Good practices for estimating area and assessing accuracy of land change
Pontus Olofsson,Giles M. Foody,Martin Herold,Stephen V. Stehman,Curtis E. Woodcock,Michael A. Wulder +5 more
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This work provides practitioners with a set of “good practice” recommendations for designing and implementing an accuracy assessment of a change map and estimating area based on the reference sample data.About:
This article is published in Remote Sensing of Environment.The article was published on 2014-05-25 and is currently open access. It has received 1708 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sampling design & Protocol (science).read more
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Assessing the accuracy of remotely sensed data : principles and practices
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Status of land cover classification accuracy assessment
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Determination of Deforestation Rates of the World's Humid Tropical Forests
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