Type Keywords | ArcGIS Raster Function Templates, categoryName#AnalysisSystem_RFT, Function Template, Functions, Processing, Raster, rft, sourceId#Tasseled Cap (Kauth-Thomas)System_RFT, Templates |
Description | The Tasseled Cap (Kauth-Thomas) transformation is designed to analyze and map vegetation phenomenology and urban development changes detected by various satellite sensor systems. It is known as the Tasseled Cap transformation due to the shape of the graphical distribution of data. The transformation provided a rationale for the patterns found in Landsat MSS data of agricultural fields as a function of the life cycle of the crop. Essentially, as crops grow from seed to maturity, there is a net increase in near-infrared and decrease in red reflectance based on soil color The utility of this transformation has expanded from monitoring crops to analyzing and mapping vegetation to support a variety of applications such as forestry, industrial vegetation management, ecosystem mapping and management, inventory and monitoring for carbon sequestering and credits, urban development, and more. It has also expanded from supporting Landsat MSS to include other popular satellite systems such as Landsat TM, Landsat ETM+, Landsat 8, IKONOS, QuickBird, WorldView-2 and RapidEye multispectral sensors.
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