spen (Populus 
alsam (Abies 
:ea mariana, 
Lamb.) domi- 
main species 
stands as se 
nds of white 
tained at the 
on (Table 2). 
acquired in 
ipper data at 
i-brown stage 
lthough some 
ind data were 
rne, oblique 
ground data 
ber of stops 
■ s for levels 
Table 2. Sensors. 
Sensor 
Spectral Region Platform Altitude Date Obtained 
1. RC10 camera 
(152 mm lens) 
Colour IR 
Aero Commander 22,000 ft. agi. July 21, 1985 
2. MEIS-II 
Pushbroom scanner 
1. 
0. 
.43 - 
- 0. 
.46 
pm 
2. 
0. 
.51 - 
- 0. 
.54 
pm 
3. 
0. 
.54 - 
- 0. 
.57 
pm 
4. 
0, 
.57 - 
- 0. 
.61 
pm 
5. 
0. 
.66 - 
- 0. 
.69 
pm 
6. 
0. 
.67 - 
- 0, 
.70 
pm 
7. 
0. 
.84 - 
- 0. 
.90 
pm 
8. 
0, 
.97 - 
- 1. 
.07 
pm 
Falcon 50 
26,000 ft. agl. July 4, 1985 
Thematic Mapper 
1. 
0.45 
- 0.52 
pm 
LANDSAT-5 
Multispectral scanner 
2. 
0.52 
- 0.60 
pm 
3. 
0.63 
- 0.69 
pm 
4. 
0.76 
- 0.90 
pm 
5. 
1.55 
- 1.75 
pm 
7. 
2.08 
-2.35 
pm 
August 26, 1985 
Table 3. MEIS-II and TM analysis. 
form of corn- 
red from tape 
.ysis system. 
)tal of eight 
ratio and so 
.ysis. The 
stretched by 
>layed on the 
formed using 
id channel 4 
edges of the 
>red and only 
ilyzed. The 
I, channel 4, 
area of bud- 
the areas of 
red aerial 
ts using the 
I) + 1.0 
>us channels, 
iroduced off 
ensure that 
he intensity 
dices, using 
lgh the red, 
play monitor 
artin Taylor 
lor, 1973). 
generation, 
e generation 
ication were 
24 taken on 
>le tape was 
age analysis 
degrees and 
them to the 
ercial trade 
criticism by 
rvernment of 
Colour Display 
Red Green Blue 
1. Linear or log contrast sketch 
MEIS-II 
CHN 
8 
CHN 
6 
CHN 
3 
5 
4 
2 
7 
5 
3 
4 
7 
6 
2 
7 
8 
8 
6 
2 
3 
7 
5 
TM 
CHN 
4 
CHN 
3 
CHN 
2 
3 
4 
5 
5 
4 
3 
7 
3 
1 
Biomass index 
MEIS-II 
CHN 
8 
a 
6 
CHN 
3 
a 
5 
CHN 
7 a i 
8 
a 
6 
3 
a 
5 
2 a : 
2 
a 
7 
5 
a 
3 
6 a { 
7 
a 
2 
3 
a 
5 
8 a ( 
3 
a 
5 
8 
a 
6 
5 a : 
TM 
CHN 
7 
a 
3 
CHN 
5 
a 
3 
CHN 
4 a ] 
5 
a 
2 
7 
a 
1 
7 a : 
4 
a 
1 
5 
a 
3 
7 a : 
Brightness 
Red-greeness 
Blue-yellowness 
3. Principal component enhancement 
MEIS-II 
PCI 
PC2 
PC3 
TM 
PCI 
PC2 
PC3 
4. 
Martin Taylor enhancement 
MEIS-II 
TA1 
TA2 
TA3 
TM 
TA1 
TA2 
TA3 
5. 
Unsupervised maximum likelihood signature generation (classification). 
6. 
Supervised maximum likelihood signature generation 
(classification). 
7. Real-time parallelipiped classification.