The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska
Helen Laura Foster, W. D. Menzie, J. W. Cady, S. L. Simpson, J. N. Aleinikoff, Frederic H. Wilson, R. B. Tripp
1987, Circular 986
The geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and Landsat imagery of the Circle quadrangle were investigated by an interdisciplinary research team for the purpose of assessing the mineral potential of the area. The quadrangle covers approximately 15,765 km2 in east-central Alaska; most of it is included in the mountainous Yukon-Tanana Upland physiographic division,...
Mapping irrigated cropland from Landsat data for determination of water use from the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
G.P. Thelin, F.J. Heimes
1987, Professional Paper 1400-C
Landsat and SPOT image display, Phoenix, Arizona area
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, IMAP 1941
Processing and analysis of commercial satellite image data of the nuclear accident near Chernobyl, U.S.S.R.
Franklin G. Sadowski, Steven J. Covington
1987, Bulletin 1785
Advanced digital processing techniques were applied to Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) data and SPOT highresolution visible (HRV) panchromatic data to maximize the utility of images of a nuclear powerplant emergency at Chernobyl in the Soviet Ukraine. The images demonstrate the unique interpretive capabilities provided by the numerous spectral bands of...
Comparison of estimates of evapotranspiration and consumptive use in Palo Verde Valley, California
Lee H. Raymond, Sandra J. Owen-Joyce
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4071
Estimates of evapotranspiration and consumptive use by vegetation in Palo Verde Valley, California, were compared for calendar years 1981 to 1984. Vegetation types were classified, and the areas covered by each type were computed from Landsat satellite digital-image analysis. Evapotranspiration was calculated by multiplying the area of each vegetation type...
Multispectral Landsat images of Antarctica
Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Jo-Ann Bowell, K.L. Edwards, E. M. Eliason, H.M. Ferguson
1987, Bulletin 1696
No abstract available....
Comparison of irrigation pumpage and change in water storage of the High Plains Aquifer in Castro and Parmer counties, Texas, 1975-83
Gary W. Mackey
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4032
An understanding of the relationship between irrigation pumpage and change in ground-water storage was needed to quantify the amount of water returning to the High Plains aquifer as a result of intensive irrigation in Castro and Parmer Counties, Texas. Irrigation pumpage for the 9-year period, 1975-83, was estimated by using...
Landsat-assisted vegetation mapping of Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Stephen S. Talbot, Carl Markon
1987, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 5th Scandinavian conference on image analysis, Stockholm, June 2-5, 1987
No abstract available....
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge land cover mapping project user's guide
Carl J. Markon
1987, Report
Title III of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA, 1980) established the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (YFNWR). Section 304 of the Act requires the Secretary of Interior to "prepare, and from time to time revise, a comprehensive conservation plan" for the refuge. Before developing a plan for...
Status of worldwide Landsat archive
Howard W. Warriner
1987, Conference Paper, Pecora XI Symposium
In cooperation with the International Landsat community, and through the Landsat Technical Working Group (LTWG), NOAA is assembling information about the status of the Worldwide Landsat Archive. During LTWG 9, member nations agreed to participate in a survey of International Landsat data holding and of their archive experiences with...
Image restoration techniques as applied to Landsat MSS and TM data
David Meyer
1987, Pecora XI Symposium 427-427
Two factors are primarily responsible for the loss of image sharpness in processing digital Landsat images. The first factor is inherent in the data because the sensor's optics and electronics, along with other sensor elements, blur and smear the data. Digital image restoration can be used to reduce...
Producing Alaska interim land cover maps from Landsat digital and ancillary data
Katherine Fitzpatrick-Lins, Eileen Flanagan Doughty, Mark Shasby, Thomas R. Loveland, Susan Benjamin
1987, Conference Paper, Pecora XI Symposium
In 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a research program to produce 1:250,000-scale land cover maps of Alaska using digital Landsat multispectral scanner data and ancillary data and to evaluate the potential of establishing a statewide land cover mapping program using this approach. The geometrically corrected and resampled Landsat...
Data integration using color space transforms
Jay W. Feuquay
1987, Pecora XI Symposium 326-326
The demand for increased spatial resolution without sacrificing spectral discrimination can be fulfilled by integration of data from different sensor systems and satellite programs. Data of high spatial resolution are frequently available in panchromatic (black-and-white) form rather than multispectral. Techniques gave been developed to combine the higher resolution...
New techniques for the quantification and modeling of remotely sensed alteration and linear features in mineral resource assessment studies
C. M. Trautwein, L. C. Rowan
1987, Pecora XI Symposium 86-87
Linear structural features and hydrothermally altered rocks that were interpreted from Landsat data have been used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in regional mineral resource appraisals for more than a decade. In the past, linear features and alterations have been incorporated into models for assessing mineral resources potential...
