DETER-B: The New Amazon Near Real-Time Deforestation Detection System

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 3619-3628

  Diniz, Cesar Guerreiro ^a   Souza, Arleson Antonio De Almeida ^a   Santos, Diogo Correa ^a   Dias, Mirian Correa ^a   Luz, Nelton Cavalcante Da ^a   Moraes, Douglas Rafael Vidal De ^a   Maia, Janaina Sant Ana ^a   Gomes, Alessandra Rodrigues ^a   Narvaes, Igor Da Silva ^a   Valeriano, Dalton M ^a   Maurano, Luis Eduardo Pinheiro ^a   Adami, Marcos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Monitoring; public policies; rainforest; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; MONITORING; PUBLIC POLICY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE RESEARCH;

AREA ESTIMATION; DETECTION CAPABILITY; DETECTION SYSTEM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; NEAR-REAL TIME; RAINFOREST;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DEFORESTATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FORESTRY POLICY; MODIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; RAINFOREST; REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 85027939328     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2437075     Document Type: Article

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