3. • Radiometric resolution
–Sensor’s ability discriminate small differences in
the magnitude of radiation within the ground
area that corresponds to a
–The greater the bit depth (number of data bits
per pixel) of the images that a sensor records,
the
14. Applicability of the Mix–Unmix Classifier in
percentage tree and soil cover mapping
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Author:
T. NGIGI et.al
RS APPLICATIONS & SEMINAR
16. Percentage tree
cover mapping
• Data
–composite MODIS data {bands 1–7}
–excluded band 5
• stripping
–resampled {bands 1,2,3,4 & 6,7} from 500
m to 1 km.
• reduce the volume
17. Selection of band to
unmix
}
MODIS first 7
bands: 500m
MODIS 6 bands:
1km
Skewness
image
Scatter plot
Interactive on-screen
comparison
Vegetation skewness
image
1. Most pure
equatorial
rainforest
skewness
2. Most impure
equatorial
rainforest
skewness range
Skewness
image
Mix-unmix
classification
% tree
mapping
Omit band 5
& resample
Transformations:
PCs, MNFs,
NDVI, Compute
Parameters
18. Analysis
• The redder the skewness
image, the denser the
equatorial forest
• DN ranges of 1–10:
– Most impure forest
• DN ranges of 80–131:
– Most pure forest
• All DNs in range 1–131 in
skewness image were
unmixed, as above classes
by the Mix–Unmix
Classifier