Land use intensity trajectories on Amazonian pastures derived from Landsat time series

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Rufin, Philippe ^a   Müller, Hannes ^a   Pflugmacher, Dirk ^a   Hostert, Patrick ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon pastures; Land use intensity; Landsat; Phenology; Time series; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT; PASTURE; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; NOVO PROGRESSO;

EID: 84939641248     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.04.010     Document Type: Article

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