Rapid assessment of annual deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon using MODIS data

Earth Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Morton, Douglas C ^a   DeFries, Ruth S ^a   Shimabukuro, Yosio E ^b   Anderson, Liana O ^b   Del Bon Espírito Santo, Fernando ^b   Hansen, Matthew ^c   Carroll, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Deforestation; MODIS; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; NASA; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEGETATION;

AMAZON; BRAZIL; CHANGE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS; POSITIVE PREDICTIVE VALUES; VEGETATION CONTINUOUS FIELDS;

DEFORESTATION;

EID: 77955933059     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI139.1     Document Type: Article

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