Assessment of TerraClass and MapBiomas data on legend and map agreement for the Brazilian Amazon biome

NEVES, Alana Kasahara; KÖRTING, Thales Sehn; FONSECA, Leila Maria Garcia; ESCADA, Maria Isabel Sobral

doi:10.1590/1809-4392201900981

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Geosciences • Acta Amaz. 50 (2) • Apr-Jun 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201900981 copy

Assessment of TerraClass and MapBiomas data on legend and map agreement for the Brazilian Amazon biome

Avaliação dos dados do TerraClass e do MapBiomas acerca da legenda e concordância dos mapas para o bioma brasileiro Amazônia

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ABSTRACT

Reliable environmental monitoring and evaluation require high-quality maps of land use and land cover. For the Amazon biome, the TerraClass and MapBiomas projects apply different methodologies to create these maps. We evaluated the agreement between land cover and land use maps generated by TerraClass and MapBiomas (Collections 2 and 3) for the Brazilian Amazon biome, from 2004 to 2014. Specifically, we: (1) described both project legends based on the LCCS (Land Cover Classification System); (2) analyzed the differences between their classes; and (3) compared the mapping differences among the Brazilian states that are totally or partially covered by the Amazon biome. We compared the classifications with a per-pixel approach and performed an evaluation based on agreement matrices. The overall agreement between the projects was 87.4% (TerraClass x MapBiomas 2) and 92.0% (TerraClass x MapBiomas 3). We analyzed methodological differences to explain the disagreements in class identification. We conclude that using these maps together without a properly adapted legend is not recommended for the analysis of land use and land cover change. Depending on the application, one mapping system may be more suitable than the other.

KEYWORDS:
land cover; classification system; remote sensing; PRODES; non-forest; geospatial analysis

Adopted classes	TerraClass	MapBiomas 2	MapBiomas 3
Forest	Forest	Dense forest	Forest formation
		Open forest
		Degraded Forest
		Flooded forest
		Mangrove	Mangrove
Water bodies	Hydrography	Water bodies	Water
Water bodies	Hydrography	Water bodies	River, lake and ocean
Planted forest	Reforestation	Silviculture	Forest plantation
Secondary vegetation	Secondary vegetation	Secondary forest	-
Urban areas	Urban areas	Urban infrastructure	Urban infrastructure
Pasture	Herbaceous pasture	Pasture	Pasture
	Shrubby pasture
	Regeneration with pasture
	Pasture with exposed soil
Non-forest natural vegetation - NFNV	Non-forest	Non-forest natural formations	Non-forest natural formation
			Savanna formation
			Grassland formation
		Non-forest natural wetlands	Wetland
		Other non-forest formation	Other non-forest natural formation
Agriculture	Annual crops	Annual crops	Annual and perennial crop and Semi-perennial crop
Agriculture	Annual crops	Mosaic of crops	Annual and perennial crop and Semi-perennial crop
Others	Others	Beaches and dunes	Beach and dune
			Other non-vegetated area
			Salt flat
Non-observed	Non-observed areas	Non-observed	Non-observed
Mining	Mining	-	Mining

a	Forest
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): trees - natural or semi-natural vegetation, leaf phenology = evergreen and leaf type = broadleaved;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): shrubs - natural or semi-natural vegetation;
	- Stratum 3 (optional): graminae - natural or semi-natural vegetation;
	- Stratum 4 (optional): water bodies.
b	Water bodies
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): water bodies - position: above surface.
c	Planted forest
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): trees - cultivated and managed vegetation, planted forest;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): bare soil;
	- Stratum 3 (optional): herbaceous growth forms.
d	Secondary vegetation
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): woody growth forms - natural, or semi-natural vegetation, height up to 3m;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): herbaceous growth forms - natural, or semi-natural vegetation.
e	Urban areas
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): buildings;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): woody growth forms;
	- Stratum 3 (optional): herbaceous growth forms.
	Horizontal pattern 2:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): roads.
f	Pasture
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): graminae - cultivated and managed vegetation;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): shrubs - natural or semi-natural vegetation;
	- Stratum 3 (optional): trees - cover between 0 and 4%.
g	Non-forest natural vegetation (NFNV)
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): trees- cover between 20 and 70%, height up to 5m and leaf phenology = deciduous;
	- Stratum 2 (optional): herbaceous growth forms.
h	Agriculture
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): graminae, forbs or bare soil - sequential temporal relationship, cultivated and managed vegetation, orchard and other plantations.
i	Others
	Horizontal pattern 1:
	- Stratum 1 (mandatory): loose and shifting sands.

