Tasselled-Cap

(Transformation of
Kauth and Thomas)
Use feature space on all four channels at
once

In the three-channels features space, the

distribution of pixels forms ‘a hat-like
appearance that has a fringe’ so this
transformation calles Tasseled-Cap
Transformation
Fundamental of Tasseled-Cap Transformation

Rearrangement of the channel axes in feature space so that the axes

rotate / rotate in a particular direction which is orthogonal to each other

The four axes are called the axis of brightness, greeness, yellowness and
none such
• Brightness
Relates to variation in ground background reflection
• Yellowness
Relates to variation in the yellowing process of aging / wilted leaves
• Greeness
relates to variation in green vegetation reflection
• None such
Some researchers interpret it as an expression of atmospheric conditions
TCT was originally evolved from the Landsat multi-spectral scanner (MSS)
launched in 1972

• SBI = 0.332 MSS4 + 0.603 MSS5 + 0.675 MSS6 + 0.362 MSS7

• GVI = - 0.283 MSS4 + -0.660 MSS5 + 0.577 MSS6 + 0.388 MSS7

• YVI = -0.899 MSS4 + 0.428 MSS5 + 0.076 MSS6 – 0.041 MSS7

• NSI = -0.016 MSS4 + 0.131 MSS5 – 0.452 MSS6 + 0.882 MSS7

Then, how to apply TCT
on Landsat-8 ?
• Brightness
b1*0.3029+b2*0.2786+b3*0.4733+b4*0.5599+b5*0.508+b6*0.1872
• Greenness
b1*(-0.2941)+b2*(-0.243)+b3*(0.5424)+b4*0.7276+b5*0.0713+b6*(-0.1608)
• Wetness
b1*0.1511+b2*0.1973+b3*0.3283+b4*0.3407+b5*(-0.7117)+b6*(-0.4559)

The new Coastal Blue band 1 of the OLI sensor is not used in these transforms