Issues with large area thematic accuracy assessment for mapping cropland extent: A tale of three continents

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Yadav, Kamini ^a   Congalton, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecological zones (AEZ's); Crop buffer zones; Global cropland products; Large area accuracy assessment; Sample size; Sampling analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; BUFFER ZONES; GLOBAL CROPLAND PRODUCTS; SAMPLE SIZES;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 85040685397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10010053     Document Type: Article

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