| 2006-10-18 | To bloggers |
Landsat-5 images distribution started in Russia
Clear-day coverage of Russia by LANDSAT-5 images
Almost clear-day (haze or cloud cover less than 1/3rd of a scene) coverage of Russia by LANDSAT-5 images
The Landsat-5 satellite
ScanEx R&D Center started to distribute images from the American Landsat-5 satellite that is conducting near real-time global land survey.
As it was already reported, two Russian ground receiving stations have been certified to acquire Landsat-5 imagery under the International Mid-Decadal Global Land Survey (MDGLS) Project, managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through an international network of 14 stations for coordinated data reception. The program objective is updating of the global Earth map of land cover, land use change to support the assessment of the climate change impacts and of human activities on the planet. Two small-size UniScan stations – one in Moscow and the other in Irkutsk - are receiving Landsat-5 images.
For the past three months of the Project in Russia ScanEx has collected a large archive of clear-day and little cloud coverage of the Russian territory using Landsat-5 images. By early October 2006 the ScanEx’s archive has piled up: 1066 clear-day scenes (including 356 in Russia) and 2446 little cloud cover scenes (haze or little cloud cover up to 1/3rd of scene) with 995 of them in Russia.
Landsat-5 satellite provides imagery with a swath width of 185km at a spatial resolution of 30 meters in 6 spectral bands of the visible, near and middle infra-red bands and 120 meters in a single thermal band.
Landsat images have been widely used in Russia for a long time in geology, mapping, agriculture and forestry as well as environmental studies and region development management. The Landsat-5 satellite has been on orbit for the record 22 years and still operates effectively, delivering images of the quality superior to many other similar remote sensing programs. Currently, ScanEx Center finalizes the development of special software for a more precise geometric and radiometric correction of Landsat-5 data.
For convenience, Landsat-5 data archive is available for preview and ordering to all the clients via ScanEx’s Internet-catalog at http://catalog.scanex.ru.
As it was already reported, two Russian ground receiving stations have been certified to acquire Landsat-5 imagery under the International Mid-Decadal Global Land Survey (MDGLS) Project, managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through an international network of 14 stations for coordinated data reception. The program objective is updating of the global Earth map of land cover, land use change to support the assessment of the climate change impacts and of human activities on the planet. Two small-size UniScan stations – one in Moscow and the other in Irkutsk - are receiving Landsat-5 images.
For the past three months of the Project in Russia ScanEx has collected a large archive of clear-day and little cloud coverage of the Russian territory using Landsat-5 images. By early October 2006 the ScanEx’s archive has piled up: 1066 clear-day scenes (including 356 in Russia) and 2446 little cloud cover scenes (haze or little cloud cover up to 1/3rd of scene) with 995 of them in Russia.
Landsat-5 satellite provides imagery with a swath width of 185km at a spatial resolution of 30 meters in 6 spectral bands of the visible, near and middle infra-red bands and 120 meters in a single thermal band.
Landsat images have been widely used in Russia for a long time in geology, mapping, agriculture and forestry as well as environmental studies and region development management. The Landsat-5 satellite has been on orbit for the record 22 years and still operates effectively, delivering images of the quality superior to many other similar remote sensing programs. Currently, ScanEx Center finalizes the development of special software for a more precise geometric and radiometric correction of Landsat-5 data.
For convenience, Landsat-5 data archive is available for preview and ordering to all the clients via ScanEx’s Internet-catalog at http://catalog.scanex.ru.
