Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation
Contributor(s)
Achard, Frédéric (editor)
Hansen, Matthew C. (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Covering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use changes. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of monitoring methods and shows how state-of-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.
Keywords
Forestry; Ecology - Environment Studies; ENVIRO; AGRICULTURE; SCI-TECH; ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE; STM; cover; data; inventory; land; landsat; loss; remote; resolution; sensing; spatialDOI
10.1201/b13040Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2013Imprint
CRC PressClassification
Conservation of the environment
Environmental science, engineering and technology
Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing