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Landsat TM — 7 bands and their resolutions?
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TM has **7 spectral bands**. All 30 m **except** thermal at 120 m. - 🟦🟩🟥 **Visible** (30 m) - Band 1 · Blue · 0.45–0.52 µm - Band 2 · Green · 0.52–0.60 µm - Band 3 · Red · 0.63–0.69 µm - 🟪 **Near-infrared** (30 m) - Band 4 · NIR · 0.76–0.90 µm - 🟫 **Shortwave infrared** (30 m) - Band 5 · SWIR-1 · 1.55–1.75 µm - Band 7 · SWIR-2 · 2.08–2.35 µm - 🔥 **Thermal** — *coarser*: **120 m** - Band 6 · Thermal IR · 10.4–12.5 µm ⚠️ Numbering oddity: **1-2-3-4-5-7-6**. Band 7 was added later and squeezed in spectrally between 5 and 6 but numbered last.
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Bands 1-2-3-4-5-7-6. Yes, 7 before 6. All 30 m except thermal band 6 at 120 m. Watch for 'Band 4 = NIR' (on TM) vs 'Band 5 = NIR' (on OLI).
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