Land cover mapping of the tropical savanna region in Brazil

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Sano, Edson E ^a   Rosa, Roberto ^b   Brito, Jorge L S ^b   Ferreira, Laerte G ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian savanna; Cerrado; Land cover mapping; Land use

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATA; CERRADO; ENHANCED THEMATIC MAPPERS; FORESTLANDS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; LAND COVER; LAND COVER MAPPING; LAND COVER MAPS; LAND USE CLASS; LANDSAT; MINING AREAS; NATURAL VEGETATION; SHRUBLANDS; URBAN AREAS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MAPPING; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

BIOME; DATA INTERPRETATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; SENSOR; SHRUBLAND; THEMATIC MAPPING; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOME; BRAZIL; CROPLAND; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; MINING; PASTURELAND; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA; SCRUB; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77954142493     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0988-4     Document Type: Article

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