Multi-temporal analysis of deforestation in Rondônia state in Brazil using Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+ and NOAA AVHRR imagery and its relationship to changes in the local hydrological environment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4467-4479

  Ichii, Kazuhito ^a   Maruyama, Megumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasushi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AVHRR; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LANDSAT MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA STATE;

EID: 0345118893     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116031000095952     Document Type: Article

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