Assessment of deforestation during the last decades in Ecuador using NOAA-AVHRR satellite data

Assessment of deforestation during the last decades in Ecuador using NOAA-AVHRR satellite data

Human activities during the last decades provoked a notable reduction in global forest cover. Knowing that forest stands act as stock and sinks for carbon and other greenhouse gases, it is important to determine the existing forest cover at country level and to calculate annual deforestation rates....

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Main Author: Oñate Valdivieso, F. (author)
Other Authors: Fries Fries, A. (author), Bendix, J. (author), Gonzalez Jaramillo, V. (author), Paladines Benitez, J. (author), Rollenbeck, R. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Remote sensing
NOAA image processing
Forest cover
Annual deforestation rates
Ecuador
Online Access:http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18790
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