YSBAT    Vegetation Indices, Orthogonal Transformation, Colespace Transformation  4-17-07

- Identify the main components of vegetation’s spectral response pattern that signal the presence and relative amount of vegetation in satellite imagery through vegetation indices

- Describe the logic behind how vegetation is distinguished from non-vegetation within a slope-based vegetation index, referring to spectral response patterns.

- Describe the logic behind how vegetation is distinguished from non-vegetation within a distance-based vegetation index, referring to spectral response patterns.

- Define soil line; identify its principal attributes; and explain how it is derived

- Describe the logic of how vegetation is distinguished from non-vegetation within an orthogonal transformation

- Describe the logic of how striping can be removed through an orthogonal transformation

- Explain the goal of Colespace Transformation

- Identify the transform and backtransform processes undertaken in the procedure, clarifying how the panchromatic image is inserted in the process.