The efficiency of sampling very high resolution images for area estimation in the European Union
- 15 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 33 (6), 1868-1880
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2011.602993
Abstract
Very high resolution (VHR) images are a valuable information source to estimate land cover area and land cover change. When full coverage of a region with VHR images is not affordable, a sample of images can be considered. Square grids provide a practical sampling frame for VHR images. When using a land cover map as pseudo-truth, the sampling variance is easily assessed but may be overestimated if the land cover map has a coarse resolution. To estimate the potential sampling variance of a cluster sampling scheme, we propose a method based on intra-cluster correlation (ICC) computed from a correlogram. The ‘equivalent number of points’ is a useful indicator to quantify cost-efficiency of sites of a given size. We obtained poor efficiency results for area estimation of major land cover types in the European Union (EU) with a sample of 10 km × 10 km sites, but results are more encouraging for classes with a more scattered layout or for land cover change.Keywords
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