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However, the existing research on the evaluation of the accuracy of the field quadrat survey of FVC based on the satellite remote sensing pixel scale is inadequate, especially in the alpine grassland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this paper, five different alpine grasslands were examined, the accuracy of the FVC obtained by the photography method was analyzed, and the influence of the number of samples on the field survey results was studied. First, the results show that the threshold method could accurately extract the vegetation information in the photos and obtain the FVC with high accuracy and little subjective interference. Second, the number of samples measured on the ground was logarithmically related to the accuracy of the FVC of the sample plot (p &lt; 0.001). When the number of samples was larger, the accuracy of the FVC of the sample plot was higher and closer to the real value, and the stability of data also increased with the increase of the number of samples. Third, the average FVC of the measured quadrats on the ground was able to represent the FVC of the sample plot, but on the basis that there were enough measured quadrats. Finally, the results revealed that the degree of fragmentation reflecting the state of ground vegetation affects the acquisition accuracy of FVC. When the degree of fragmentation of the sample plot is higher, the number of samples needed to achieve the accuracy index is higher. Our results suggest that when obtaining the FVC on the satellite remote sensing pixel scale, the number of samples measured on the ground is an important factor affecting the accuracy, which cannot be ignored.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi8110497","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,4]],"date-time":"2019-11-04T04:13:08Z","timestamp":1572840788000},"page":"497","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Field Quadrat Survey of Alpine Grassland Fractional Vegetation Cover Based on the Satellite Remote Sensing Pixel Scale"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9464-3442","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jianjun","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China"},{"name":"Guangxi Key Laboratory of Spatial Information and Geomatics, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuning","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huizi","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Geomatics and Geoinformation, Guilin University of Technology, 12 Jiangan Road, Guilin 541004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Donggang West Road, Lanzhou 730000, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4932-8237","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shuhua","family":"Yi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Fragile Ecosystem and Environment, Nantong University, 999 Tongjing Road, Nantong 226007, China"},{"name":"School of Geographic Sciences, Nantong University, 999 Tongjing Road, Nantong 226007, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4705","DOI":"10.3390\/rs6064705","article-title":"Improving estimates of grassland fractional vegetation cover based on a pixel dichotomy model: A case study in Inner Mongolia, China","volume":"6","author":"Li","year":"2014","journal-title":"Remote Sens."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1016\/j.rse.2015.04.020","article-title":"Retrieval of grassland plant coverage on the Tibetan Plateau based on a multi-scale, multi-sensor and multi-method approach","volume":"164","author":"Lehnert","year":"2015","journal-title":"Remote Sens. 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