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Improvements in land use mapping for irrigated agriculture from satellite sensor data using a multi-stage maximum likelihood classification

Improvements in land use mapping for irrigated agriculture from satellite sensor data using a multi-stage maximum likelihood classification
Improvements in land use mapping for irrigated agriculture from satellite sensor data using a multi-stage maximum likelihood classification
The accuracy of conventional land use classification of irrigated agriculture from optical satellite images using maximum likelihood supervised classification was compared with a classification based on multistage maximum likelihood supervised classification. In the multistage maximum likelihood classification series of sub-classifications were carried out which included masking and/or omitting certain crops from the classifications.
These series of classifications improved the identification of individual crops/land use types. The output from the optimum sub-classifications were stacked to give an overall crop types/land use map. When the multistage classification was tested against a single stage classification on a large irrigation scheme in Central Asia the final accuracy of crop/land use classification increased from 85% to 94%. Field verification confirmed the accuracy at 93.5%. These results were achieved with a single Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) sensor dataset as of 2 August 1999 over an area of 38.5 km(2).
0143-1161
4197-4206
El-Magd, Islam Abou
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Tanton, T.W.
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El-Magd, Islam Abou
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Tanton, T.W.
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El-Magd, Islam Abou and Tanton, T.W. (2003) Improvements in land use mapping for irrigated agriculture from satellite sensor data using a multi-stage maximum likelihood classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24 (21), 4197-4206. (doi:10.1080/0143116031000139791).

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The accuracy of conventional land use classification of irrigated agriculture from optical satellite images using maximum likelihood supervised classification was compared with a classification based on multistage maximum likelihood supervised classification. In the multistage maximum likelihood classification series of sub-classifications were carried out which included masking and/or omitting certain crops from the classifications.
These series of classifications improved the identification of individual crops/land use types. The output from the optimum sub-classifications were stacked to give an overall crop types/land use map. When the multistage classification was tested against a single stage classification on a large irrigation scheme in Central Asia the final accuracy of crop/land use classification increased from 85% to 94%. Field verification confirmed the accuracy at 93.5%. These results were achieved with a single Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM+) sensor dataset as of 2 August 1999 over an area of 38.5 km(2).

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Published date: 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 39403
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/39403
ISSN: 0143-1161
PURE UUID: 5b47e7d6-71a4-4544-8664-4c44e6419a59

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Date deposited: 28 Jun 2006
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 08:13

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Author: Islam Abou El-Magd
Author: T.W. Tanton

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