Annual multi-resolution detection of land cover conversion to oil palm in the Peruvian Amazon

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 129, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-167

  Gutiérrez Vélez, Víctor Hugo ^a   DeFries, Ruth ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; ALOS PALSAR; Classification; Landsat; MODIS; Monitoring; Time series; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALOS-PALSAR; LANDSAT; MODIS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSERVATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DEFORESTATION; MONITORING; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; TIME SERIES;

LANDFORMS;

ALOS; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; INCENTIVE; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MODIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALSAR; PLANTATION; SATELLITE SENSOR; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; SENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

AMAZONIA; PERU; PUCALLPA; UCAYALI;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84870290299     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.10.033     Document Type: Article

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