The characterisation and measurement of land cover change through remote sensing: Problems in operational applications?

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Fuller, R M ^a   Smith, G M ^b   Devereux, B J ^a  

^a Unit for Landscape Modelling   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Change; Error; Land cover; Map

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342267082     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(03)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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