TIRS: The Thermal InfraRed Sensor on LDCM
March 13, 2012
The Thermal InfraRed Sensor (TIRS) is one of the instruments on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite. It will continue the archive of thermal imaging and support emerging applications such as evapotranspiration rate measurements for water management. TIRS is being built by NASA GSFC and has a three-year design life. credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Greenbelt, Maryland, Landsat program, Goddard Space Flight Center, Thermographic camera, Infrared
