Support - Landsat 4/5
The following documents provide further information about Landsat data:
- Landsat-Thematic Mapper (TM) CCT Format Standards, revision 2 (CST 550), available from MCC (price 2.90).
NB: This is a very technical document, so don't worry if you are a bit bewildered when reading it. It was not written to be an easy read! Give it time and, hopefully, it will make sense. - Last, but not least, there is a very extensive library of Remote Sensing books. Of these, Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation by T.M.Lillesand and R.W.Kiefer provides a good overview and introduction of the subject of Remote Sensing.
Journals illustrating a range of Landsat applications:
- Buchanan G, Pearce-Higgins J, Grant M, et al.(2005) Characterization of moorland vegetation and the prediction of bird abundance using remote sensing Journal of Biogeography, 32 (4): 697-707.
- Pal M. (2005) Random forest classifier for remote sensing classification International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (1): 217-222 Jan 10.
- Donoghue D.N.M., Watt P.J., Cox N.J, et al.(2004) An evaluation of the use of satellite data for monitoring early development of young Sitka spruce plantation forest growth Forestry, 77 (5): 383-396.
- Al-Khudhairy DHA, Leemhuis C, Hoffmann V, et al.(2001) Monitoring wetland ditch water levels in the North Kent Marshes, UK, using Landsat TM imagery and ground-based measurements, Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques, 46 (4): 585-597 Aug.
- Baban S.M.J. (1997) Environmental monitoring of estuaries estimating and mapping various environmental indicators in Breydon Water Estuary, UK, using Landsat TM imagery, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 44 (5): 589-598 May.
Training
1) The Landmap Service Image Processing Courses provides exercises and sample data to attempt a range of image processing techniques, the course has been adapted for ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, PCI and Idrisi Kilimanjaro software. The course requires an Athens Username and Password.
2) ESRI (UK) offers a wide range of training courses including the Fundamentals of ERDAS Imagine image processing course. Courses can also be taken on-line via the ESRI Virtual Campus once you have registered for a Global Account
3) A self-work training book was developed by the Geography Department at Leicester University as part of a AGOCG. Click here for information about this and other training materials. The AGOCG technical report about image processing is also available: Image Processing Software Evaluation Report.
Landsat Project
Background Information and Data Acquisition Sites
- Introduction to the Landsat Programme
- Landsat 7 NASA Handbook
- Landsat Programme Home page
- Landsat Programme Home page Table of Contents
- USGS Landsat TM Background
- USGS EROS Data Centre
- Satellite Active Archive
- Space Imaging Home Page
- USGS Landsat Gallery
Interactive Data Viewer
- USGS Global Visualisation Viewer please read the help documentation first. The viewer consists of a range of satellite data including Landsat imagery
Project History and News
- USGS Landsat 7 News
- Landsat 5
- NASA Landsat Project, Policy and History
- Overview of Landsat Programme
Help and Advice
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