## 2 Study Area and Materials
### Materials  
Six satellite images from EO-1 and Landsat archived on USGS server ([[http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/)]([http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/](http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/))) were used in this study (Table 1). Three ALI images were separately acquired on 29 March 2003 (path/row 124/39), 21 October 2005 (path/row 125/39), and 3 September 2010 (path/row 125/38). The  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline
**Satellite** & **Sensor** & **Path/ Row** & **Acquisition** & **Resolution** & **File** & **Producer** & **Wavelength (\(\mu\)m)** \\  & & & **Row** & **Date** & **(m)** & **Format** & **Producer** & **Wavelength (\(\mu\)m)** \\ \hline \multirow{10}{*}{Landsat-5} & \multirow{10}{*}{TM} & \multirow{10}{*}{125/39} & \multirow{10}{*}{2005-09-09 2010-05-02} & \multirow{10}{*}{30} & \multirow{10}{*}{GeoTiff} & \multirow{10}{*}{USGS} & Band1(Blue): 0.450–0.520 \\  & & & & & & & Band2 (Green): 0.520–0.600 \\  & & & & & & & Band3 (Red): 0.630–0.690 \\  & & & & & & & Band4 (NIR): 0.760–0.900 \\  & & & & & & Band5 (SWIR): 1.550–1.750 \\  & & & & 120 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band6 (TIR): 10.400–12.500 \\  & & & & 30 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band7 (SWIR): 2.080–2.350 \\ \hline \multirow{10}{*}{Landsat-7} & \multirow{10}{*}{ETM+} & \multirow{10}{*}{124/39} & \multirow{10}{*}{2003-03-29} & \multirow{10}{*}{30} & \multirow{10}{*}{GeoTiff} & \multirow{10}{*}{USGS} & Band1(Blue): 0.450–0.515 \\  & & & & & & Band2 (Green): 0.525–0.605 \\  & & & & 30 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band3 (Red): 0.630–0.690 \\  & & & & & & Band4 (NIR): 0.750–0.900 \\  & & & & & & Band5 (SWIR): 1.550–1.750 \\  & & & & 60 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band6 (TIR): 10.400–12.500 \\  & & & & 30 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band7 (SWIR): 2.090–2.350 \\  & & & & 15 & GeoTiff & USGS & Band8 (PAN): 0.520–0.900 \\ \hline \multirow{10}{*}{EO-1} & \multirow{10}{*}{ALI} & \multirow{10}{*}{125/39} & \multirow{10}{*}{2003-03-2905-10-21} & \multirow{10}{*}{30} & \multirow{10}{*}{GeoTiff} & \multirow{10}{*}{USGS} & Band1(PAN): 0.480–0.690 \\  & & & & & & Band2(Blue): 0.433–0.453 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band3 (Blue): 0.450–0.515 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band4 (Green): 0.525–0.605 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band5 (Red): 0.630–0.690 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & & Band6 (NIR): 0.775–0.805 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band7 (NIR):0.845–0.890 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band8 (SWIR): 1.200–1.300 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band9 (SWIR): 1.550–1.750 \\ \cline{1-1}  & & & & & & Band10 (SWIR): 2.080–2.350 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Specifications of the Thematic Mapper (TM), Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+), and Advanced Land Imager (ALI) data used in this study.  
selected ETM+ images were acquired on 29 March 2003 (path/row 124/39). Two TM datasets were separately acquired on 9 September 2005, and 2 May 2010 (path/row 125/39). The ALI, TM and ETM+ data have six bands with similar spectral ranges (e.g., blue: 0.450-0.520 \(\upmu\)m, green: 0.520-0.600 \(\upmu\)m, red: 0.630-0.690 \(\upmu\)m, NIR: 0.750-0.900 \(\upmu\)m, and SWIR: 1.550-1.750 \(\upmu\)m and 2.080-2.350 \(\upmu\)m). All images employed in the present study are level-1 products of USGS, referenced in the World Geodetic System (WGS84) datum, in GeoTiff format, and are projected using the Universal Transverse Mercator system (zone UTM 49 North). Further information about the specifications of the remote sensing data used in this study is given in Table 1.