DESCRIPTION
i.tasscap calculates Tasseled Cap (Kauth Thomas, TC) transformation
for Landsat TM data (TM4, TM5, ETM7) and MODIS data.
The tasseled cap transformation is effectively a compression method to
reduce multiple spectral data into a few bands. The method was originally
developed for understanding important phenomena of crop development in
spectral space (Kauth and Thomas 1976).
Tasseled cap coefficients for Landsat 7 ETM+ are at-satellite reflectance
values (C. Huang et al., 2001), the conversion can be achieved with
i.landsat.toar.
The following TC components are generated:
- tasscap.1: corresponds to brightness,
- tasscap.2: corresponds to greenness,
- tasscap.3: corresponds to wetness,
- tasscap.4: corresponds to atmospheric haze (only selected sensors: Landsat 5,7,8).
EXAMPLE
Calculation of TC maps from North Carolina Landsat 7 ETM scene:
g.region raster=lsat7_2002_10 -p
i.tasscap sensor=landsat7_etm \
input=lsat7_2002_10,lsat7_2002_20,lsat7_2002_30,lsat7_2002_40,lsat7_2002_50,lsat7_2002_70 \
output=tasscap
'Brightness' Tasseled Cap component 1
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'Greenness' Tasseled Cap component 2
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'Wetness' Tasseled Cap component 3
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'Atmospheric haze' Tasseled Cap component 4
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REFERENCES
- LANDSAT-4/LANDSAT-5: TC-factor changed to CRIST et al. 1986,
Proc. IGARSS 1986, p.1467
- Crist, E. P., 1985, A TM tasseled cap equivalent transformation for reflectance
factor data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 17: 301-306.
- LANDSAT-7: TASSCAP factors cited from:
DERIVATION OF A TASSELED CAP TRANSFORMATION BASED ON LANDSAT 7 AT-SATELLITE REFLECTANCE.
Chengquan Huang, Bruce Wylie, Limin Yang, Collin Homer and Gregory Zylstra Raytheon ITSS,
USGS EROS Data Center Sioux Falls, SD 57198, USA
http://landcover.usgs.gov/pdf/tasseled.pdf
This is published as well in INT. J. OF RS, 2002, VOL 23, NO. 8, 1741-1748.
- MODIS Tasselled Cap coefficients - Ref: Lobser & Cohen (2007). MODIS tasselled cap:
land cover characteristics expressed through transformed MODIS data.
International Journal of Remote Sensing, Volume 28(22), Table 3
SEE ALSO
i.albedo,
i.aster.toar,
i.landsat.toar,
i.atcorr,
i.vi
AUTHOR
Markus Neteler, ITC-irst, based on a script by Agustin Lobo
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