Implementation of Forest Canopy Density Model to Monitor Tropical Deforestation

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 469-475

  Deka, Jyotishman ^a   Tripathi, Om Prakash ^a   Khan, Mohamed Latif ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest canopy density (FCD); Landsat; Northeast India

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MONITORING; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASSAM; INDIA;

EID: 84878783083     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-012-0224-5     Document Type: Article

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