Assessing the Importance of Tree Cover Threshold for Forest Cover Mapping Derived from Global Forest Cover in Myanmar

Comprehensive forest cover mapping is essential for making policy and management decisions. However, creating a forest cover map from raw remote sensing data is a barrier for many users. Here, we investigated the effects of different tree cover thresholds on the accuracy of forest cover maps derived...

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Main Authors: Kay Khaing Lwin, Tetsuji Ota, Katsuto Shimizu, Nobuya Mizoue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/12/1062