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....

• 1. Verfasser: Oñate Valdivieso, F. (author)
• Weitere Verfasser: Fries Fries, A. (author), Bendix, J. (author), Gonzalez Jaramillo, V. (author), Paladines Benitez, J. (author), Rollenbeck, R. (author)
• Format: article
• Veröffentlicht: 2016
• Schlagworte: Remote sensing; NOAA image processing; Forest cover; Annual deforestation rates; Ecuador
• Online Zugang: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18790