Table 1 Schematic of the inter-class land transition matrix.

From: The changing face of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin detected by a 60-year land use change dataset

 

Area in year T1*

Total area in T2**

Class1

Class2

Class3

Class4

Class5

Class6

Class7

Area in year T2*

Class1

A11

A12

A13

A14

A15

A16

A17

A1.

Class2

A21

A22

A23

A24

A25

A26

A27

A2.

Class3

A31

A32

A33

A34

A35

A36

A37

A3.

Class4

A41

A42

A43

A44

A45

A46

A47

A4.

Class5

A51

A52

A53

A54

A55

A56

A57

A5.

Class6

A61

A62

A63

A64

A65

A66

A67

A6.

Class7

A71

A72

A73

A74

A75

A76

A77

A7.

Total area in T1 ***

A.1

A.2

A.3

A.4

A.5

A.6

A.7

 

Change in each land class between T1 to T2

A.1-A11

A.2-A22

A.3-A33

A.4-A44

A.5-A55

A.6-A66

A.7-A77

 

Total change between T1 and T2

A1.-A.1

A2.-A.2

A3.-A.3

A4.-A.4

A5.-A.5

A6.-A.6

A7.-A.7

 
  1. *T1 and T2 are the two end-years of comparison; A refers to areal extent for a land use class (Km2); diagonal cells in the table indicate “no change” between T1 and T2; **Sum of values in a row; ***Sum of values in a column.