Composited Tasseled Cap Brightness, Greenness, and Wetness Landsat Image

This image was derived from a Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) scene acquired on March 9, 2000, In this image, the Harenna Forest on the southern side of the Bale escarpment is shown in turquoise, the Afro-alpine soil and vegetation on the escarpment is shown in red tones, and the burned areas can be seen as dark blue patches in the blue shrubland zone between the forest and alpine areas. Smoke from an active fire is visible in pink near the center of the image. This image, in conjunction with data from previous and subsequent years, can be used to examine historical fire patterns and to help develop environmental management strategies for anthropogenic burning in the Bale Mountains.

This image was created using the LandsatLinkr R package, developed by the Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing in Ecology (LARSE) at Oregon State University. For more information and to find more details about the process and the outputs, visit the LandsatLinkr GitHub page.