Sensor · Spaceborne

LISS-III (Resourcesat)

Missions → Resourcesat-2 (Operational) , Resourcesat-2A (Operational)

Four-band passive optical multispectral imager flown on Resourcesat missions for land and vegetation observation.

Sensor

LISS-III (Linear Imaging Self-Scanning Sensor 3) is a four-band passive optical multispectral imager developed by ISRO for the Resourcesat series of land observation satellites.^[1]^[2] It provides medium-resolution imagery suited to regional land cover mapping, vegetation monitoring, and agricultural assessment.

The instrument records Green (555 nm), Red (650 nm), Near-Infrared (815 nm), and Shortwave Infrared (1625 nm) bands at 23.5 m spatial resolution with a 141 km swath, capturing scenes at 10-bit radiometric depth.^[2]^[1] WMO OSCAR records the swath as 141 km; eoPortal documentation for Resourcesat-2 cites 140 km for the same configuration.^[2]^[3]

LISS-III flies on Resourcesat-2 and Resourcesat-2A alongside the higher-resolution LISS-IV and the wider-swath AWiFS instruments, providing a middle-resolution tier within the three-sensor Resourcesat imaging complement.^[1]^[3] Its four-band spectral coverage, including the SWIR channel, supports vegetation index computation, land use change detection, agricultural crop monitoring, and burned area assessments.^[3]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by Resourcesat-2

carried by Resourcesat-2A

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

Vegetation index mappingvia Resourcesat-2
LISS-III has VIS/NIR/SWIR bands and WMO lists NDVI and vegetation variables among primary objectives.
Multispectral optical imagingvia Resourcesat-2
Carried from the vegetation-index-mapping edge (demonstrated); multi-band optical imager per live sensor record, record source [wmo-liss-iii].

Capable, undemonstrated

Optical time-series change detection
LISS-III repeat optical land imaging supports change-detection workflows.

Topics this relates to

Snow cover Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Cloud properties Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Flooding Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Terrain elevation Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Inland water Multispectral optical imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Economic activity intelligence Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Transport infrastructure monitoring Optical time-series change detection(capable)adequate

Crop phenology Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Crop stress and yield Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Deforestation Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Land cover change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Pasture and grazing Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Urban change Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Vector-borne disease risk Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)well suited

Drought Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Irrigation monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Pest and disease detection Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Power grid and vegetation encroachment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Urban heat island Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Wildfire Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)adequate

Biodiversity and habitat Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal erosion Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Coastal water quality Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Crop-type mapping Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Disaster damage assessment Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Forest structure and biomass Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Illegal construction Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Mineral exploration Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Pipeline integrity Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Solar energy siting and monitoring Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Vessel tracking Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Wind energy siting Vegetation index mapping(demonstrated)marginal

Sources

[1]RESOURCESAT-2 - ISROagency doc2026-06-15
[2]LISS-3 (ResourceSat) - WMO OSCAR instrument recordagency doc2026-06-15
[3]Resourcesat-2 mission - eoPortalcommunity2026-06-15

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:liss-iii,
  title = {LISS-III (Resourcesat)},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/liss-iii}
}