Normalized algorithm for mapping and dating forest disturbances and regrowth for the United States

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 236-245

  He, Liming ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Zhang, Shaoliang ^b   Gomez, Gustavo ^c   Pan, Yude ^d   McCullough, Kevin ^d   Birdsey, Richard ^d   Masek, Jeffrey G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Change detection algorithm; Disturbance index; Fire; Forest disturbance; Logging; The continental US

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CARBON CYCLE; DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEAR INFRARED; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955633038     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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