Integration of hyperion satellite data and a household social survey to characterize the causes and consequences of reforestation patterns in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-735

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Shao, Yang ^a   Mena, Carlos F ^a   McCleary, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION;

BIO-PHYSICAL VARIABLES; LINEAR MIXTURE MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ENDOWMENTS; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SUPERVISED AND UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

SURVEYS;

GIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HYPERION; IKONOS; LAND COVER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; REGROWTH; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

HYPERION;

EID: 44849144293     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.74.6.725     Document Type: Article

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