Landsat 8 is an Earth observation mission from the Landsat programme of USGS and NASA. It provides free optical and thermal data acquired by the following sensors:
- Operational Land Imager, which captures imagery in the visible, near-infrared, and short-wave infrared portions of the spectrum.
- Thermal Infrared Sensor, which captures heat data in the thermal infrared range.
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The geographic coverage is global.
| Specification | Description |
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| Collection type | Catalog |
| Product type | Optical |
| System type | Satellite |
| Specification | Description |
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| Spatial resolution | 30 m (low)
100 m (low) |
| Bit depth per pixel | 16-bit |
| Standard delivery | A ZIP file containing the following files:- Data (GeoTIFF)
- Metadata (XML)
- Thumbnails (JPEG)
- Coefficients (TXT)
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| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Acquisition mode | Mono |
| Incidence angle | Up to 75° |
| Orbit | Sun-synchronous, at 705 km |
| Catalog refresh rate | Every 16 days |
| Swath width | 185 km |
| Specification | Description |
|---|
| Spectral band data | 30 m:- Band 1: 435–451 nm (coastal aerosol)
- Band 2: 452–512 nm (blue)
- Band 3: 533–590 nm (green)
- Band 4: 636–673 nm (red)
- Band 5: 851–879 nm (near-infrared)
- Band 6: 1566–1651 nm (short-wave infrared)
- Band 7: 2107–2294 nm (short-wave infrared)
100 m:- Band 10: 10600–11190 nm (thermal infrared)
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| Specification | Description |
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| Coordinate reference system | UTM-WGS84 |
| Limitation | Value |
|---|
| Input | AOI |
| Availability | From 2013 |
| Output | 185×180 km scene |
| Description | Data product ID | Collection name |
|---|
| Level 2SP | 0d6796c4-9e0b-44e8-bb8f-3d0bc9794382 | landsat-8 |
