Title: Relative Accuracy Assessment of LANDSAT-4 MSS and TM Data for Level 1 Land Cover Inventory
Abstract: Digital data for the Washington, D.C. scene from the LANDSAT-4 Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and the LANDSAT-4 Thematic Mapper (TM) are compared. Classification success for the TM and MSS data sets was determined by a per pixel comparison with digitized ground verification data (GVD). These GVD were comprised of Level I land cover (developed, agriculture, forest, water, wetlands, and barren) for four USGS 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle maps. Classification accuracy was computed as an average value and for each cover type. Accuracy was expressed two ways: (1) as the percent correspondence with GVD (% correct) and (2) as the percent correspondence relative to both the GVD and LANDSAT classification schemes. Errors of omission and commission associated with the LANDSAT classifications were also computed. Specific results are discussed.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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