Using the Landsat 7 enhanced thematic mapper tasseled cap transformation to extract shoreline

Open-File Report 2003-272
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A semiautomated method for objectively interpreting and extracting the land-water interface has been devised and used successfully to generate multiple shoreline data for the test States of Louisiana and Delaware. The method is based on the application of tasseled cap transformation coefficients derived by the EROS Data Center for Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Data, and is used in conjunction with ERDAS Imagine software. Shoreline data obtained using this method are cost effective compared with conventional mapping methods for State, regional, and national coastline applications. Attempts to attribute vector shoreline data with orthometric elevation values derived from tide observation stations, however, proved unsuccessful.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Using the Landsat 7 enhanced thematic mapper tasseled cap transformation to extract shoreline
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2003-272
DOI 10.3133/ofr2003272
Edition -
Year Published 2003
Language ENGLISH
Description 14 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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