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Table 6.5 The final overall accuracy of classification results of the general classes, the irrigated areas and the agricultural features (permanent, winter and
summer), using various remote sensing data (LANDSAT: MSS and TM; and TERRA: ASTER fused with LANDSAT: ETM+) for the years 1975, 1987,
2005 and 2007)

MSS-1975
(%)

TM-1987
(%)

ASTER and ETM+-2005
(%)

TM-2007
(%)

Irrigated areas 82 93 94 92

Cultivated areas 82 93 94 92

Trees ? shrubs - 91 92 90

Herbaceous (permanent- and winter-
crops)

- 87 85 85

Alfalfa - 89 - -

Vetch - 79 - -

Wheat - 82 84 83

Barley - 71 74 73

Sugar beet - 89 88 91

Rain-fed
crops

- 93 - -

Other crops - 88 86 84

Fallow - 96 97 95

Herbaceous (summer-crops) - 89 87 86

Cotton - 84 87 86

Corn - 74 78 76

Other crops - 82 85 78

Fallow - 87 86 83

Uncultivated
areas

79 87 90 88

Natural vegetation 60 67 73 63

Artificial surfaces 40 81 77 65

Bare areas 67 88 91 83