Ultimately, it is anticipated that ALI will establish data continuity with previous Landsats and demonstrate advanced capability and innovative approaches to future land imaging. Hyperspectral image of a mountainous region of Argentina taken on December 1, 2000.
Red colors show areas of new spring growth.
Uses for the new technology include land use studies, mineral resource assessment, coastal processes research, and climate change studies. The Hyperion instrument onboard EO-1 also has taken its first images, and scientists are delighted with the results. An image taken in South America in a mountainous region of Argentina shows area of new spring growth. The uses for an instrument than can make such fine distinctions include studies of land use, changes in land cover, mineral resource assessment, research into coastal processes, changes in the atmosphere and more. EO-1's primary focus is to develop and test a set of advanced technology land imaging instruments.