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Author	Kauth, R. J. and Thomas, G. S.
Title	The tasselled cap - a graphic description of the spectraltemporal development of agricultural crops as seen by Landsat
Journal	Procs. Symposium on Machine Processing of Remotely Sensed Data
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Date/Year	1976
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Publisher	Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Pages	41-51
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Indices

Nr.	Name	General Formula	Comment
1	Tasselled Cap - brightness	$0.3037 [450:520] + 0.2793 [520:600] + 0.4743 [630:690] + 0.5585 [760:900] + 0.5082 [1150:1750] + 0.1863 [2080:2350]$
2	Tasselled Cap - Green Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.283 [500:600] - 0.660 [600:700] + 0.577 [700:800] + 0.388 [800:1100]$
3	Tasselled Cap - Non Such Index MSS	$-0.016 [500:600] + 0.131 [600:700] - 0.425 [700:800] + 0.882 [800:1100]$
4	Tasselled Cap - nonesuch
5	Tasselled Cap - Soil Brightness Index MSS	$0.332 [500:600] + 0.603 [600:700] + 0.675 [700:800] + 0.262 [800:1100]$
6	Tasselled Cap - vegetation	$-0.2848 [450:520] - 0.2435 [520:600] - 0.5436 [630:690] + 0.7243 [760:900] + 0.0840 [1550:1750] - 0.1800 [2080:2350]$
7	Tasselled Cap - wetness	$0.1509 [450:520] + 0.1973 [520:600] + 0.3279 [630:690] + 0.3406 [760:900] - 0.7112 [1550:1750] - 0.4572 [2080:2350]$
8	Tasselled Cap - Yellow Vegetation Index MSS	$-0.899 [500:600] + 0.428 [600:700] + 0.076 [700:800] - 0.041 [800:1100]$

Sensors

Nr.	Name	Spectral Range	Bands	Calculated	Comment
1	LandsatTM (Landsat4,5)	450-12500	7

Applications

Nr.	Name	Comment
1	Vegetation

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