Appendix 2: Landsat TM band combination (NASA webpage
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3, 2, 1
This RGB combination simulates a natural color image. It is sometimes used for coastline research and smoke column detection.
4, 5, 3
It is used to analyze soil humidity and vegetation conditions. It can also be used to determine the border between inland water bodies and land/water bodies.
4, 3, 2
Infrared false color. This is the most commonly used band combination in the remote sensing of vegetation, crops, land use and wetland analysis.
7, 4, 2
Soil and vegetation humidity content analysis; Inland Water positioning. Vegetation is displayed as a green shadow.
5, 4, 3
Distinction between urban and rural land use; determination of land/water boundary.
4, 5, 7
Detects the cloud, snow, and ice (especially in high-dimensional areas ).
4-3/4 + 3 cover-standard deviation vegetation index; the different ratios of TM band 4-3 have proved to be useful in enhancing the contrast of different vegetation types.
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