What is the spectral resolution of Landsat 8?

15 meters
The resolution for Band 8 (panchromatic) is 15 meters. Thermal bands 10 and 11 are useful in providing more accurate surface temperatures and are collected at 100 meters.

How many pixels is a Landsat 8 image?

Landsat 8 imagery can be viewed here. Landsat has 30 x 30 meter pixels which equates to 4.5 pixels per acre and a 16-day revisit cycle.

What is the temporal resolution of the Landsat 8 satellite?

About Landsat 8 The OLI instrument, developed by Ball Aerospace & Technologies, operates at nine wavelengths in the range of 0.433-2.300 μm and provides images with a maximum resolution of 15 m using advanced space imagery technologies.

What is the size of Landsat?

Each Landsat scene is about 115 miles long and 115 miles wide (or 100 nautical miles long and 100 nautical miles wide, or 185 kilometers long and 185 kilometers wide).

How big is a scene in Landsat 8?

Landsat 8 aquires about 740 scenes a day on the Worldwide Reference System-2 (WRS-2) path/row system, with a swath overlap (or sidelap) varying from 7 percent at the equator to a maximum of approximately 85 percent at extreme latitudes. A Landsat 8 scene size is 185 km x 180 km (114 mi x 112 mi).

When did the Landsat 8 satellite go into orbit?

Nearly 10,000 scenes were acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and/or Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) sensors after launch (February 11, 2013) through April 10, 2013, when the satellite achieved operational orbit (WRS-2). The earliest images are TIRS data only. These data are also visible and can be downloaded from EarthExplorer or GloVis.

Where can I get data from Landsat 8?

Data products created from Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS scenes are available to download from EarthExplorer, GloVis, and the LandLook Viewer . Operational Land Imager (OLI) – Built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation

How often does Landsat 8 cross the equator?

The satellite has a 16-day repeat cycle with an equatorial crossing time: 10:00 a.m. +/- 15 minutes. Landsat 8 aquires about 740 scenes a day on the Worldwide Reference System-2 (WRS-2) path/row system, with a swath overlap (or sidelap) varying from 7 percent at the equator to a maximum of approximately 85 percent at extreme latitudes.