EARSeL eProceedings Vol. 3, No. 3, 354-362, 2004 |
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Land cover classification with the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Jan Clevers, Harm Bartholomeus, Sander Mücher and Allard de Wit
Abstract This paper describes the results of a preliminary study towards the use of MERIS for land cover mapping in the Netherlands. Full resolution level 1b data of June 16th, 2003, were used in this study. The Dutch land use data base LGN was used as a reference by aggregating the data base from 25 m to 300 m. First, quality and information content of the used MERIS images were explored. Subsequently, the feasibility of the data for land cover classifications was studied. Results showed that MERIS provided only moderate classification results when classifying the major land cover types in the Netherlands using just one image (overall classification accuracy of 49.7 % for seven classes and a Kappa coefficient of 0.369). Partial cloud cover had a negative effect on the accuracies obtained. | |||||||
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History Submitted: 15 June 2004 Revised: 10 August 2004 Accepted: 03 September 2004
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ISSN 1729-3782 |