A comparison of photointerpretation and ground measurements of forest structure.

Abstract

Traditional forest inventory methods are compared with photointerpreted results. The accuracy of photointerpretation for forest-type classification is assessed in test locations in northern California. If the accuracy of photointerpretation is not sufficiently high, then the traditional practice of comparing satellite classification to photointerpretation is not justified. If this hypothesis is true, it is speculated that spectral analysis of advanced digital satellite data (SPOT and TM) can be used in conjunction with ancillary ground data to produce forest classifications of the same or better accuracy than by traditional photointerpretation techniques. Results of the accuracy assessment of three levels of classification - species, size class, and density - are presented in tables.

Department

Natural Resources and the Environment

Publication Date

1-1-1991

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Publisher

NTRS

Document Type

Article

Rights

Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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