The time-space relationship of the data point (Pixels) of the thematic mapper and multispectral scanner or the myth of simultaneity
Abstract
A simplified explanation of the time space relationships among scanner pixels is presented. The examples of the multispectral scanner (MSS) on Landsats 1, 2, and 3 and the thematic mapper (TM) of Landsat D are used to describe the concept and degree of nonsimultaneity of scanning system data. The time aspects of scanner data acquisition and those parts of the MSS and TM systems related to that phenomena are addressed.
- Publication:
-
NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980STIN...8028424G
- Keywords:
-
- Data Processing;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Multispectral Band Scanners;
- Satellite Observation;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Thematic Mappers (Landsat);
- Thematic Mapping;
- Data Acquisition;
- Field Of View;
- Landsat Satellites;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation