TABLE OF CONTENTS DISCLAIMER Illustrations Tables Equations INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS 1.1    SCENE SELECTION 1.1.1 Season 1.1.2 Water Level 1.1.3 Cloud cover 1.1.4 Simultaneous coverage 1.1.5 Specifications 1.2 SCENE PREPARATION 1.2.1 Download raw imagery 1.2.2 Check header file 1.2.3 Visual check 1.2.4 Line replacement and destriping 1.3 ORTHORECTIFICATION OF IMAGERY 1.3.1 Coordinate System 1.3.2 Ground control in image 1.3.3 Ground control in field 1.3.4 Create model 1.3.5 Satellite image rectification 1.3.6 Accuracy check 1.4 RADIOMETRIC AND ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS 1.4.1 Radiometric correction 1.4.2 Atmospheric correction 1.4.3 Aerosol correction 1.5 INDICES 1.5.1 Vegetation Index 1.5.2 Wetness Index 1.5.3 Temperature 1.5.3 Water Reflectance CHAPTER 2: IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE PROCEDURES 2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 SCENE PREPARATION 2.2 ORTHORECTIFICATION OF IMAGERY 2.2.1 GCPWORKS 2.2.2 GCPREP 2.2.3 SMODEL 2.2.4 CIM2 - New file creation 2.2.5 GEOSET - georeference segment 2.2.6 SORTHO - satellite image orthorectification 2.2.7 Inter-scene accuracy check 2.3 RADIOMETRIC AND ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION 2.3.1 TMRAD 2.3.2 RAYRAD - Rayleigh radiance 2.3.3 Dark object subtraction 2.4 INDICES 2.4.1 Bitmap creation 2.4.2 Vegetation Index 2.4.3 Wetness Index 2.4.4 Thermal band 6 temperature 2.4.5 Water reflectance 2.4.6 Brightness REFERENCES APPENDIX A: Image Pre-Processing Outline APPENDIX B: Sample Header File APPENDIX C: SMODEL Report APPENDIX D: Data Storage

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Illustrations
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Figure 1. Big Bend study area on Florida's Gulf coast
Figure 2. Rectification and reprojection to UTM, Landsat Path 17, Row 40
Figure 3. Rectification and reprojection to UTM, Landsat Path 18, Row 39
Plate 1. Misregistration and acceptable inter-scene registration for 1985 and 1995
Plate 2. Right-angle road intersection for inter-scene registration check
Plate 3. Preferred locations for inter-scene accuracy check, Chassahowitzka, FL, 1995
Plate 4. PCI procedure flow chart

Tables
Table 1. Landsat TM images and Cedar Key water level at time of overpass
Table 2. Scene size and coordinates for georeferencing segment
Table 3. CDNLAPS procedure parameters
Table 4. LRP, line replacement parameters
Table 5. SMODEL procedure parameters
Table 6. Creation of new file for rectification in CIM2
Table 7. Georeferencing segment set with GEOSET procedure in PCI
Table 8. Parameters for satellite orthorectification procedure
Table 9. Bitmap creation with THR
Table 10. EASI procedure TMRAD
Table 11. TMRAD output
Table 12. RAYRAD input
Table 13. RAYRAD output
Table 14. Rayleigh subtraction model
Table 15. Darkwater values:
Table 16. Calculation of NDVI using EASI RTR
Table 17. Calculation of the wetness index with EASI ARI
Table 18. Calculation of water reflectance with EASI ARI procedure

Equations
Equation 1. Reflectance calibration
Equation 2. Radiance
Equation 3. NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index)
Equation 4. Wetness index
Equation 5. Temperature in Celsius
Equation 6. Water Reflectance
Equation 7. EASI model for NDVI
Equation 8. EASI model for Wetness Index
Equation 9. EASI model for temperature in Celsius
Equation 10. EASI model for Water reflectance


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