Band Applications

What kinds of information are revealed by analyzing the various Landsat bands? The following table shows the band applications based on the band:

Landsat 7 Band Number	Applications
1	coastal water mapping, soil/vegetation discrimination, forest classification, man-made feature identification
2	vegetation discrimination and health monitoring, man-made feature identification
3	plant species identification, man-made feature identification
4	soil moisture monitoring, vegetation monitoring, water body discrimination
5	vegetation moisture content monitoring
6	surface temperature, vegetation stress monitoring, soil moisture monitoring, cloud differentiation, volcanic monitoring
7	mineral and rock discrimination, vegetation moisture content

Source: Landsat 7 Compositor, http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/compositor

Select the following link to learn about the various kinds of spectral analyses you can perform with Landsat imagery: Spectral Analysis with Landsat Data