LANDSAT instruments characterization

Abstract

Twelve subscenes were selected from LANDSAT 5, scene 50129-17075 over White Sands, NM. Data set WHITE covers the entire White Sands desert area. Black and white films and hard copy prints of each band in this area were produced. A new command file was written for the interactive digital image manipulation system (IDIMS) to generate pseudocolor pixel prints of LANDSAT Thematic Mapper bands for data from B and A tapes. The program PCMAIN.FOR of principal component analysis and a supplemental program HEDIT.FOR for generating sampled data sets were developed. The procedures for performing component analysis on a subscene by using these programs are described. Modifications to various subroutines are listed. Bright target saturation internal calibration lamp state dependence was examined using calibration data of night scene 50052-02182, WRS 111/112 over Harrisburg, PA.