Definition: Radiometric Resolution

Category: Land Use/Land Cover

Radiometric resolution refers to the dynamic range, or the number of different output levels used to record the radiant energy for a single measurement. The dynamic range of the most common satellite data is 7 bits or 128 different levels (Landsat MSS, IRS), or 256 levels (8 bits) for Landsat TM, ETM. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-34-00-407-__-I-EN.pdf#page=34
Source:
Eurostat, "Manual of concepts on land cover and land use information systems (2000 Edition)", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2001
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