Patterns in forest clearing along the Appalachian Trail Corridor

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 783-791

  Potere, David ^a,b   Woodcock, Curtis E ^b   Schneider, Annemarie ^b,c   Ozdogan, Mutlu ^b,d   Baccini, Alessandro ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST CLEARING; GEOCOVER LANDSAT;

FORESTRY;

DATA SET; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; MAP; RESOLUTION;

DATA BASES; FORESTRY; REMOTE SENSING;

APPALACHIANS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347385503     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.73.7.783     Document Type: Review

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