Open AccessLandsat 7 returns first images
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/99eo00160
Subject(s) - launched , remote sensing , section (typography) , geography , position (finance) , geology , series (stratigraphy) , computer science , paleontology , engineering , business , finance , electrical engineering , operating system
Landsat 7, launched on April 15, is the latest in a series of U.S. satellites first launched in 1972, and promises to extend the longest continual remote sensing record of the Earth's continental surfaces and near coastal regions available for civilian usage. While Landsat 7 is not yet in its final orbital position or collecting data for a global archive, several early images have been taken, including the image pictured here of a section of the Tennessee Valley in the southeastern United States.