Annual mapping of large forest disturbances across Canada's forests using 250 m MODIS imagery from 2000 to 2011

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1545-1554

  Guindon, L ^a   Bernier, P Y ^a   Beaudoin, A ^a   Pouliot, D ^b   Villemaire, P ^a   Hall, R J ^c   Latifovic, R ^b   St Amant, R ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Change detection; Decision tree; National burned area composite; Regression tree; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; FLOODS; HARVESTING; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

BOREAL FORESTS; BURNED AREAS; CHANGE DETECTION; FOREST DISTURBANCES; FOREST PROPERTIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; REGRESSION TREES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOREAL FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; MAPPING; MODIS; PERSISTENCE;

DECISION MAKING; FORESTS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; TREES;

CANADA;

EID: 84911390425     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0229     Document Type: Article

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