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Evaluation of SLAR and thematic mapper MSS data for forest cover mapping using computer-aided analysis techniques

Author
Knowlton, D. J.
Published
Aug 31, 1981.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Hoffer, R. M. and Dean, M. E.
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Summary
Supervised and cluster block training statistics were used to analyze the thematic mapper simulation MSS data (both 1979 and 1980 data sets). Cover information classes identified on SAR imagery include: hardwood, pine, mixed pine hardwood, clearcut, pasture, crops, emergent crops, bare soil, urban, and water. Preliminary analysis of the HH and HV polarized SAR data indicate a high variance associated with each information class except for water and bare soil. The large variance for most spectral classes suggests that while the means might be statistically separable, an overlap may exist between the classes which could introduce a significant classification error. The quantitative values of many cover types are much larger on the HV polarization than on the HH, thereby indicating the relative nature of the digitized data values. The mean values of the spectral classes in the areas with larger look angles are greater than the means of the same cover type in other areas having steeper look angles. Difficulty in accurately overlaying the dual polarization of the SAR data was resolved.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19830008556.
Accession ID: 83N16827.
E83-10152.
NASA-CR-167795.
LARS-CR-082981.
NAS 1.26:167795.
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