Title:
Quantifying spatial uncertainty in natural resources : theory and applications for GIS and remote sensing
Publication Information:
Chelsea, Mich. : Ann Arbor Press, 2000
ISBN:
9781575041315
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Summary
Summary
This book will be useful both to those new to spatial uncertainty assessment and to experienced practitioners.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of Uncertainty Analysis | p. xv |
Section I. Accuracy Assessment Issues | |
Chapter 1 Communicating the Results of Accuracy Assessment: Metadata, Digital Libraries, and Assessing Fitness for Use | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 From Data Accuracy to Data Quality: Using Spatial Statistics to Predict the Implications of Spatial Error in Point Data | p. 17 |
Chapter 3 Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Analyzing Error in a Satellite-Based Vegetation Map of Utah | p. 37 |
Chapter 4 Increasing Spatial Precision and Accuracy for Monitoring Peatlands in Switzerland by Remote Sensing Techniques | p. 45 |
Chapter 5 The Effect of Uncertain Locations on Disease Cluster Statistics | p. 53 |
Chapter 6 Double Sampling for Area Estimation and Map Accuracy Assessment | p. 65 |
Chapter 7 Accuracy Assessments and Areal Estimates Using Two-Phase Stratified Random Sampling, Cluster Plots, and the Multivariate Composite Estimator | p. 79 |
Section II. Modeling Spatial and Temporal Uncertainty | |
Chapter 8 Acquisition of Spatial Data by Forest Management Agencies | p. 103 |
Chapter 9 Choosing Between Abrupt and Gradual Spatial Variation? | p. 111 |
Chapter 10 Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Ten Tree Species in Pennsylvania | p. 119 |
Chapter 11 Realistic Spatial Models: The Accurate Mapping of Environmental Factors Based on Synecological Coordinates | p. 137 |
Chapter 12 Discrete Polygons or a Continuous Surface: Which is the Appropriate Way to Model Forests Cartographically? | p. 151 |
Chapter 13 Statistical Models of Landscape Pattern and the Effects of Coarse Spatial Resolution on Estimation of Area with Satellite Imagery | p. 161 |
Chapter 14 The Simultaneous Nature of Tree Growth Models | p. 171 |
Chapter 15 Incorporating Soil Variability into a Spatially Distributed Model of Percolate Accounting | p. 183 |
Chapter 16 Analyzing Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Plant Populations and Vegetation | p. 203 |
Chapter 17 Space-Time Statistical Modeling of Environmental Data | p. 213 |
Index | p. 237 |