Comparisons of Brightness Temperatures of Landsat-7/ETM+ and Terra/MODIS around Hotien Oasis in the Taklimakan Desert
Figure 2
False color images of Landsat-7/ETM+ (R, B, G: bands 4, 3, and 2) (a) and Terra/MODIS (R, G, B: bands 7, 2, and 1) (b) over the Hotien Oasis in Taklimakan Desert observed on June 8, 2002. The geographic locations of the four corners (clockwise starting at the top left) of the image are UL (38.45°N, 78.87°E), UR (38.47°N, 81.70°E), LR (36.49°N, 78.92°E), and LL (36.50°N, 81.68°E). In the false color images, yellow is sandy desert and sand dunes, gray is desert of stones and pebbles, white is rocks, red is farmlands and grasslands, and black is water of river and reservoir.
