Thematic accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data for the eastern United States: Statistical methodology and regional results

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 500-516

  Stehman, S V ^a   Wickham, J D ^b   Smith, J H ^b   Yang, L ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern United States; National Land Cover Data; Thematic accuracy

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STRATIGRAPHY;

THEMATIC ACCURACY;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141457417     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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