This study examines the need/importance for ground validation of Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) and 7 Enhanced Plus (ETM+) observation at 2 gas flaring sites in Rivers State Niger Delta, Nigeria. 12 imageries (3 TM 9 ETM+) acquired from 25/03/1987 to 08/03/2013 with < % cloud contamination were used. Both are located within a single scene (Path 188, Row 057). Fieldwork measurements obser...

Effective May 5, 2003, Landsat-5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) data processed and distributed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation System (EROS) Data Center (EDC) will be radiometrically calibrated using a new procedure and revised calibration parameters. This change will improve absolute calibration accuracy, consistency over time, and consistency with Landsat-7 (L7) En...

Comprehensive investigations on the between-sensor comparability among Landsat sensors have been relatively limited compared with increasing use of multi-temporal records in time series analyses. More seriously, sensor-related difference has not always considered applications. Accordingly, comparisons were conducted all available currently, including Multispectral Scanner (MSS), Thematic Mapper...

Given quantization and clustering classification of the deviations between TM and ETM+ multibandwidth images based on approved thresholds, a calibration algorithm for the correlation coefficient in multi-bandwidth images is suggested in this paper. This experiment detected strong and proportional correlation relationship between the highest area of land surface temperature and the lowest area o...

The Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (SLATS) is currently in the process of mapping woody change across the State of Queensland for the era 1999 to 2001. SLATS covers such a large area that Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery was chosen as the most effective data for this purpose. Since 1995 the woody change in Queensland has been mapped every two years. The 1999 to 2001 change era is the f...

The paper presents the results of an extended analysis of image data sets acquired during the tandem-orbit configuration in 1999 for the purposes of radiometric cross-calibration of the Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) and Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) sensors. Earlier work focused on the tandem pair for the Railroad Valley Playa, Nevada (RVPN) site to tie down the Landsat-5 TM c...