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NASA Land Cover Land Use Change Program

Quantifying Grassland-to-Woodland Transitions and the Implications for Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in the Southwest United States

Five endmembers (tree, senescent grass, soil, water and shade) were derived with the Manual Endmember Selection Tool (MEST) from Landsat TM data acquired over the north Texas site in September 1992. Distribution of trees, senescent vegetation and soil is shown below.

Three color composite image from spectral of TM Data
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