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Thematic Mapper Data Quality and Performance Assessment in Renewable Resources/agriculture/remote SensingAnalysis of the early thematic mapper (TM) data indicate the TM sensor and associated ground processing are performing equal to the high expectations and within advertised specifications. The overall TM system with improved resolution, together with additional and more optimumly placed spectral bands shows much promise for benefits in future analysis activities. By selecting man-made features of known dimensions (e.g., highways, airfields, buildings, and isolated water bodies), an assessment was made of the TM performance relative to the specified 30-meter (98-foot) resolution. The increase of spatial resolution of TM (30 m) over MSS (80 M) appears to be significant not only in resolving spectrally distinct classes that were previously undefinable but also in distinguishing within-field variability. An Important result of the early TM evaluation and pre-TM analyses was the development of an integrated system to receive LANDSAT-4 TM (as well as MSS) data and analyze the data via various approaches.
Document ID
19850014890
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bizzell, R. M.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Prior, H. L.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center LANDSAT-4 Sci. Characterization Early Results, Vol. 4
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Accession Number
85N23201
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: PROJ. AGRISTARS
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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