estimated carbon values), and further refine the classification in order to create the land cover map from which the potential HCS forest areas are delineated. Appendix A: An overview of satellite options Comments Spatial Image Cost per Satellite Temporal Available Size of Overview Resolution capture scene Name Resolution Bands images (m) dates (USD) 8 Bands: 1) 0.45 - 0.515 30m US government’s earth-observing satellite missions, 2) 0.525 - jointly managed by NASA and the US Geological Survey. Band designations include: 0.605 30m Scanner (MSS) Thematic Mapper (TM) 3) 0.63 - 0.69 170km by Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Landsat 7 30m April 1999 30m 16 days Free 183km Present – 4) 0.75 - 0.90 30m Since 2003, Landsat 7 image data have been affected 5) 1.55 - 1.75 by a stripping problem that reduces the quality of these images. 30m 6) 10.40 - 12.5 60m
estimated carbon values), and further refine the classification in order to create the land cover map from which the potential HCS forest areas are delineated. Appendix A: An overview of satellite options Satellite Name Overview Spatial Resolution (m) Temporal Resolution Image capture dates Cost per scene (USD) Available Bands Size of images Comments Landsat 7 US government’s earth-observing satellite missions, jointly managed by NASA and the US Geological Survey. Band designations include: Scanner (MSS) Thematic Mapper (TM) Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Since 2003, Landsat 7 image data have been affected by a stripping problem that reduces the quality of these images. 30m 16 days April 1999 – Present Free 8 Bands: 1) 0.45 - 0.515 30m 2) 0.525 - 0.605 30m 3) 0.63 - 0.69 30m 4) 0.75 - 0.90 30m 5) 1.55 - 1.75 30m 6) 10.40 - 12.5 60m 170km by 183km
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