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Landsat 5 and NDVI - Background
Town of St George
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Landsat 5 NASA launched in 1984
Thematic Mapper (TM) instruments includes Seven spectral bands, including a thermal band:
• Band 1 Visible (0.45 – 0.52 µm) 30 m • Band 2 Visible (0.52 – 0.60 µm) 30 m • Band 3 Visible (0.63 – 0.69 µm) 30 m • Band 4 Near-Infrared (0.76 – 0.90 µm) 30 m • Band 5 Near-Infrared (1.55 – 1.75 µm) 30 m • Band 6 Thermal (10.40 – 12.50 µm) 120 m • Band 7 Mid-Infrared (2.08 – 2.35 µm) 30 m • Ground Sampling Interval (pixel size): 30 m reflective, 120 m
thermal
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NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Band 3 Visible Red (0.63 – 0.69 µm) 30 m Band 4 Near-Infrared (0.76 – 0.90 µm) 30 m
NDVI = (NIR 4 - VIS 3) / (NIR 4 + VIS 3) NDVI varies between -1.0 and +1.0
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NDVI • The pigment in plant leaves, chlorophyll, strongly
absorbs visible light (from 0.4 to 0.7 µm) for use in photosynthesis.
• The cell structure of the leaves strongly reflects near-infrared light (from 0.7 to 1.1 µm).
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NDVI • A dense vegetation canopy (0.3 to 0.8)
• Soils (0.1 to 0.2) Reflects near-infrared spectral somewhat larger than the red spectral
• Clear Water (very low positive or even slightly negative) low reflectance in both spectral bands
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NDVI – Summary
NDVI - measurement of Photosynthetic or Greenness
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GIS Process 1) Downloaded the Landsat 5 data from USGS
• Landsat 5 tracks over every 16 days • St George on the edge of a path of the satellite • Problem
• Cloud Cover • Satellite Technical Problems
2) Process the Landsat data into NDVI • ArcGIS
3) Calculate the NDVI at Survey Locations • Bilinear interpolation
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St George – Average NDVI 2010
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0.35
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
St George 2010
St George 2010
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Mormon Mesa – Average NDVI 2010
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0.05
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0.15
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0.25
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0.35
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0.45
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Mormon Mesa 2010
Mormon Mesa 2010
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St George – Avg NDVI for 2010 / 2011
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0.05
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0.15
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0.25
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0.35
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0.45
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
St George 2010
St George 2011
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Mormon Mesa – Avg NDVI 2010 / 2011 (with Beetles)
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0.05
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0.15
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0.35
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0.45
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Mormon Mesa 2010
Mormon Mesa 2011
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GIS Question
Using NDVI values from Landsat 5 data (30 m) can one detect tamarisk leaf beetles defoliation along the Virgin River 2004 - 2010
Survey Locations along the Virgin River
• Near the town of St George • Near Mormon Mesa
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15‐Jan‐05 15‐Jan‐06 15‐Jan‐07 15‐Jan‐08 15‐Jan‐09 15‐Jan‐10 15‐Jan‐11
7 ‐ St George 0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 15‐Jan‐04
‐0.1
7 ‐ St George
St George Point 7 – NDVI
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15‐Jan‐05 15‐Jan‐06 15‐Jan‐07 15‐Jan‐08 15‐Jan‐09 15‐Jan‐10 15‐Jan‐11
16 ‐ St George 0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 15‐Jan‐04
‐0.1
16 ‐ St George
St George Point 16 – NDVI
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12 ‐Mormon Mesa 0.6
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0.1
0
12 ‐Mormon Mesa
15‐Jan‐04 15‐Jan‐05 15‐Jan‐06 15‐Jan‐07 15‐Jan‐08 15‐Jan‐09 15‐Jan‐10 15‐Jan‐11
Mormon Mesa Point 12 – NDVI
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5 ‐Mormon Mesa 0.6
0.5
0.4
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0.1
0
5 ‐Mormon Mesa
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Mormon Mesa Point 5 – NDVI
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Compare Sites
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Mormon Mesa 2004
Mormon Mesa 2006
Mormon Mesa 2008
Mormon Mesa 2010
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Mormon Mesa
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St George
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0.35
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St George 2004
St George 2006
St George 2008
St George 2010
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0.6
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Mormon Mesa
St George
0.3
0.2
0.1
0 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9 1 5 9
2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011
NDVI 2004 - 2010
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Variability in System • Winter Rains
• Variability in Vegetation
• Virgin River Flow
• Summer Heat
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Mormon Mesa ‐ Virgin River cfs
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400 Mormon Mesa ‐Virgin River cfs
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2006
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12007
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Virgin River cfs
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Virgin River cfs
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St George ‐ Virgin River cfs
St George ‐Virgin River cfs
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10
2005
12005
42005
72005
10
2006
12006
42006
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10
2007
12007
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12008
42008
72008
10
2009
12009
42009
72009
10
2010
12010
42010
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10
2011
12011
42011
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10
2012
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Problems On November 18, 2011 USGS suspended Landsat 5 imaging activities in order to explore options for restoring satellite-to-ground image transmissions. It remains to be seen if there is any hope of salvaging the rapidly degrading electronic component of the transmitter.