Regional detection, characterization, and attribution of annual forest change from 1984 to 2012 using Landsat-derived time-series metrics

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-132

  Hermosilla, Txomin ^a   Wulder, Michael A ^b   White, Joanne C ^b   Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Hobart, Geordie W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change detection; Image compositing; Landsat; Object based change; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME SERIES;

CHANGE DETECTION; IMAGE COMPOSITING; LANDSAT; OBJECT BASED; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PHENOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER STRESS;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84942803173     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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