NASA NTRS · 20180004891
LANDSAT 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 Characterization Plan Overview
Abstract
Landsat 9 will continue the Landsat data record into its fifth decade with a near-copy build of Landsat 8 with launch scheduled for December 2020. The two instruments on Landsat 9 are Thermal Infrared Sensor-2 (TIRS-2) and Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2). TIRS-2 is a two-channel pushbroom imager with a 15-degree field of view that will have a 16-day measurement cadence from its nominal 705-km orbit altitude. Its carefully developed instrument performance requirements and associated characterization plan will result in stable and well-understood science-quality imagery that will be used for environmental, economic and legal applications. This paper will present a summary of the plan for TIRS-2 prelaunch characterization at the component, subsystem, and instrument level.
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McCorkel, Joel, Montanaro, Matthew, Efremova, Boryana, Pearlman, Aaron, Wenny, Brian, Lunsford, Allen, Simon, Amy, Hair, Jason, Reuter, Dennis. 2018-07-22. LANDSAT 9 Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 Characterization Plan Overview. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20180004891
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