High resolution remote sensing based quantification of the remnant vegetation cover in the Araguaia river basin, central Brazil

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ferreira, Manuel E ^a   Ferreira, Laerte G ^a   Latrubesse, Edgardo M ^a   Miziara, Fausto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araguaia basin; CBERS; Cerrado biome; Land Use change

Indexed keywords

ARAGUAIA BASIN; CBERS; CERRADO; CERRADO BIOME; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCES; HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HOT SPOT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; LAND COVER; LAND- USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH AMERICA; VEGETATION COVER;

BIODIVERSITY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 67649790262     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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