Remote Sensing

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Multispectral Scanner (MSS) Level-1, collected at 80-meter, multispectral data from Landsats 1 - 5. Data was processed to 60-meter pixel size. (1972-2013). NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about...

The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) Resourcesat-1 (2003- present) and Resourcesat-2 (2011-present) satellites provide multispectral images at 24- ( LISS-3) and 56- AWiFs) meter resolution.

Thematic Mapper (TM) Level-1 30-meter multispectral data from Landsats 4 and 5. (1982 to 2012) NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about Collection 2 data and science products.

Surface Reflectance Higher-Level Data Products at a 30-meter spatial resolution can be ordered for Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper Collection 1 scenes. (1982-2012). NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about...

Albers Scene Bundles contain 30-meter Collection 1 Level-2 products including Top of Atmosphere (TOA) Reflectance, Surface Reflectance (SR), Top of Atmosphere Brightness Temperature (BT), Surface Temperature (ST), Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWE), and Quality Assessment (QA) projected to the Albers Equal Area (AEA) map projection. NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer...

Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) 15- to 30-meter multispectral data from Landsat 7. (1999 to October 2022) NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about Collection 2 data and science products.

The ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System (ISERV) is an automated system designed to acquire images of the Earth's surface from the International Space Station (ISS).

Surface Reflectance Higher-Level Data Products at a 30-meter spatial resolution can be ordered for Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Collection 1 scenes. (1999-December 31, 2022). NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for...

Landsat 8 OLI (Operational Land Imager) and TIRS (Thermal Infrared Sensor) 15- to 30- meter multispectral data from Landsat 8. NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about Collection 2 data and science products...

Surface Reflectance Level-2 Data Products at a 30-meter spatial resolution can be ordered for Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS Collection 1 scenes. (2013-December 31, 2022). NOTE: Landsat Collection 1 data and products are no longer available to download from the USGS as of December 30, 2022. Landsat Collection 2 remains available. Please access the Landsat Collection 2 webpage below for information about...

Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) was the first of a series of NASA Applications Explorer Missions (AEM-A) that collected visible and thermal band data. A HCMM scene has a width of 715 km with a moderate resolution of 500-600 meters. (1978-1980)