Global forest monitoring from earth observation. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Frederic Achard and Matthew C. Hansen.
• Other Names: Achard, Frédéric; Hansen, Matthew C
• Contents: 1. Why forest monitoring matters for people and the planet / Ruth DeFries -- 2. Role of forests and impact of deforestation in the global carbon cycle / Richard A. Houghton -- 3. Use of earth observation technology to monitor forests across the globe / Frédéric Achard and Matthew C. Hansen -- 4. Global data availability from U.S. satellites : Landsat and MODIS / Thomas R. Loveland and Matthew C. Hansen -- 5. Sampling strategies for forest monitoring from global to national levels / Stephen V. Stehman -- 6. Use of coarse-resolution imagery to identify hot spots of forest loss at the global scale / Matthew C. Hansen, Peter Potapov, and Svetlana Turubanova -- 7. Use of a systematic statistical sample with moderate-resolution imagery to assess forest cover changes at tropical to global scale / Frédéric Achard [and others] -- 8. Monitoring forest loss and degradation at national to global scales using Landsat data / Peter Potapov [and others] -- 9. The Brazilian Amazon monitoring program : PRODES and DETER projects / Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro [and others] -- 10. Monitoring of forest degradation : a review of methods in the Amazon Basin / Carlos Souza, Jr. -- 11. Use of wall-to-wall moderate- and high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor forest cover across Europe / Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz [and others] -- 12. Monitoring U.S. forest dynamics with Landsat / Jeffrey G. Masek and Sean P. Healey -- 13. Long-term monitoring of Australian land cover change using Landsat data : development, implementation, and operation / Peter Caccetta [and others] -- 14. Assessment of burned forest areas over the Russian Federation from MODIS and Landsat-TM/ETM+ imagery / Sergey Bartalev [and others] -- 15. Global forest monitoring with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data / Richard Lucas [and others] -- 16. Future perspectives (way forward) / Alan Belward [and others].
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.75; Forests and forestry -- Remote sensing; Forest monitoring; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business; NATURE -- Natural Resources; Forest monitoring; Forests and forestry -- Remote sensing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466552029; 1466552026
• Related ISBNs: 9781466552012; 1466552018
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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