Assessing change in large-scale forest area by visually interpreting Landsat images

Jerry D. Greer; Frederick P. Weber; Ray L. Czaplewski

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Assessing change in large-scale forest area by visually interpreting Landsat images

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Authors:

Jerry D. Greer, Frederick P. Weber, Ray L. Czaplewski

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. 614-622.

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Abstract

As part of the Forest Resources Assessment 1990, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations visually interpreted a stratified random sample of 117 Landsat scenes to estimate global status and change in tropical forest area. Images from 1980 and 1990 were interpreted by a group of widely experienced technical people in many different tropical countries.

Parent Publication

Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century

Citation

Greer, Jerry D.; Weber, Frederick P.; Czaplewski, Raymond L. 2000. Assessing change in large-scale forest area by visually interpreting Landsat images. 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. 614-622.