A global analysis of Sentinel-2a, Sentinel-2b and Landsat-8 data revisit intervals and implications for terrestrial monitoring

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Li, Jian ^a   Roy, David P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landsat 8; Near coincident sensor observation; Sentinel 2A; Sentinel 2B; Temporal revisit interval

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; LANDSAT; NEAR COINCIDENT SENSOR OBSERVATION; OBSERVATION FREQUENCIES; SENSOR COMBINATIONS; SENTINEL-2A; TEMPORAL REVISIT INTERVAL; VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT;

ORBITS;

EID: 85029388912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9090902     Document Type: Article

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