Technical note Assessing the accuracy of Landsat Thematic Mapper classification using double sampling

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2049-2060

  Kalkhan, M A ^a   Reich, R M ^a   Stohlgren, T J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPS; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STATISTICS;

DOUBLE SAMPLING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY; LANDSAT TM; MAPPING;

EID: 0032551524     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698214857     Document Type: Article

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