Mapping species composition of forests and tree plantations in northeastern Costa Rica with an integration of hyperspectral and multitemporal landsat imagery

Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5660-5696

  Fagan, Matthew E ^a   DeFries, Ruth S ^b   Sesnie, Steven E ^c   Arroyo Mora, J Pablo ^d   Soto, Carlomagno ^d   Singh, Aditya ^e   Townsend, Philip A ^e   Chazdon, Robin L ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Hyperspectral fusion; Landsat; Payments for environmental services (PES); Reforestation; Remote sensing; Secondary forests; Tree plantations

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DECISION TREES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MAPPING; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROSCOPY;

COSTA RICA; HYPERSPECTRAL; LANDSAT; PAYMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; SECONDARY FORESTS; TREE PLANTATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CLASSIFICATION; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84930036920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs70505660     Document Type: Article

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