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access URL: https://www.amerigeo.org/documents/amerigeoss::landsat7-data-users-handbook-v2-lsds-1927
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issued: 2025-09-18T17:45:57.896816
modified: 2025-09-18T17:45:57.878167

LandSat7 Data Users Handbook v2 (LSDS 1927)
type: Dataset
keyword: Satellite Platform
keyword: FGDC
keyword: Remote Sensing
keyword: Landsat
keyword: Geopathways
keyword: Landsat7
keyword: Guide
keyword: Handbook
keyword: Document
keyword: AmeriGEO
keyword: USGS
landing page: https://www.amerigeo.org/documents/amerigeoss::landsat7-data-users-handbook-v2-lsds-1927
description: The Landsat 7 Data Users Handbook is prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project Science Office at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Project Science Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a basic understanding and associated reference material for the Landsat 7 Observatory and its science data products. In doing so, this document does not include a detailed description of all technical details of the Landsat 7 mission but focuses on the information needed by the users to gain an understanding of the science data products. Executive Summary The Landsat 7 Data Users Handbook is prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project Science Office at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Project Science Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a basic understanding and associated reference material for the Landsat 7 Observatory and its science data products. In doing so, this document does not include a detailed description of all technical details of the Landsat 7 mission but focuses on the information needed by the users to gain an understanding of the science data products. This handbook includes various sections that provide an overview of reference material and a more detailed description of applicable data user and product information. This document includes the following sections: • Section 1 describes the background for the Landsat 7 mission, as well as previous Landsat missions • Section 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the Landsat 7 concept of operations, the Observatory, including the spacecraft, the Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) instrument, the La…
issued: 2021-07-09T01:11:21+00:00
modified: 2021-07-09T01:27:02+00:00
publisher: AmeriGEOSS