LANDSAT-4 image data quality analysis for energy related applications
Description
No useable LANDSAT 4 TM data were obtained for the Hanford site in the Columbia Plateau region, but TM simulator data for a Virginia Electric Company nuclear power plant was used to test image processing algorithms. Principal component analyses of this data set clearly indicated that thermal plumes in surface waters used for reactor cooling would be discrenible. Image processing and analysis programs were successfully testing using the 7 band Arkansas test scene and preliminary analysis of TM data for the Savanah River Plant shows that current interactive, image enhancement, analysis and integration techniques can be effectively used for LANDSAT 4 data. Thermal band data appear adequate for gross estimates of thermal changes occurring near operating nuclear facilities especially in surface water bodies being used for reactor cooling purposes. Additional image processing software was written and tested which provides for more rapid and effective analysis of the 7 band TM data
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01.
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 11 p.
- Report number
- N--8324998
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15009055
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AERIAL MONITORING; ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT SATELLITES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POLLUTION; WASHINGTON
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MONITORING; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POLLUTION; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SATELLITES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; USA
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- E--83-10295; NASA-CR--170326.