Research Projects

A Method for Direct Measurement of Impervious Cover Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling Techniques: A Case Study in the Lake Tahoe Basin

PI: Tim Minor

Figure 1. Impervious cover study area of approximately 25 km² in South Lake Tahoe, CA. IKONOS^TM Image acquired August 10, 2000. Four meter multispectral image (Bands 321 displayed in R,G,B) sharpened with one meter panchromatic data.

Figure 2. Impervious cover layer generated for the study area using the PCA image processing method. Impervious cover in red; natural cover in black.