Uncertainty in Remote Sensing and GIS

List of Contributors vii

Foreword xi

Preface xvii

1 Uncertainty in Remote Sensing and GIS: Fundamentals 1
P. M. Atkinson and G. M. Foody

2 Uncertainty in Remote Sensing 19
C. E. Woodcock

3 Toward a Comprehensive View of Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Analysis 25
J. L. Dungan

4 On the Ambiguity Induced by a Remote Sensor's PSF 37
J. F. Manslow and M. S. Nixon

5 Pixel Unmixing at the Sub-pixel Scale Based on Land Cover Class Probabilities: Application to Urban Areas 59
Q. Zhan, M. Molenaar and A. Lucieer

6 Super-resolution Land Cover Mapping from Remotely Sensed Imagery using a Hopfield Neural Network 77
A. J. Tatem, H. G. Lewis, P. M. Atkinson and M. S. Nixon

7 Uncertainty in Land Cover Mapping from Remotely Sensed Data using Textural Algorithm and Artificial Neural Networks 99
A. M. Jakomulska and J. P. Radomski

8 Remote Monitoring of the Impact of ENSO-related Drought on Sabah Rainforest using NOAA AVHRR Middle Infrared Reflectance: Exploring Emissivity Uncertainty 119
D. S. Boyd, P. C. Phipps, W. J. Duane and G. M. Foody

9 Land Cover Map 2000 and Meta-data at the Land Parcel Level 143
G. M. Smith and R. M. Fuller

10 Analysing Uncertainty Propagation in GIS: Why is it not that Simple? 155
G. B. M. Heuvelink

11 Managing Uncertainty in a Geospatial Model of Biodiversity 167
A. J. Warren, M. J. Collins, E. A. Johnson and P. F. Ehlers

12 The Effects of Uncertainty in Deposition Data on Predicting Exceedances of Acidity Critical Loads for Sensitive UK Ecosystems 187
E. Heywood, J. R. Hall and R. A. Wadsworth

13 Vertical and Horizontal Spatial Variation of Geostatistical Prediction 209
A. Wameling

14 Geostatistical Prediction and Simulation of the Lateral and Vertical Extent of Soil Horizons 223
B. Warr, I. O. A. Odeh and M. A. Oliver

15 Increasing the Accuracy of Predictions of Monthly Precipitation in Great Britain using Kriging with an External Drift 243
C. D. Lloyd

16 Conditional Simulation Applied to Uncertainty Assessment in DTMs 269
J. SeÂneÂgas, M. Schmitt and P. Nonin

17 Current Status of Uncertainty Issues in Remote Sensing and GIS 287
G. M. Foody and P. M. Atkinson

Index 303