Accuracy assessment using sub-pixel fractional error matrices of global land cover products derived from satellite data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-165

  Latifovic, Rasim ^a   Olthof, Ian ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b Noetix Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Land cover; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; SATELLITES;

LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LAND COVER; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542289740     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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