A satellite data set for tropical forest area change assessment

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7009-7031

  Beuchle, Rene ^a   Eva, Hugh D ^a   Stibig, Hans Jürgen ^a   Bodart, Catherine ^a   Brink, Andreas ^a   Mayaux, Philippe ^a   Johansson, Desiree ^b   Achard, Frederic ^a   Belward, Alan ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Reggiani SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; DEFORESTATION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NASA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICS;

GEOMETRIC FIDELITY; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY; PRIMARY DATA SOURCE; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SATELLITE POUR L'OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

SCREENING;

CLOUD COVER; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BASINS; CONGO; DATA PROCESSING; DEFORESTATION; SATELLITES; SCREENING; TROPICS;

CONGO BASIN;

EID: 80052811606     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2011.611186     Document Type: Article

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