A comparison between Landsat ETM+ and MODIS/TERRA images for detecting deforestation increments in the Eastern Acre region

A comparison between Landsat ETM+ and MODIS/TERRA images for detecting deforestation increments in the Eastern Acre region

In this paper we evaluated the capacity of MODIS images with 250 m spatial resolution to detect and map deforestation increments relative to the capacity of Landsat ETM+ images. This study was conducted in the state of Acre covering an area of 34,225 km². Our results show that the 250 m MODIS images...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anderson da S. Costa, Carlos M. de Souza Jr.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2005-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cartografia
Subjects:
Remote sensing
deforestation
Amazon
MODIS
Landsat.
Online Access:http://www.rbc.ufrj.br/_pdf_57_2005/57_2_05.pdf

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