Monitoring salt playa dynamics using Thematic Mapper data

1989 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 754-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C. Millington ◽  
N.A. Drake ◽  
J.R.G. Townshend ◽  
N.A. Quarmby ◽  
J.J. Settle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Mapper ◽  
Thematic Mapper Data ◽  
Salt Playa

scholarly journals Discrimination of Cabbage Fields for Detecting Clubroot Disease Damage Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data.

1992 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoichi TORIGOE ◽  
Tetsuro AMANO ◽  
Kei OGAWA ◽  
Michikazu FUKUHARA
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Mapper ◽  
Landsat Thematic Mapper ◽  
Clubroot Disease ◽  
Thematic Mapper Data ◽  
Disease Damage

scholarly journals Characterization of Snow and Ice Reflectance Zones On Glaciers Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Data

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.K. Hall ◽  
J.P. Ormsby ◽  
R.A. Bindschadler ◽  
H. Siddalingaiah
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Area Ratio ◽  
Thematic Mapper ◽  
Landsat Thematic Mapper ◽  
Ablation Area ◽  
Thematic Mapper Data ◽  
Glacier System ◽  
Accumulation Area Ratio ◽  
Snow And Ice

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data have been analyzed to study the reflectivity characteristics of three glaciers: the Grossglockner mountain group of glaciers in Austria and the McCall and Meares Glaciers in Alaska, USA. The ratio of TM band 4 (0.76–0.90 μm) to TM band 5 (1.55–1.75 μm) was found to be useful for enhancing reflectivity differences on the glaciers. Using this ratio, distinct zones of similar reflectivity were noted on the Grossglockner mountain group of glaciers and on the Meares Glacier; no distinct zones were observed on the McCall Glacier. On the TM subscene containing the Grossglockner mountain group of glaciers, 28.2% of the glacierized area was determined to be in the zone corresponding most closely to the ablation area, and 71.8% with the location of the accumulation area. Using these measurements, the glacier system has an accumulation area ratio (AAR) of approximately 0.72. Within the accumulation area, two zones of different reflectivity were delineated. Radiometric surface temperatures were measured using TM band 6 (10.4–12.5 μm) on the Grossglockner mountain group of glaciers and on the Meares Glacier. The average radiometric surface temperature of the Grossglockner mountain group of glaciers decreased from 0.9 ± 0.34 °C in the ablation area, to −0.9 ± 0.83 C in the accumulation area.

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