Thematic accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data for the eastern United States: Statistical methodology and regional results
Remote Sensing of Environment
By: S.V. Stehman, J.D. Wickham, J.H. Smith, and L. Yang
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Abstract
The accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data (NLCD) map is assessed via a probability sampling design incorporating three levels of stratification and two stages of selection. Agreement between the map and reference land-cover labels is defined as a match between the primary or alternate reference label determined for a sample pixel and a mode class of the mapped 3×3 block of pixels centered on the sample pixel. Results are reported for each of the four regions comprising the eastern United States for both Anderson Level I and II classifications. Overall accuracies for Levels I and II are 80% and 46% for New England, 82% and 62% for New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ), 70% and 43% for the Mid-Atlantic, and 83% and 66% for the Southeast.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Thematic accuracy of the 1992 National Land-Cover Data for the eastern United States: Statistical methodology and regional results |
| Series title | Remote Sensing of Environment |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00128-7 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 17 p. |
| First page | 500 |
| Last page | 516 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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