Remote Sensing: Which could be the best remote sensing satellite image to detect land cover and earth layers?

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12-04-2020 11:52 PM
JamalNUMAN
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Remote Sensing: Which could be the best remote sensing satellite image to detect land cover and earth layers?

 

What if the soil wetness and temperature are required to be measured? Which bands can do the job?

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Jamal Numan
Geomolg Geoportal for Spatial Information
Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
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DanPatterson
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What readings have you done? since there are obvious candidates eg

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LaurynasGedminas2
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I would recommend Landsat or Sentinel 2

JamalNUMAN
Legendary Contributor

Thank you guys for the useful input.

 

As I’m aware of, remote sensing images help recognizing the material on the land cover (surface layer) based on their signature on different bands.

 

  • How can remote sensing images recognize the material on underneath earth layers (other than the surface layer)?
  • Which remote sensing images bands can detect material temperature and wetness (moister content)?
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Jamal Numan
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Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine
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