Landsat-8

GPTKB entity

Statements (72)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Landsat-9
gptkbp:archives USGS archive
gptkbp:associated_band gptkb:11
gptkbp:availability Publicly available
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:battle
gptkbp:covered_by Less than 20% recommended
gptkbp:data_type Level-1
gptkbp:data_usage 16 days
Agriculture, forestry, land use planning
gptkbp:design 10 years
gptkbp:format JPEG, PNG
Geo TIFF
gptkbp:frequency Visible, near-infrared, thermal
gptkbp:home_ground gptkb:battle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Landsat-8
gptkbp:image Daytime
Level-2 products available
gptkbp:launch_date February 11, 2013
15 meters (panchromatic)
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Atlas_V_401
gptkbp:mass 2,800 kilograms
gptkbp:mission gptkb:satellite
Sun-synchronous orbit
gptkbp:mission_duration 5 years (planned)
gptkbp:objective Monitor land use and land cover change
gptkbp:operator gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:power_output Solar panels
gptkbp:products gptkb:High
Air Quality Monitoring
Disaster Response
Infrastructure Development
Agricultural Monitoring
Land Use Planning
Water Quality
Transportation Planning
Change Detection
Climate Change Studies
Soil Moisture
Biodiversity Monitoring
Coastal Erosion Studies
Urban Heat Island Effect
Land Surface Temperature
Public Health Studies
Land Cover Classification
Surface Reflectance
Elevation Models
Ecosystem Services Assessment
Carbon Sequestration Studies
Land Degradation Assessment
Sustainable Development Goals Monitoring
Burned Area
Coastal Zone Monitoring
Forest Cover Change
Glacier Monitoring
Mining Activities Monitoring
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI)
Thermal Emissivity
Top of Atmosphere Reflectance
Wetland Mapping
Wildfire Assessment
gptkbp:provides_information_on gptkb:USGS_Earth_Explorer
gptkbp:resolution 30 meters
30 meters (multispectral)
100 meters (TIRS)
gptkbp:sensor gptkb:Operational_Land_Imager_(OLI)
gptkb:Thermal_Infrared_Sensor_(TIRS)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Landsat-9
gptkbp:video_output Lossless
gptkbp:width 185 kilometers