Identifying Forest Impacted by Development in the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Use of Landsat and Known Change Indicators

Identifying Forest Impacted by Development in the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Use of Landsat and Known Change Indicators

This study examines the effectiveness of using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from 1326 different Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper images in finding low density development within the Commonwealth of Virginia’s forests. Individual NDVI images were stack...

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Main Authors: Matthew N. House, Randolph H. Wynne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
remote sensing
Landsat
forest loss
LTSS
NDVI
rural development
trajectory
disturbance
forest change attribution
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/1/135

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