Assessment and monitoring of long-term forest cover changes in Odisha, India using remote sensing and GIS

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4399-4415

  Reddy, C Sudhakar ^a   Jha, C S ^a   Dadhwal, V K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; GIS; Grid; India; Odisha; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING; DRY DECIDUOUS FORESTS; GRID; INDIA; ODISHA; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING;

DEFORESTATION;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; FRAGMENTATION; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PATCH SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDIA; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TREND STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EQUIPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREE;

DEFORESTATION; GIS; INDIA; REMOTE SENSING;

INDIA; ODISHA;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDIA; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878358335     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2877-5     Document Type: Article

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