Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6348948 | International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | 2014 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
- Provides a new forest cover estimate for Haiti using supervised classification of Landsat data.
- Evaluates forest cover estimates for Haiti using several different remote sensing datasets.
- Discusses patchy forest cover in Haiti and the impact on forest estimates.
- Presents a modified technique for satellite image normalization.
- Demonstrates an inverse relationship between image resolution and forest cover area in Haiti.
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Authors
Christopher E. Churches, Peter J. Wampler, Wanxiao Sun, Andrew J. Smith,