Production and analysis of output data products for Landsat-4 in the engineering check-out phase

The Landsat-D (now Landsat-4) program was initiated by NASA in the mid-1970's. The spacecraft was launched on July 16, 1982. Instruments on the satellite include the fourth Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and the new higher-resolution Thematic Mapper (TM). In order to achieve the planned engineering and scientific objectives, attention has to be given to the validation of spacecraft and instrument performance, the adjustment of ground processing procedures, and the definition of the measures of the TU utility. To satisfy these requirements, a Landsat Assessment System (LAS) was conceived, and the Applications Developmental Data System (ADDS) was instituted. The set of component systems collectively became known as the 'Scrounge' system. The present investigation is concerned with the Scrounge system and the results of radiometric and geometric data evaluations. Attention is given to the TM geometric correction, TM data resampling, a radiometric correction functional description, and the results of the TM geometric and radiometric correction.