Sensitivity of selected landscape pattern metrics to land-cover misclassification and differences in land-cover composition

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-402

  Wickham, James D ^a   O'Neill, Robert V ^b   Riitters, Kurt H ^a   Wade, Timothy G ^c   Jones, K Bruce ^d  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PATTERN; MISCLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0030619126     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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