
Thermal bands 10 and 11 are useful in providing more accurate surface temperatures and are collected at 100 meters. The resolution for Band 8 (panchromatic) is 15 meters. New band 9 is useful for cirrus cloud detection. New band 1 (ultra-blue) is useful for coastal and aerosol studies.

Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) images consist of nine spectral bands with a spatial resolution of 30 meters for Bands 1 to 7 and 9. Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Landsat

Specific band designations differ from Landsat 1-3 to Landsat 4-5. Approximate scene size is 170 km north-south by 185 km east-west (106 mi by 115 mi). Landsat 1-5 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) images consist of four spectral bands with 60 meter spatial resolution. The instruments on Landsat 9 were designed as improved copies of the Landsat 8 sensors. While the earlier satellites carried just one sensor, Landsat 8 acquires data in 11 bands from two separate sensors: the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and the Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS). A panchromatic band was added to Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor. The Multispectral Scanner (MSS) carried on Landsat 1,2,3,4 and 5 collected data in four ranges (bands) the Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor on Landsat 4 and Landsat 5 included those found on earlier satellites and also introduced a thermal and a shortwave infrared band. USS Deimos (AK-78) Damaged by torpedo, 23 June 1943, then abandoned and scuttled south of Makira island.The sensors aboard each of the Landsat satellites were designed to acquire data in different ranges of frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum ( View Bandpass Wavelengths for all Landsat Sensors).


