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Investigation of landsat follow-on thematic mapper spatial, radiometric and spectral resolution
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kent, E. R. Erickson, J. D. Morgenstern, J. P. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. Fine resolution M7 multispectral scanner data collected during the Corn Blight Watch Experiment in 1971 served as the basis for this study. Different locations and times of year were studied. Definite improvement using 30-40 meter spatial resolution over present LANDSAT 1 resolution and over 50-60 meter resolution was observed, using crop area mensuration as the measure. Simulation studies carried out to extrapolate the empirical results to a range of field size distributions confirmed this effect, showing the improvement to be most pronounced for field sizes of 1-4 hectares. Radiometric sensitivity study showed significant degradation of crop classification accuracy immediately upon relaxation from the nominally specified values of 0.5% noise equivalent reflectance. This was especially the case for data which were spectrally similar such as that collected early in the growing season and also when attempting to accomplish crop stress detection. |
| File Size | 30236466 |
| Page Count | 231 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19770007613 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6h17t04z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Radiometers Sensitivity Crop Growth Thematic Mapping Blight Erep Skylab Program Agriculture Thematic Mappers Landsat Resolution Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
