A multi-scale accuracy assessment of the MODIS irrigated agriculture data-set (MIrAD) for the state of Nebraska, USA

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 575-592

  Wardlow, Brian D ^a   Callahan, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

accuracy assessment; classification; irrigation; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IRRIGATION; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

GREAT PLAINS; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908509239     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2014.952546     Document Type: Article

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