Strategies for monitoring tropical deforestation using satellite data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2000, Pages 1461-1471

  Tucker, C J ^a,b   Townshend, J R G ^b,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORESTATION; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; PERU;

EID: 0034655454     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210263     Document Type: Article

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