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The Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 (TIRS-2) aboard the joint NASA/USGS Landsat-9 satellite measures thermal infrared radiation of Earth’s surfaces.

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Instrument Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Instrument Subtype

Imaging Spectrometer/Radiometer

Specifications

Resolution

Spatial

100 m

Spectral

10.6-12.5 µm

Temporal

16 days

Platforms

Landsat 9

Launch Date
September 27, 2021
Temporal Extent
Sept. 27, 2021 - present
Altitude
438 miles (705 km)
Inclination
98.2 degrees

Related Data Centers/Projects

LP DAAC

NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center provides data crucial to the investigation, characterization, and monitoring of biological, geological, hydrological, ecological, and related conditions and processes.
NSIDC DAAC

NASA's National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center provides data on snow and ice processes, particularly interactions among snow, ice, atmosphere, and ocean.
HLS

The Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) project generates global land surface reflectance data every 1.6 days at 30 meter resolution.

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