DAEDALUS TMS
type: Concept
definition: A widely used digital multispectral scanner flown aboard the ER-2 is the Daedalus Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS). Simulating the performance of the Thematic Mappers (TM) orbiting on Landsat 4 and 5 satellites, it replicates the spatial and spectral characteristics of the seven bands of digital data acquired by the Thematic Mapper. Four additional spectral bands are also acquired by the TMS while TM band 6 (thermal data) is acquired at full resolution in two channels in low and high gain settings. The TMS has provided data for land use and land cover analysis, forestry applications, geologic studies and disaster assessments. [Summary provided by NASA]
in scheme: instruments

Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
type: Concept