Thematic mapper data analysis

Settle, M.; Chavez, P.; Kieffer, H. H.; Everett, J. R.; Kahle, A. B.; Kitcho, C. A.; Milton, N. M.; Mouat, D. A.

The geological applications of remote sensing technology are discussed, with emphasis given to the analysis of data from the Thematic Mapper (TM) instrument onboard the Landsat 4 satellite. The flight history and design characteristics of the Landsat 4/TM are reviewed, and some difficulties endountered in the interpretation of raw TM data are discussed, including: the volume of data; residual noise; detector-to-detector striping; and spatial misregistration between measurements. Preliminary results of several geological, lithological, geobotanical mapping experiments are presented as examples of the geological applications of the TM, and some areas for improving the guality of TM imagery are identified.

Document ID

19850045795

Document Type

Conference Paper

Authors

Settle, M. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)

Chavez, P. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)

Kieffer, H. H. (U.S. Geological Survey Flagstaff, AZ, United States)

Everett, J. R. (Earth Satellite Corp. Chevy Chase, MD, United States)

Kahle, A. B. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)

Kitcho, C. A. (Woodward-Clyde Consultants San Francisco, CA, United States)

Milton, N. M. (U.S. Geological Survey Reston, VA, United States)

Mouat, D. A. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)

Date Acquired

August 12, 2013

Publication Date

January 1, 1983

Subject Category

Meeting Information

Frontiers for geological remote sensing from space; Geosat Workshop(Flagstaff, AZ)

Distribution Limits

Public

Other

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