Landsat Missions
Question:
What are the naming conventions for Landsat MSS, TM and ETM+ scene identifiers?
Answer:
To maintain consistency, all Landsat scenes are based on the following naming convention.
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Format Example: LXSPPPRRRYYYYDDDGSIVV L = Landsat X = Sensor S = Satellite PPP = WRS Path RRR = WRS Row (Start and End Rows for multi-scenes) YYYY = Year DDD = Julian Day of Year GSI = Ground Station Identifier * VV = Version |
Sensor Examples: LM10170391976031AAA01 (MSS) LT40170361982320XXX08 (TM) LE70160392004262EDC02 (ETM+) |
| *Ground Stations Identifiers - Data received at these sites is held at EROS | |
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AAA = North American site unknown ASA = Alice Springs, Australia FUI = Fucino, Italy (Historical) GLC = Gilmore Creek, AK, US HOA = Hobart, Australia KIS = Kiruna, Sweden MTI = Matera, Italy EDC = Receiving site unknown PAC = Prince Albert, Canada |
GNC = Gatineau, Canada LGS = EROS, SD, USA, Landsat 5 data acquired by EROS beginning July 1, 2001 MOR = Moscow, Russia MLK = Malinda, Kenya IKR = Irkutsk, Russia CHM = Chetumal, Mexico XXO = Receiving site unknown XXX = Receiving site unknown |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://landsat.usgs.gov
Page Contact Information: landsat@usgs.gov
Page Last Modified: November 24, 2009
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