Spectral Characteristics Viewer

The Spectral Characteristics Viewer allows users to evaluate satellite sensor bands that may be best suited for application research related to the available targets.

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With this tool, you can:

• Investigate individual sensor Relative Spectral Responses (RSRs).
• Compare two sensor RSRs.
• Investigate individual target spectra.
• Compare six target spectra.
• Overlay up to two sensor RSRs and six target spectra for analysis.
• Compute the response [sensor(s) sampling the target(s)] of up to two sensor RSRs sampling up to six target spectra.

The viewer includes sensor and target spectral information in the following ranges: 

• VSWIR (0.38 to 2.51 μm)
• TIR (2.51 to 14.0 μm)
• VSWIR+TIR (0.38 to 14.0 μm)

The Spectral Characteristics Viewer is updated with new sensors, new spectra, and new functions when appropriate. 

Visit https://landsat.usgs.gov/spectral-characteristics-viewer to access the viewer.