Comparison of tasselled cap transformations based on the selective bands of Landsat 8 OLI TOA reflectance images

Abstract

Parameters for the tasselled cap transformation (TCT) have been derived for many sensors since 1976. There have been concerns about the comparability of TCT brightness (TCTB), greenness (TCTG), and wetness (TCTW) from different sensors because the number and bandwidth of spectral bands of the different sensors are not exactly the same and the derivation methods vary. In this research, comparisons between the TCT components derived from different combination images with a different number of spectral bands are considered. First, a new TCT based on a new data set from Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager top of atmosphere (OLI TOA) reflectance was developed. Then, a case study of the Yellow River Delta, China, demonstrated that TCT parameters derived from a Landsat 8 OLI TOA reference image from May 2013 were probably applicable to clear and nearly cloud-free images for spring, summer, and autumn over the Yellow River Delta. Finally, we compared the TCT components derived from selected bands of Landsat 8 OLI TOA reflectance images and those derived from images from other well-known moderateresolution worldwide remote-sensing data by statistical characteristics, correlation coefficients, the optimum index factor (OIF), and classification with a support vector machine. The result supports our conclusion (a) that two new shortwave bands (Bands 1 and 9) of the Landsat 8 OLI have little effect on derivations of the TCT components and their ability to classify land cover type and (b) that Bands 4-7 in Landsat multispectral scanner, Bands 1-4 in Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), and Bands 1-4 in Systeme Probatoire d'Observation dela Tarre 5 are sufficient for deriving TCTB, TCTG, and TCTW components and mapping land cover.

Detection of Spatio-Temporal Changes of Norway Spruce Forest Stands in Ore Mountains Using Landsat Time Series and Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery

“…On the one hand, TOA reflectance is recommended for the TCT rather than at-surface reflectance by [41,42]. On the other hand, this means that atmospheric effects were not removed from the data, which gives rise to the question of comparability of the TCT components values obtained from the particular scenes.…”

“…Note that regarding [41,42] TOA, reflectance is recommended for the Tasseled Cap transformation rather than at-surface reflectance.…”

“…Unfortunately, this version of the ENVI software does not allow the TCT transformation for the data acquired by Landsat 8 OLI. Thus, the TCT coefficients (describing the relationship of the original image bands and the TCT components) were used as recommended by [42]. The coefficients optimized for the growing season were used for more details see [42].…”

Removal of Thin Clouds in Landsat-8 OLI Data with Independent Component Analysis

“…Of the Tasseled Cap transformation, the fourth component is identified as haziness that is regarded as the cloud component in Landsat TM/ETM+ data [15,16]. The cloud component for Landsat-8 data is yet to be developed, although the Tasseled Cap transformation using Landsat-8 data has been studied [17,18].…”

Regional Differences in the Spatial Distribution and Environmental Consequences of Pv Farms in Southern Romania

“…We then applied these mask to the corresponding Landsat Roy et al, 2016). Using the calibrated brands, we calculated the Tasseled Cap Indices (Kauth and Thomas, 1976) of all scenes using coefficients from the literature (Baig et al, 2014;Huang et al, 2002;Liu et al, 2015;Crist, 1985). Finally, we created a composite from the collection of processed Landsat images over a three-year time period using the median value per pixel.…”