Detecting and Quantifying Forest Change: The Potential of Existing C- and X-Band Radar Datasets.

This paper evaluates the opportunity provided by global interferometric radar datasets for monitoring deforestation, degradation and forest regrowth in tropical and semi-arid environments. The paper describes an easy to implement method for detecting forest spatial changes and estimating their magni...

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Main Authors: Mihai A Tanase, Ismail Ismail, Kim Lowell, Oka Karyanto, Maurizio Santoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131079