A matrix clustering method to explore patterns of land-cover transitions in satellite-derived maps of the Brazilian Amazon
Changes in land-use systems in tropical regions, including deforestation, are a key challenge for global sustainability because of their huge impacts on green-house gas emissions, local climate and biodiversity. However, the dynamics of land-use and land-cover change in regions of frontier expansion...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-02-01
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Series: | Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics |
Online Access: | http://www.nonlin-processes-geophys.net/24/113/2017/npg-24-113-2017.pdf |