Spatial modeling and validation of forest cover change in Kanakapura region using GEOMOD

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-54

  Rashmi, M K ^b   Lele, N ^a  

^a Centre for Development of Advanced Computing   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; GEOMOD; Kanakapura; Predictive modeling; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIA; KANAKAPURA; KARNATAKA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 77956098378     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-010-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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