Landsat Next | Landsat Science

Bands

Landsat Next will collect 26 spectral bands. Each Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS) will acquire refined versions of the 11 Landsat “heritage” bands. It will introduce five bands with similar spatial and spectral characteristics as Sentinel-2 data to support data synergy. An additional 10 bands will support data user needs and emerging applications.

Landsat Next will also collect all spectral bands at improved spatial resolutions, with ground sample distances (GSD) of 10 to 20 meters for VSWIR (visible to shortwave infrared) bands and 60 meters for atmospheric VSWIR and TIR (thermal infrared) bands.

	Band Name	Ground Sample Distance (m)	Center wavelength (nm)	Band width (nm)	Rationale
1	Violet	60	412	20	Improved aerosol retrieval; CDOM from inland/coastal water
2	Coastal/Aerosol	20	443	20	Landsat heritage
3	Blue	10	490	65	Landsat heritage
4	Green	10	560	35	Landsat heritage
5	Yellow	20	600	30	Leaf chlorosis, vegetation stress and mapping
6	Orange	20	620	20	Phycocyanin detection for Harmful Algal Blooms
7	Red 1	20	650	20	Phycocyanin, chlorophyll
8	Red 2	10	665	30	Landsat heritage
9	Red Edge 1	20	705	15	LAI, Chlorophyll, plant stress (Sentinel-2)
10	Red Edge 2	20	740	15	LAI, Chlorophyll, plant stress (Sentinel-2)
11	NIR Broad	10	842	115	10m NDVI (Sentinel-2)
12	NIR 1	20	865	20	~Landsat heritage/continuity (note: Sentinel-2 narrower than Landsat 8 and 9)
13	Water vapor	60	945	20	Improved atmospheric correction for Land Surface Temperature, Surface Reflectance (Sentinel-2)
14	Liquid Water	20	985	20	Liquid water, water surface state
15	Snow/Ice 1	20	1035	20	Snow grain size for water resources
16	Snow/Ice 2	20	1090	20	Ice absorption, snow grain size
17	Cirrus	60	1375	30	Landsat heritage
18	SWIR 1	10	1610	90	Landsat heritage
19	SWIR 2a	20	2038	25	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
20	SWIR 2b	20	2108	40	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
21	SWIR 2c	20	2211	40	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
22	TIR 1	60	8300	250	Mineral and surface composition mapping (ASTER)
23	TIR 2	60	8600	350	Emissivity separation, volcanos (SO2) (MODIS/ASTER)
24	TIR 3	60	9100	350	Mineral and surface composition mapping (ASTER)
25	TIR 4	60	11300	550	Surface temperature (Landsat heritage), carbonates
26	TIR 5	60	12000	550	Surface temperature, snow grain size (Landsat heritage)

	Band Name	Ground Sample Distance (m)	Center wavelength (nm)	Band width (nm)	Rationale

	Band Name	Ground Sample Distance (m)	Center wavelength (nm)	Band width (nm)	Rationale
1	Violet	60	412	20	Improved aerosol retrieval; CDOM from inland/coastal water
2	Coastal/Aerosol	20	443	20	Landsat heritage
3	Blue	10	490	65	Landsat heritage
4	Green	10	560	35	Landsat heritage
5	Yellow	20	600	30	Leaf chlorosis, vegetation stress and mapping
6	Orange	20	620	20	Phycocyanin detection for Harmful Algal Blooms
7	Red 1	20	650	20	Phycocyanin, chlorophyll
8	Red 2	10	665	30	Landsat heritage
9	Red Edge 1	20	705	15	LAI, Chlorophyll, plant stress (Sentinel-2)
10	Red Edge 2	20	740	15	LAI, Chlorophyll, plant stress (Sentinel-2)
11	NIR Broad	10	842	115	10m NDVI (Sentinel-2)
12	NIR 1	20	865	20	~Landsat heritage/continuity (note: Sentinel-2 narrower than Landsat 8 and 9)
13	Water vapor	60	945	20	Improved atmospheric correction for Land Surface Temperature, Surface Reflectance (Sentinel-2)
14	Liquid Water	20	985	20	Liquid water, water surface state
15	Snow/Ice 1	20	1035	20	Snow grain size for water resources
16	Snow/Ice 2	20	1090	20	Ice absorption, snow grain size
17	Cirrus	60	1375	30	Landsat heritage
18	SWIR 1	10	1610	90	Landsat heritage
19	SWIR 2a	20	2038	25	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
20	SWIR 2b	20	2108	40	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
21	SWIR 2c	20	2211	40	Subdivided for cellulose/crop residue measurement (~Landsat heritage)
22	TIR 1	60	8300	250	Mineral and surface composition mapping (ASTER)
23	TIR 2	60	8600	350	Emissivity separation, volcanos (SO2) (MODIS/ASTER)
24	TIR 3	60	9100	350	Mineral and surface composition mapping (ASTER)
25	TIR 4	60	11300	550	Surface temperature (Landsat heritage), carbonates
26	TIR 5	60	12000	550	Surface temperature, snow grain size (Landsat heritage)