Influence of classification errors on Intensity Analysis of land changes in southern Nigeria

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 244-261

  Enaruvbe, Glory O ^a   Pontius, Robert Gilmore ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS;

ACTUAL ERROR; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION ERRORS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; INTENSITY ANALYSIS; LAND CHANGES; STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE; UNIFORM INTENSITY;

ERRORS;

CLASSIFICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84920936100     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.994721     Document Type: Article

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