Table 1 The radiometric characteristics of both optical and microwave data.

From: Structural lineament analysis of the Bir El-Qash area, Central Eastern Desert, Egypt, using integrated remote sensing and aeromagnetic data

Sensor

Bands

Spectral region

Wavelength (µm)

Resolution (m)

Swath width (km)

Landsat-8 OLI/TIRS

Band 1

Coastal

0.433–0.451

30

185

Band 2

Blue

0.452–0.512

Band 3

Green

0.533–0.590

Band 4

Red

0.636–0.673

Band 5

NIR

0.851–0.879

Band 6

SWIR

1.566–1.651

Band 7

2.107–2.294

Band 8

Panchromatic

0.503–0.676

15

185

Band 9

Cirrus

1.363–1.384

30

Band 10

TIR-1

TIR-2

10.60–11.19

100

Band 11

11.50–12.51

ALOSE/PALSAR

L-Band

Fine Beam Single (FBS) HH

15–30

10

70