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.