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Preliminary Evaluation of TM for Soils InformationThe capability of the LANDSAT TM for providing information for soil association maps and for detecting soil properties (variability within vegetated fields) was assessed using TM imagery of fields in Mississippi County, Arkansas that were planted with rice, cotton, and soybeans. Results indicate that the TM bands are providing information that is related to the soil properties within the field. Over large areas, these bands also appear to provide information that is related to the soil properties that are important to plant condition. While these results are only an indication of the information that TM can provide, they do indicate the TM data--especially, the mid-TR and thermal bands--show the capability for separating vegetated soil landscapes on a broad basis. The analysis at the field level with a growing crop also indicates that TM, with its additional and narrower bands and improved spatial and radiometric resolution is influenced by within field variability due to soils that has to be accounted for in the analysis of TM data.
Document ID
19850014895
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thompson, D. R.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Henderson, K. E.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Houston, A. G.
(NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Pitts, D. E.
(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
85N23206
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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