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TMTCfourthThematic Mapper Tasseled Cap Fourth Feature

VegetationMultispectralCitation Rank #56

Summary

The Thematic Mapper Tasseled Cap Fourth Feature (TMTCfourth) is a vegetation spectral index intended for multispectral sensing. It was introduced in 1984; its source is cited as Eric P. Crist, & Richard C. Cicone (1984). A Physically-Based Transformation of Thematic Mapper Data---The TM Tasseled Cap. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE-22(3). https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1984.350619 .

Based on the latest citation data, this index is in the 83.07th percentile overall, ranking 56 out of 313 indices with citation data. Among the 6 indices published within two years of 1984, it ranks 3 (100th percentile). Within the vegetation application domain, it is in the 77.25th percentile and ranks 51 out of 211 indices with citation data. Among the 6 similarly aged vegetation indices, it ranks 3 (100th percentile).

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Formula

-0.8242 * B + 0.0849 * G + 0.4392 * R - 0.0580 * N + 0.2012 * S1 - 0.2768 * S2
Index familyTasseled Cap

Bands

B

Blue.

G

Green.

R

Red.

N

Near-Infrared (NIR).

S1

Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 1.

S2

Short-wave Infrared (SWIR) 2.

Polarizations

No radar polarizations are used in this index.

Constants

No constants are used in this index.

Reductions

No contextual reductions are used in this index.

Released under the MIT License.