Remotely sensed data sources
Data characteristics are the most important issue to select appropriate available one for a LUC mapping. Both airborne and spaceborne data have various spatial, radiometric, spectral and temporal resolutions. Large numbers of studies have focused on characteristics of remotely sensed data (Barnsley 1999, Lefsky and Cohen 2003). Additionally, scan width (cover size in one scene), data availability (accessibility) and lunch date (data archive potential) are the other important factors (Table 3). |
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Sensor |
Organization |
Spatial resolution |
Spectral resolution |
Radiometric resolution |
Temporal resolution |
Imaging Swath |
Lunch date |
Geoeye |
Geoeye ABD |
Pan: 0.41m MS: 0.61m |
4 VNIR bands (450920nm) |
11 bit |
~3 days |
15X15km |
2008 |
Quickbird-2 |
Digital globe ABD |
0.61m |
4 VNIR bands (450890) |
11 bit |
3.5 days |
16.5X16.5km |
2002 |
Ikonos |
Geoeye ABD |
Pan: 1m MS: 4m |
4 VNIR bands (450880nm) |
11 bit |
3.5 days |
11X11km |
1999 |
Rapideye |
Rapideye AG Germany |
5m |
4 VNIR bands and red edge (440-850nm) |
12 bit |
5.5 days at nadir |
77X77km |
2008 |
World view (2) and (3)* |
Digital globe ABD |
Pan: 0.5m MS: 2m at nadir |
4 VNIR standart bands & 4 VNIR unique bands (4001040nm) |
11 bit |
1-3days |
16.4X16.4km |
2009 (2) 2014 (3) |
Spot 5 |
SpotIMAGE France |
Pan:2.5m VNIR:10m SWIR:20m |
3 VNIR & 1 SWIR bands (490-1750) |
8 bit |
26 days |
60X60km |
2002 |
AVIRIS airborne hyperspectral |
NASA ABD |
17m |
224 VNIR & SWIR bands (400-2500nm) |
16 bit |
airborne |
11X11km |
- |
Alos (AVNIR2) |
JAXA Japan |
10m |
4 VNIR bands |
8 bit |
46 days |
70X70km |
2006 |
ASTER |
Japan&ABD |
VNIR: 15m SWIR: 30m TIR: 90m |
4 VNIR bands 6 SWIR bands 5 TIR bands (52011650nm) |
VNIR:8 bit SWIR: 8 bit TIR: 12 bit |
16 days |
60X60km |
1999 |
Landsat 8* |
NASA ABD |
Pan: 15m MS: 30m |
5 VNIR bands 2 SWIR bands 1 cirrus band (433-2300nm) |
8 bit |
16 days |
185X185km |
Dec. 2012 |
CHRIS proba hyperspectral |
ESA EU |
17-34m |
18-62 VNIR bands (4001100nm) |
16 bit |
16 days |
15X15km |
2002 |
Sensor |
Organization |
Spatial resolution |
Spectral resolution |
Radiometric resolution |
Temporal resolution |
Imaging Swath |
Lunch date |
Hyperion hyperspectral |
NASA ABD |
30m |
220 VNIR & SWIR bands (400-2500nm) |
16 bit |
16 days |
7.7X185km |
2000 |
244 VNIR & |
2014 2015 |
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EnMAP* |
DLR Germany |
30m |
SWIR bands |
14 bit |
4 days |
30X30km |
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(420-2450) |
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36 VNIR & |
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MODIS |
NASA ABD |
250-1000m |
SWIR & TIR |
12 bit |
1 day |
2330km |
2000 |
bands |
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MERIS |
ESA EU |
300-1200m |
15 VNIR bands |
16 bit |
1 day |
1150km |
2002 |
AVHRR NOAA 15 |
NASA ABD |
1090m |
6 VNIR & TIR bands |
10 bit |
1 day |
1446km |
1978 1998 |
Table 3. The most used optical sensor specifications in LUC mapping. (*) planned missions. |