Toward Operational Mapping of Woody Canopy Cover in Tropical Savannas Using Google Earth Engine

Toward Operational Mapping of Woody Canopy Cover in Tropical Savannas Using Google Earth Engine

Savanna woody plants can store significant amounts of carbon while also providing numerous other ecological and socio-economic benefits. However, they are significantly under-represented in widely used tree cover datasets, due to mapping challenges presented by their complex landscapes, and the unde...

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Main Authors: Julius Y. Anchang, Lara Prihodko, Wenjie Ji, Sanath S. Kumar, C. Wade Ross, Qiuyan Yu, Brianna Lind, Mamadou A. Sarr, Abdoul A. Diouf, Niall P. Hanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
earth observation
vegetation structure
Copernicus Sentinel data
cloud-computing
machine learning
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00004/full

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