A new sampling scheme for tropical forest monitoring using satellite imagery

Frederic Achard; Tim Richards; Javier Gallego

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A new sampling scheme for tropical forest monitoring using satellite imagery

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Frederic Achard, Tim Richards, Javier Gallego

Year:

2000

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 607-613.

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Abstract

At the global level, a sampling scheme for tropical forest change assessment, using high resolution satellite images, has been defined using sampling units independent of any particular satellite sensor. For this purpose, a sampling frame has been chosen a hexagonal tessellation of 3,600 km².

Parent Publication

Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century

Citation

Achard, Frederic; Richards, Tim; Gallego, Javier. 2000. A new sampling scheme for tropical forest monitoring using satellite imagery. In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 607-613.