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ETM+Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus

Landsat 7

Instrument IDETM_L7
satellite platform

Summary ​

ETM_L7 (Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus) is an operational multispectral instrument operated by NASA, USGS on Landsat 7. It is associated with a satellite platform and has public data availability.

NOTE

The thermal band's NE(Δ)T value is specified for the high-gain acquisition at 280 K. The corresponding low-gain NE(Δ)T is 0.28 K.

Quick Facts

Instrument idETM_L7
NameEnhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
AcronymETM+
Typemultispectral
Platform typesatellite
PlatformLandsat 7
OperatorNASA, USGS
Start date1999-04-15
Statusoperational
Availabilitypublic

Spectral Characteristics

Total bands8
Wavelength range482.5-11450 nm
Bandwidth range60-2100 nm
Ground sampling distance15-30 m
Spectral response functionAvailableDownload CSV

Imaging

No imaging-specific metadata is available for this instrument.

Explore it with xeo ​

python
import xeo

instrument = xeo.instruments.ETM_L7

# Extract metadata
metadata = {
    "id": instrument.id,
    "name": instrument.name,
    "acronym": instrument.acronym,
    "type": instrument.type,
    "platform_type": instrument.platform_type,
    "platform": instrument.platform,
    "operator": instrument.operator,
    "start_date": instrument.start_date,
    "end_date": instrument.end_date,
    "status": instrument.status,
    "availability": instrument.availability,
}

# Get the bands as a pandas DataFrame (returns None if it is not available)
instrument.bands()

# Get the Spectral Response Function as a pandas DataFrame (returns None if it is not available)
instrument.srf()

# Check the available extensions
print(instrument.extension_names)
for name, extension in instrument.extensions.items():
    print(name, "->", list(extension))

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