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Interpretation of Landsat-4 Thematic Mapper and Multispectral Scanner data for forest surveysLandsat-4 Thematic Mapper (TM) and Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data were evaluated by interpreting film and digital products and statistical data for selected forest cover types in California. Significant results were: (1) TM color image products should contain a spectral band in the visible (bands 1, 2, or 3), near infrared (band 4), and middle infrared (band 5) regions for maximizing the interpretability of vegetation types; (2) TM color composites should contain band 4 in all cases even at the expense of excluding band 5; and (3) MSS color composites were more interpretable than all TM color composites for certain cover types and for all cover types when band 4 was excluded from the TM composite.
Document ID
19850065655
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Benson, A. S.
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA, United States)
Degloria, S. D.
(California, University Berkeley, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
Volume: 51
ISSN: 0099-1112
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
85A47806
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-27377
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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