Landsat Imagery from the University of Alaska Geophysical Institute, GeoData Center

Four separate bands (wavelengths) are recorded by the MSS: Green 0.5-0.6 microns Red 0.6-0.7 microns Near IR1 0.7-0.8 microns Near IR2 0.8-1.1 microns Initially data were acquired directly from NASA, and were a subset of the holdings of the EROS Data Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Starting in 1978, additional images were acquired from the Canadian Centre for Remote Sensing. From 1982 to 1991, most of the coverage was acquired by the Geophysical Institute Quick Look Project, which operated recording equipment at the NOAA Gilmore Tracking Station near Fairbanks.

Scenes in the database that were acquired by the Quick-Look program are so indicated. Much of this data IS NOT in the EROS Data Center's data base and is therefore UNIQUE to this collection. TM and RBV data included in the collection originally came from NASA, the EROS Data Center or EOSAT, depending on the time of acquisition.

Their characteristics are described in the references listed for the collection.