free access, use and redistribution; | oceanography, aerosols, bathymetry, vegetation types, peak vegetation, biomass content analysis, moisture analysis, thermal mapping, mineral deposit identification | |
| Landsat 7 ETM+ | NASA/USGS | 705 km Sun-synchronous | 15 m 30 m 60 m | 183 km | Every 16 days Equator at ~10h00 (local time) | since April 15, 1999 | B1: 0.45-0.515 μm (30 m) B2: 0.525-0.605 μm (30 m) B3: 0.63-0.69 μm (30 m) B4: 0.75-0.90 μm (30 m) B5: 1.55-1.75 μm (30 m) B6: 10.4-12.5 μm (60 m) B7: 2.09-2.35 μm (30 m) B8: 0.52-0.9 μm (15 m) | Free access, use and redistribution; | oceanography, aerosols, bathymetry, vegetation types, peak vegetation, biomass content analysis, moisture analysis, thermal mapping, mineral deposit identification | |
| Landsat 8 OLI (B1-B9) TIRS (B10-B11) | NASA/USGS | 705 km Sun-synchronous | 15 m 30 m 60 m 100 m | 185 km | Every 16 days Equator at ~10h00 (local time) | since February 11, 2013 | B1: 0.433–0.453 μm (30 m) B2: 0.450–0.515 μm (30 m) B3: 0.525–0.600 μm (30 m) B4: 0.630–0.680 μm (30 m) B5: 0.845–0.885 μm (30 m) B6: 1.560–1.660 μm (60 m) B7: 2.100–2.300 μm (30 m) B8: 0.500–0.680 μm (15 m) B9: 1.360–1.390 μm (30 m) B10: 10.6-11.2 μm (100 m) (IR) B11: 11.5-12.5 μm (100 m) (IR) | Free access, use and redistribution; | oceanography, aerosols, bathymetry, vegetation types, peak vegetation, biomass content analysis, moisture analysis, cloud cover analysis, thermal mapping, soil moisture estimation | |
| AVHRR/3 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer | NOAA/USGS | 830–870 km Sun-synchronous | 1090 m | 833 km | Twice daily; entire planet | since May 1998 AVHRR/1 (1978) AVHRR/2 (1981; continuous data since 1981) | B1: 0.58 - 0.68 μm (1.09 km) B2: 0.725 - 1.00 μm (1.09 km) B3A: 1.58 - 1.64 μm (1.09 km) B3B: 3.55 - 3.93 μm (1.09 km) B4: 10.30 - 11.30 μm (1.09 km) B5: 11.50 - 12.50 μm (1.09 km) | Free access, use and redistribution; | cloud and surface mapping, land-water bounds, recognition of snow and ice, sea surface temperatures and cloud cover analysis at night | |
| MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer | NASA | 705 km Sun-synchronous | 250 m (B1-B2) 500 m (B3-B7) 1000 m (B8-B36) | 2330 km | Daily; equator at ~10h30 and 13h30 (local time) | Terra: December 18, 1999 Aqua: May 4, 2002 | B1: 620 - 670 nm B2: 841 - 876 nm B3: 459 - 479 nm B4: 545 - 565 nm B5: 1230 - 1250 nm B6: 1628 - 1652 nm B7: 2105 - 2155 nm B8: 405 - 420 nm B9: 438 - 448 nm B10: 483 - 493 nm B11: 526 - 536 nm B12: 546 - 556 nm B13: 662 - 672 nm B14: 673 - 683 nm B15: 743 - 753 nm B16: 862 - 877 nm B17: 890 - 920 nm B18: 931 - 941 nm B19: 915 - 965 nm B20: 3.660 - 3.840 μm B21: 3.929 - 3.989 μm B22: 3.929 - 3.989 μm B23: 4.020 - 4.080 μm B24: 4.433 - 4.498 μm B25: 4.482 - 4.549 μm B26: 1.360 - 1.390 μm B27: 6.535 - 6.895 μm B28: 7.175 - 7.475 μm B29: 8.400 - 8.700 μm B30: 9.580 - 9.880 μm B31: 10.780 - 11.280 μm B32: 11.770 - 12.270 μm B33: 13.185 - 13.485 μm B34: 13.485 - 13.785 μm B35: 13.785 - 14.085 μm B36: 14.085 - 14.385 μm | Free access, use and redistribution; | aerosols, land and cloud boundaries and properties, ocean biology, biogeochemistry, atm. water vapour, sea surface and atmospheric temperature, cloud analysis | |
| QuickBird | Digital Globe | 482 km 450 km Sun-synchronous | 65 cm B/W 2.62 m RGBiR 61 cm B/W 2.44 m RGBiR | 16.8 km – 18 km | Every 2.4-5.9 days, equator at 10h30 (local time) | since October 18, 2001 | B/W: 405-1053 nm R: 430 - 545 nm G: 466 - 620 nm B: 590 - 710 nm NIR: 715 - 918 nm | Data needs to be purchased from DigitalGlobe or a commercial reseller; if imagery is not available in archive, special request can be made | mapping, change detection, planning (engineering, natural resources, urban, infrastructure), land-use, EIA, tourism, military, crop management, environmental monitoring | |
| GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | NOAA | 35 790 km Geostationary | 1 km 4 km 8 km | Pacific Ocean, Americas and Atlantic (160°E to 20°W) | captures and sends data at various intervals; up to 8 per hour in the Continental US | First Mission 1978 | B1 (Visible) (1 km) B2 (Shortwave) (4 km) B3 (Moisture) (8 km (4 km GOES 12/13/14/15)) B4 (Longwave 1) (4 km) B5 and 6 (Longwave 2) (4 km) GOES also has remote sensing equipment to detect space weather. | Free access, use and redistribution; | weather tracking, water vapour analysis, meteorology and atmospheric science | |
| Ikonos | Digital Globe | 681 km Sun-synchronous | 80 cm B/W 3.2 m RBGiR | 11.3 km | every 3 days | launch September 24, 1999 | B/W: 445-900 nm B: 445-516 nm G: 506-595 nm R: 632-698 nm NiR: 757-853 nm | Data needs to be purchased from DigitalGlobe or a commercial reseller; if imagery is not available in archive, special request can be made | mapping, change detection, planning (engineering, natural resources, urban, infrastructure), land-use, EIA, tourism, military, crop management, environmental monitoring | |
| SPOT Satellite pour l’Observation de la Terre | EADS Astrium | 694 km Sun-synchronous | 2.5 m 5 m 10 m 20 m | 60 km | every 1–3 days | SPOT1 launched in 1986 SPOT6 launched in 2012 | B/W: 0.450-0.745 μm R: 0.625-0.695 μm G: 0.530-0.590 μm B: 0.450-0.520 μm NiR: 0.760-0.890 μm | Data needs to be purchased from EADS Astrium; if imagery is not available in archive, special request can be made | mapping, change detection, planning (engineering, natural resources, urban, infrastructure), land-use, EIA, tourism, military, crop management, environmental monitoring | |
| RADARSAT | Canadian Space Agency MDA | RADARSAT1 793–821 km RADARSAT-2 798 km RADARSAT Constellation 592,7 km | 8–100 m 3x1m–100x100m 3x1m–100x100m | 45–500 km 18–500 m 5-500 km | 14 (14,92 Constellation) orbits per day; at equator: 6h00 and 18h00 (local) | RADARSAT 1 launched on November 4, 1995 RADARSAT 2 launched on December 14, 2007 RADARSAT Constellation to be launched in 2018 | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | Data needs to be purchased from MDA for commercial purposes; available for research through the SOAR partnership from MDA and the Government of Canada | environmental monitoring, ice monitoring, marine surveillance, disaster management, hydrology, mapping, geology, agriculture and forestry | |
| ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflectance Radiometer | NASA Government of Japan | 705 km Sun-synchronous | 15–90 m | 60 km | Daily; equator at ~10h30 (local) | since December 18, 1999 (on Terra) | B1: 0.520–0.600 μm (15 m) B2: 0.630–0.690 μm (15 m) B3: 0.760–0.860 μm (15 m) B4: 0.760–0.860 μm (15 m) B5: 1.600–1.700 μm (30 m) B6: 2.145–2.185 μm (30 m) B7: 2.185–2.225 μm (30 m) B8: 2.235–2.285 μm (30 m) B9: 2.295–2.365 μm (30 m) B10: 2.360–2.430 μm (30 m) B11: 8.125–8.475 μm (90 m) B12: 8.475–8.825 μm (90 m) B13: 8.925–9.275 μm (90 m) B14: 10.250–10.950 μm (90 m) B15: 10.950–11.650 μm (90 m) | Data needs to be purchased for commercial purposes; Educational use and NASA-supported research permitted | vegetation, ecosystem dynamics, hazard and disaster monitoring, change detection, earth science, land cover analysis |
2. Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NASA. Technical Details. Landsat Science. [Online] September 18, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=5081.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USGS. Frequently Asked Questions about the Landsat Missions. USGS Landsat Missions. [Online] August 29, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://landsat.usgs.gov/tools_faq.php.
