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Day: January 22, 2013

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Landsat Spacecraft Orbit

Source: The Landsat Tutorial Workbook This schematic appears in The Landsat Tutorial Workbook: Basics of Satellite Remote Sensing, written by Dr. Nicholas Short and published by

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Seasonal Illumination Variations

Source: Landsat-6 Programming and Control Handbook This schematic appears in the Landsat-6 Programming and Control Handbook that was prepared by Martin Marietta Astro Space in 1993. Like

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Transverse Mercator Projection

Source: 1983 Landsat Short Course Lecture This schematic appears in the handbook that accompanied the1983 Landsat Short Course lecture on “TM Data Processing and Correction” that

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ERTS Flight Profile

Source: Earth Resources Technology Satellite Reference Manual This schematic appears in the ERTS Reference Manual that was prepared by General Electric prior to the Landsat 1 (ERTS-1)

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A Lambertian Reflector

Source: The Landsat Tutorial Workbook This schematic diagram depicts the behavior of a perfectly diffuse, or Lambertian, surface. This diagram appears in the The Landsat Tutorial

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