Thematic accuracy of MRLC land cover for the eastern United States
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Abstract
One objective of the MultiResolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) consortium is to map general land-cover categories for the conterminous United States using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data. Land-cover mapping and classification accuracy assessment are complete for the eastern United States. The accuracy assessment was based on photo-interpreted reference data obtained from a stratified probability sample of pixels. Agreement was defined as a match between primary or alternate reference land-cover labels assigned to each sample pixel and the mode (most common class) of the map's land-cover labels within a 3×3-pixel neighborhood surrounding the sampled point. At 30-m resolution, overall accuracy was 59.7% at an Anderson Level II thematic detail, and 80.5% at Anderson Level I.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Thematic accuracy of MRLC land cover for the eastern United States |
| Series title | Remote Sensing of Environment |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00187-0 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 418 |
| Last page | 422 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
| Google Analytic Metrics | Metrics page |