Evaluating TERRA-1 MODIS data for discrimination of tropical secondary forest regeneration stages in the Brazilian Legal Amazon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Lucas, Richard M ^a   Xiao, Xiangming ^b   Hagen, Stephen ^b   Frolking, Steve ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; REFORESTATION;

LANDSAT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; REGIONAL SCALE; SENSOR DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL SECONDARY FORESTS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0037092294     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013375     Document Type: Article

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