Mapping deforestation and secondary growth in Rondonia, Brazil, using imaging radar and thematic mapper data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-179

  Rignot, Eric ^b   Salas, William A ^a   Skole, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DEFORESTATION; FOREST REGENERATION; LANDSAT; MAPPING; REGENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIR-C; SPACEBORNE IMAGING RADAR C;

BRAZIL, RONDONIA STATE, PORTO VELHO;

BIOMASS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FORESTRY; MAPPING; MULTISPECTRAL SCANNERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLARIMETERS;

DEFORESTATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER (TM); SECONDARY FOREST GROWTH;

RADAR IMAGING;

EID: 0030613494     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(96)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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