TerraClass x MapBiomas 2
		TerraClass
		Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	SV	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
MapBiomas 2	Forest	98.76	20.42	81.28	80.34	21.57	25.30	54.33	8.11	52.18
	Water bodies	0.39	77.86	0.36	0.60	2.31	0.50	6.75	0.15	15.25
	Planted forest	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	SV	0.25	0.25	6.91	3.56	0.37	1.06	0.24	0.71	0.80
	Urban area	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.03	41.18	0.09	0.08	0.37	0.10
	Pasture	0.40	0.66	9.89	13.96	28.75	69.74	6.77	34.90	21.72
	NFNV	0.17	0.57	0.72	1.23	3.93	1.92	28.57	1.01	9.12
	Agriculture	0.03	0.23	0.80	0.28	1.86	1.39	3.26	54.75	0.81
	Others	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02
TerraClass x MapBiomas 3
		TerraClass
		Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	Mining	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
MapBiomas 3	Forest	99.01	20.03	74.84	34.45	21.94	18.77	51.53	8.45	56.46
	Water bodies	0.32	78.55	0.10	5.66	1.51	0.16	3.09	0.09	12.27
	Planted forest	0.00	0.00	6.88	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.01
	Mining	0.00	0.01	0.01	6.24	0.07	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.02
	Urban area	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.77	49.54	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.14
	Pasture	0.44	0.49	15.97	32.84	18.60	78.82	4.80	14.57	21.51
	NFNV	0.15	0.45	0.20	8.74	1.75	0.97	39.23	0.21	7.29
	Agriculture	0.02	0.00	0.63	0.51	1.14	0.92	0.65	75.62	0.27
	Others	0.06	0.45	1.37	10.80	5.49	0.32	0.63	0.99	2.03

MapBiomas 2 x TerraClass
		MapBiomas 2
		Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	SV	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
TerraClass	Forest	89.25	10.22	23.98	43.81	1.64	3.90	5.96	2.59	45.06
	Water bodies	0.65	72.33	0.00	1.54	0.69	0.23	0.70	0.81	19.40
	Planted forest	0.04	0.00	0.00	0.58	0.03	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.00
	SV	3.08	0.67	2.38	26.54	1.55	5.67	1.82	1.19	1.58
	Urban area	0.02	0.07	0.00	0.08	65.72	0.32	0.16	0.21	8.67
	Pasture	2.77	1.58	5.61	22.62	15.83	81.11	8.11	16.92	0.39
	NFNV	4.07	14.64	0.00	3.50	9.65	5.37	82.55	27.05	17.85
	Annual crop	0.07	0.04	68.03	1.17	4.74	3.11	0.33	51.10	0.00
	Others	0.05	0.45	0.00	0.16	0.15	0.24	0.36	0.09	7.05
MapBiomas 3 x TerraClass
		MapBiomas 3
		Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	Mining	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
TerraClass	Forest	92.75	9.58	4.43	7.46	3.06	4.07	4.00	2.37	30.45
	Water bodies	0.66	81.28	0.09	8.84	1.11	0.16	0.42	0.02	8.20
	Planted forest	0.03	0.00	71.45	0.15	0.01	0.07	0.00	0.03	0.32
	Mining	0.01	0.04	0.01	61.97	0.27	0.08	0.06	0.02	1.47
	Urban area	0.02	0.06	0.02	1.29	83.95	0.21	0.06	0.16	3.61
	Pasture	2.17	0.60	10.06	3.86	4.83	90.10	3.20	13.22	20.94
	NFNV	4.23	8.02	6.08	15.59	6.05	3.90	92.00	6.63	29.21
	Agriculture	0.07	0.02	7.70	0.02	0.50	1.19	0.05	77.51	4.60
	Others	0.06	0.40	0.16	0.82	0.22	0.22	0.21	0.04	1.20

