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Table 1 Description of data type and sources

From: Spatiotemporal analysis of urban growth on forest and agricultural land using geospatial techniques and Shannon entropy method in the satellite town of Ethiopia, the western fringe of Addis Ababa city

 

1986

2002

2019

Purpose

Satellite (sensor)

Landsat TM

Landsat ETM+

Landsat OLI

LULC classification

Sources

Earth explorer

Earth explorer

Earth explorer

 

Resolution

30 × 30 m

30 × 30 m

30 × 30 m

 

Path/row

168/054

168/054

168/054

 

Acquisition date

03/26/1986

02/26/2002

02/01/2019

 

Sun elevation

53.89042105

53.91455582

51.36869550

 

Sun azimuth

98.39366733

118.06159253

131.97553411

 

Solar zenith angle

36.10957895

36.08544418

38.6313045

 

Earth-Sun distance

0.9975825

0.9901226

0.9853171

 

Cloud cover

Free (study area)

Free

Free (study area)

 

Image quality

9

9

9

 

Google earth image

Yes, 1986

Yes, 2002

Yes, 2019

Ground truth

Ancillary data

Sources

  

Purpose

Road

CSA

  

Proxy for

Population (since 1984)

CSA & Municipality

  

Growth trend

Other socio-economic data

Municipality

  

Ancillary