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RISAssessment of Tropical Forest Degradation with Canopy Fractional Cover from Landsat ETM+ and IKONOS Imagery
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Tropical forests are being subjected to a wide array of disturbances in addition to outright deforestation. Selective logging is one of the most common disturbances ongoing in the Amazon, which results in significant changes ...
Analyzing the Impacts of Frequency and Severity of Forest Fire on the Recovery of Disturbed Forest using Landsat Time Series and EO-1 Hyperion in the Southern Brazilian Amazon
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: stimation of fire impacts and forest recovery using remote sensing is difficult because of the heterogeneity of fire history (frequency, severity, and time since last fire) across burned forest landscapes. The authors ...
Monitoring Selective Logging in Tropical Evergreen Forests Using Landsat: Multitemporal Regional Analyses in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Selective logging degrades tropical forests. Logging operations vary in timing, location, and intensity. Evidence of this land use is rapidly obscured by forest regeneration and ongoing deforestation. A detailed study of ...