Ground reference data error and the mis-estimation of the Area of land cover change as a function of its abundance

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 783-792

  Foody, Giles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA ESTIMATION; DATA SET; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE DATA; SUBSTANTIAL ERRORS;

LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

ESTIMATION;

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84879322724     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2013.798708     Document Type: Article

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