Comparing EO-1/Hyperion's Spectral Resolution to Landsat

  • Released Monday, April 9, 2001
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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.

How Hyperions spectral resolution stacks-up to Landsat

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

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

Video slate image reads, "Comparison of EO-1/Hyperion's Spectral Resolution to Landsat".

Video slate image reads, "Comparison of EO-1/Hyperion's Spectral Resolution to Landsat".

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