Authors
David P Roy, MA Wulder, TR Loveland, CE Woodcock, RG Allen, MC Anderson, D Helder, JR Irons, DM Johnson, R Kennedy, TA Scambos, CB Schaaf, JR Schott, Y Sheng, EF Vermote, AS Belward, R Bindschadler, WB Cohen, F Gao, JD Hipple, P Hostert, J Huntington, CO Justice, A Kilic, V Kovalskyy, ZP Lee, L Lymburner, JG Masek, J McCorkel, Y Shuai, R Trezza, J Vogelmann, RH Wynne, Z Zhu
Publication date
2014/4/5
Journal
Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume
145
Pages
154-172
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short wave, and thermal infrared. Landsat 8 extends the remarkable 40 year Landsat record and has enhanced capabilities including new spectral bands in the blue and cirrus cloud-detection portion of the spectrum, two thermal bands, improved sensor signal-to-noise performance and associated improvements in radiometric resolution, and an improved duty cycle that allows collection of a significantly greater number of images per day. This paper introduces the current (2012–2017) Landsat Science Team's efforts to establish an initial understanding of Landsat 8 capabilities and the steps ahead in support of priorities identified by the team. Preliminary evaluation of Landsat 8 capabilities and identification of new science and applications …
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