Comparison of Sampling Designs for Estimating Deforestation from Landsat TM and MODIS Imagery: A Case Study in Mato Grosso, Brazil

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Sampling blocks</td><td align="center">Proportional allocation</td><td align="center">Neyman optimal allocation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">100</td><td align="center">14.30</td><td align="center">8.34</td></tr><tr><td align="left">350</td><td align="center">4.14</td><td align="center">3.74</td></tr><tr><td align="left">500</td><td align="center">4.04</td><td align="center">3.62</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Comparison of Sampling Designs for Estimating Deforestation from Landsat TM and MODIS Imagery: A Case Study in Mato Grosso, Brazil 