TerraClass x MapBiomas 2
			Classes
			Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	SV	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
Amazon states	Acre	TCA	98.04	22.12	0.00	2.90	34.46	72.78	0.01	0.00	0.00
	Acre	MBA	95.72	13.54	0.00	7.21	83.44	79.46	0.04	0.00	0.00
	Amazonas	TCA	99.28	69.39	0.00	5.18	37.58	41.20	12.50	0.20	0.00
	Amazonas	MBA	95.56	70.13	0.00	22.20	86.90	67.98	83.46	0.05	0.00
	Amapá	TCA	99.10	86.17	0.00	1.50	58.93	1.09	26.30	0.28	0.00
	Amapá	MBA	86.46	65.34	0.00	4.76	39.76	27.45	93.21	0.00	0.00
	Maranhão	TCA	95.11	80.64	0.00	3.38	26.65	49.05	17.22	9.48	0.00
	Maranhão	MBA	41.34	72.37	0.00	28.94	80.22	81.43	57.70	2.87	0.00
	Mato Grosso	TCA	97.40	59.21	0.00	0.87	55.88	76.92	28.51	60.11	0.00
	Mato Grosso	MBA	83.17	40.22	0.00	30.46	49.07	76.48	65.23	70.14	0.00
	Pará	TCA	98.67	87.62	0.00	4.71	40.07	66.96	28.85	7.87	0.00
	Pará	MBA	86.91	85.58	0.00	30.95	77.58	83.68	82.13	6.07	0.00
	Rondônia	TCA	97.37	71.63	0.00	2.49	53.69	82.49	27.22	35.84	0.00
	Rondônia	MBA	78.32	54.41	0.00	31.37	70.30	84.53	88.42	60.36	0.00
	Roraima	TCA	99.23	84.87	0.00	4.67	27.21	3.62	46.51	12.37	0.00
	Roraima	MBA	86.21	38.20	0.00	26.69	4.68	89.40	96.96	0.02	0.00
	Tocantins	TCA	90.54	84.04	0.00	1.02	17.88	77.45	16.49	43.92	0.00
	Tocantins	MBA	27.53	86.60	0.00	34.95	31.36	87.19	27.27	1.25	0.00
TerraClass x MapBiomas 3
			Classes
			Forest	Water bodies	Planted forest	Mining	Urban areas	Pasture	NFNV	Agriculture	Others
Amazon states	Acre	TCA	98.79	26.70	0.00	0.00	44.42	80.18	0.40	0.00	2.98
	Acre	MBA	98.01	14.98	0.00	0.00	89.98	88.51	1.37	0.00	1.10
	Amazonas	TCA	99.42	70.28	0.00	1.70	59.26	56.07	26.51	3.42	2.16
	Amazonas	MBA	96.58	80.00	0.00	8.17	87.43	85.16	89.04	91.98	0.92
	Amapá	TCA	99.43	89.91	5.65	4.05	58.36	0.50	33.29	0.00	1.44
	Amapá	MBA	86.35	83.52	89.06	39.87	42.52	57.44	94.61	0.00	0.77
	Maranhão	TCA	96.57	80.43	12.67	1.70	48.59	61.78	10.68	30.87	3.04
	Maranhão	MBA	55.01	77.34	84.74	36.34	83.66	89.47	70.90	88.38	3.56
	Mato Grosso	TCA	97.75	62.34	5.92	0.07	51.79	84.15	25.77	81.25	0.44
	Mato Grosso	MBA	88.57	48.37	24.83	3.22	86.50	86.98	86.30	77.38	0.26
	Pará	TCA	99.04	88.68	3.71	8.32	43.48	75.58	37.97	32.71	1.91
	Pará	MBA	91.94	88.47	63.33	70.57	88.46	92.32	89.11	79.26	1.02
	Rondônia	TCA	97.58	75.73	0.00	13.49	56.09	90.93	28.12	60.46	2.05
	Rondônia	MBA	85.85	69.97	0.00	91.60	92.64	91.49	94.34	83.34	2.87
	Roraima	TCA	98.80	67.27	0.00	0.00	48.47	37.74	70.53	15.59	2.77
	Roraima	MBA	88.91	40.38	0.00	0.00	23.88	88.08	96.23	3.10	0.65
	Tocantins	TCA	93.23	91.54	0.00	11.81	50.50	92.22	17.58	41.03	1.66
	Tocantins	MBA	55.54	88.99	0.00	47.41	67.70	93.92	73.84	41.39	1.19

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[1] ^*Corresponding author: alana.neves@inpe.br