Enhanced Thematic Mapper + (ETM+)

ETM+

Enhanced Thematic Mapper +

Satellite

Landsat-7

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period 1999 to ~ 2012

Mission

Land and vegetation observation

Instrument type

VIS/NIR radiometer, 6 VIS/NIR narrow-band channels, one panchromatic (PAN), one in TIR

Scanning technique

Wiskbroom; 6000 pixel/line (narrow-band), 12000 pixel/line (PAN), 3000 pixel/line (TIR); swath 185 km

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 16 days, in daylight.

Resolution (s.s.p.)

30 m (6 narrow-band channels), 15 m (PAN), 60 m (TIR)

Resources

Mass: 441 kg - Power: 590 W - Data rate: 150 Mbps



Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (SNR)

0.48 µm

0.45 - 0.52 µm

32 @ ….. % albedo

0.56 µm

0.53 - 0.61 µm

35 @ ….. % albedo

0.66 µm

0.63 - 0.69 µm

26 @ ….. % albedo

0.83 µm

0.78 - 0.90 µm

32 @ ….. % albedo

1.65 µm

1.55 - 1.75 µm

25 @ ….. % albedo

2.20 µm

2.09 - 2.35 µm

17 @ ….. % albedo

Panchromatic

0.50 - 0.90 µm

15 @ ….. % albedo

11.45 µm

10.4 - 12.5 µm

0.5 K @ 300 K



Last updated June 2008