Hyperion vs Landsat Spectral Resolution

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Comparing EO-1/Hyperion's spectral resolution to Landsat

The Landsat system covers 7 spectral bands (of which six are shown here) while the Hyperion instrument records data in 220 bands from 353 nanometers to 2577 nanometers. This animation shows how they stack up.

Comparison of Landsat (on the left) and Hyperion (on the right) spectral resolution

Metadata

  • Sensor

    EO-1/Hyperion

  • Animation ID

    2097

  • Video ID

    SVS2001-0014

  • Start Timecode

    01:01:25:00

  • End Timecode

    01:02:00:00

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2001/04/10

  • Scientist

    Stephen Ungar (NASA/GSFC), Lawrence Ong (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    EO-1/Hyperion

  • Keywords

    Spectrum

  • DLESE Subject

    Technology

  • Data Date

    None

  • Story URL

    stories/earthday2001/index.html

  • Animation Type

    Regular