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The operational land imager (oli) and the thermal infrared sensor (tirs) on the landsat data continuity mission (ldcm)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Reuter Sr., DennisIrons, JamesLunsford, AllenMontanero, MatthewPellerano, FernandoRichardson, CathleenSmith, RamseyTesfaye, ZelalemThome, Kurtis |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), a joint NASA and United States Geological Survey (USGS) mission, is scheduled for launch in December, 2012. The LDCM instrument payload will consist of the Operational Land Imager (OLI), provided by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation (BATC) under contract to NASA and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS), provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). This paper will describe the design, capabilities and status of the OLI and TIRS instruments. The OLI will provide 8 channel multispectral images at a spatial resolution of 30 meters and panchromatic images at 15 meter spatial resolution. The TIRS is a 100 meter spatial resolution push-broom imager whose two spectral channels, centered at 10.8 and 12 microns, split the ETM+ thermal bands. The two channels allow the use of the "split-window" technique to aid in atmospheric correction. The TIRS focal plane consists of three Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector (QWIP) arrays to span the 185 km swath width. The OLI and TIRS instruments will be operated independently but in concert with each other. Data from both instruments will be merged into a single data stream at the (USGS)/Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) facility. The ground system, being developed by USGS, includes an Image Assessment System (lAS), similar to Landsat-7's, to operationally monitor, characterize and update the calibrations of the two sensors. |
| File Size | 36038 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110011677 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t59d1xm35 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-04-26 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Infrared Detectors Satellite Imagery Image Analysis Photometers Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors Earth Observations From Space Data Flow Analysis Spatial Resolution Landsat Satellites Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