Application of combined Landsat thematic mapper and airborne thermal infrared multispectral scanner data to lithologic mapping in Nevada
M. H. Podwysocki, W. J. Ehmann, D.W. Brickey
1987, Pecora XI Symposium 79-82
Future Landsat satellites are to include the Thematic Mapper (TM) and also may incorporate additional multispectral scanners. One such scanner being considered for geologic and other applications is a four-channel thermal-infrared multispectral scanner having 60-m spatial resolution. This paper discusses the results of studies using combined Landsat TM...
Mapping contact metamorphic aureoles in Extremadura, Spain, using Landsat thematic mapper images
L. C. Rowan, C. Anton-Pacheco, D.W. Brickey, M.J. Kingston, A. Payas
1987, Pecora XI Symposium 77-78
In the Extremadura region of western Spain, Ag, Pb, Zn, and Sn deposits occur in the pieces of late Hercynian granitic plutons and near the pluton contacts in late Proterozoic slate and metagraywacke that have been regionally metamorphosed to the green schist facies. The plutons generally are well exposed...
Comparison of the gridded finite element and the polynomial interpolations for geometric rectification and mosaicking of Landsat data
June M. Thormodsgard, T. M. Lillesand
1987, Conference Paper, Technology for the future, applications for today: ASPRS-ACSM Annual Convention
No abstract available....
Snow and ice studies by thematic mapper and multispectral scanner Landsat images
Olav Orheim, Baerbel K. Lucchitta
1987, Annals of Glaciology (9) 109-118
Digitally enhanced Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images of Antarctica reveal snow and ice features to a detail never seen before in satellite images. The six TM reflective spectral bands have a nominal spatial resolution of 30 m, compared to 80 m for the Multispectral Scanner (MSS). TM bands 2–4 are...
An approach for emulating the color balance of Landsat Multispectral Scanner images with AVHRR data
B. P. Clark, F. G. Sadowski, A. J. Johnson
1987, Conference Paper, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and ACSM Fall Convention
No abstract available....
Alaska interim land cover mapping program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Data Users Guide 7
In order to meet the requirements of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) for comprehensive resource and management plans from all major land management agencies in Alaska, the USGS has begun a program to classify land cover for the entire State using Landsat digital data. Vegetation and land...
Landsat Image Map Production Methods at the U. S. Geological Survey
R.D. Kidwell, D.R. Binnie, S. Martin
1987, Journal of Imaging Technology (13) 93-96
To maintain consistently high quality in satellite image map production, the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed standard procedures for the photographic and digital production of Landsat image mosaics, and for lithographic printing of multispectral imagery. This paper gives a brief review of the photographic, digital, and lithographic procedures...
DISCRIMINATION OF ALTERED BASALTIC ROCKS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES BY ANALYSIS OF LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER DATA.
Philip A. Davis, Graydon L. Berlin, Pat S. Chavez
1987, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (53) 45-55
Landsat Thematic Mapper image data were analyzed to determine their ability to discriminate red cone basalts from gray flow basalts and sedimentary country rocks for three volcanic fields in the southwestern United States. Analyses of all of the possible three-band combinations of the six nonthermal bands indicate that the combination...
Testing the consistency for mapping urban vegetation with high-altitude aerial photographs and landsat MSS data
Franklin G. Sadowski, James A. Sturdevant, Rowan A. Rowntree
1987, Remote Sensing of Environment (21) 129-141
Two methods of analysis were evaluated for mapping urban vegetation on high-altitude, color-infrared aerial photographs and Landsat MSS data of Syracuse, NY. The first method consisted of defining the spatial patterns (strata) of urban vegetation occurrence. The second method discriminated woody and herbaceous vegetation classes within defined strata. Emphasis was...
Higher resolution satellite remote sensing and the impact on image mapping
Allen H. Watkins, June M. Thormodsgard
1987, Acta Astronautica (16) 221-232
Recent advances in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution of civil land remote sensing satellite data are presenting new opportunities for image mapping applications. The U.S. Geological Survey's experimental satellite image mapping program is evolving toward larger scale image map products with increased information content as a result of improved image...
The Badain Jaran Desert: Remote sensing investigations.
A. S. Walker, J. W. Olsen, Bagen
1987, Geographical Journal (153) 205-210
Approximately half the Badain Jaran Desert in the north-western Alashan Plain of northern China is a sand sea. The remainder is gravel or bedrock. The north-western border of the desert is a playa. The desert has been imaged by both Landsat and the Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR-A). Landsat analysis indicates...