- ↑ —. Landsat 8. [Online] 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2013/3060/pdf/fs2013-3060.pdf.
- ↑ —. Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Sensor Characteristics. Global Land 1-KM AVHRR Project. [Online] June 23, 2008. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://edc2.usgs.gov/1KM/avhrr_sensor.php.
- ↑ NOAA. Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer - AVHRR. NOAA Satellite Information System. [Online] March 28, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/avhrr.html.
- ↑ United States Department of the Interior. AVHRR. National Atlas. [Online] January 14, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_avhrr.html.
- ↑ NASA. Specifications. MODIS Web. [Online] [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/specifications.php.
- ↑ USGS/NASA. MODIS Overview. LP DAAC. [Online] August 19, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/modis_overview.
- ↑ Satellite Imaging Corporation. QuickBird Satellite Imagery and Satellite System Specifications. Satellite Imaging Corporation. [Online] 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/quickbird.html.
- ↑ DigitalGlobe. QuickBird - Data Sheet. DigitalGlobe. [Online] [Cited: September 19, 2013.] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20130619043957/http://www.digitalglobe.com/downloads/QuickBird-DS-QB-Web.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-20..
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 GeoImage. Satellite Overview. GeoImage. [Online] 2012. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.geoimage.com.au/satellites/satellite-overview.
- ↑ 12. NOAA. GOES - Introduction. NOAA CLASS. [Online] [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.class.ngdc.noaa.gov/data_available/goes/index.htm.
- ↑ NASA. Overview of the GOES Mission. GOES I-M DataBook. 1st Revision. Greenbelt : NASA, 1996.
- ↑ —. Three Classes of Orbit. NASA Earth Observatory. [Online] [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/OrbitsCatalog/page2.php.
- ↑ DigitalGlobe. IKONOS - Data Sheet. DigitalGlobe. [Online] June 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.digitalglobe.com/sites/default/files/DG_IKONOS_DS.pdf.
- ↑ EADS Astrium. Astrium GEO-Information Services SPOT International Price List. EADS Astrium. [Online] 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www2.astrium-geo.com/files/pmedia/public/r146_9_pricelist_spot_en_2012.pdf.
- ↑ —. Technical Information about the SPOT Satellites. EADS Astrium. [Online] 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/191-spot-technical-information.
- ↑ Canadian Space Agency. Satellite Characteristics. Canadian Space Agency. [Online] January 21, 2011. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/radarsat-tableau.asp#r1.
- ↑ MDA. Geospatial Services International. MDA Essential Information Solutions. [Online] 2012. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://gs.mdacorporation.com/.
- ↑ USGS/NASA. ASTER Data Access Policies. LP DAAC. [Online] August 19, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/aster_policies.
- ↑ —. ASTER Overview. LP DAAC. [Online] August 19, 2013. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/aster_overview.
- ↑ NASA. Aster. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. [Online] July 9, 2004. [Cited: September 19, 2013.] http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/eos.asp.
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