Synergistic use of FIA plot data and Landsat 7 ETM+ images for large area forest mapping
General Technical Report
NC-230
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Abstract
FIA plot data were used to assist in classifying forest land cover from Landsat imagery and relevant ancillary data in two regions of the U.S.: one around the Chesapeake Bay area and the other around Utah. The overall accuracies for the forest/nonforest classification were over 90 percent and about 80 percent, respectively, in the two regions. The accuracies for deciduous/evergreen/mixed and forest type group classifications were around 80 percent and 65 percent, respectively, and were consistent in the two regions. These results suggest that use of FIA plot data together with satellite imagery and relevant ancillary data may substantially improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of large area forest land cover mapping.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | Synergistic use of FIA plot data and Landsat 7 ETM+ images for large area forest mapping |
| Series title | General Technical Report |
| Series number | NC-230 |
| Year Published | 2002 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | USDA Forest Service |
| Contributing office(s) | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Proceedings of the third annual forest inventory and analysis symposium, General Technical Report NC-230 |
| First page | 50 |
| Last page | 55 |
| Conference Title | Third Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Sumposium |
| Conference Location | Traverse City, MI |
| Conference Date | October 17-19, 2001 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Conterminous United States |