Table 4.
Technical characteristics of key sensor data sets applied in this study.
| Data source | Spatial resolution (m) | Spectral range (μm) | |||
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| *VIS | NIR band | MIR band | TIR band | ||
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| Landsat ETM+ | 30 (15m for panchromatic and 60m for thermal band) | Band1 (0.45-0.52) | Band4 (0.76-0.90) | Band5 (1.55- 1.75) | Band6 (10.4-12.50) |
| Band2 (0.52-0.60) | |||||
| Band3 (0.63-0.69) | Band7 (2.08- 2.35) | ||||
| Pan (0.5-0.90) | |||||
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| ENVISAT AATSR Level 1B | 1km | Band1 (0.545-0.565) | Band3 (0.855-0.875) | Band4 (1.580-1.640) | Band5 (3.50-3.89) |
| Band2 (0.649-0.669) | Band6 (10.40-11.30) | ||||
| Band7 (11.50-12.50) | |||||
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| MODIS Level 1B | 250 (500m for bands 3-7) and 1000m for bands 8-36) | Band1 (0.62-0.670) | Band2 (0.84-0.87) | Band6 (1.628-1.652) | Band20 (3.66-3.84) |
| Band3 (0.46-0.48) | Band5 (1.23-2.50) | Band21 (3.92-3.98) | |||
| Band4 (0.55-0.57) | Band15(0.74-0.75) | Band7 (2.105-2.155) | Band22 (3.92-3.98) | ||
| Band8 (0.41-0.42) | Band16(0.86-0.87) | Band23 (4.02-4.08) | |||
| Band9 (0.44-0.45) | Band17(0.89-0.92) | Band26 (1.36-1.39) | Band24 (4.43-4.49) | ||
| Band10 (0.44-0.49) | Band18(0.93-0.94) | Band25 (4.48-4.54) | |||
| Band11 (0.53-0.54) | Band19(0.91-0.96) | Band31 (10.78-11.28) | |||
| Band12 (0.55-0.56) | Band32 (11.77-12.27) | ||||
| Band13(0.66-0.67) | |||||
| Band14 (0.67-0.68) | |||||
Sources: Various - NASA and ESA websites e.g. http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov; http://www.msct.ssai.biz; http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/.
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VIS=Visible, NIR=Near Infrared, MIR=Middle Infrared & TIR=Thermal Infrared band