Near real time detection of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon using MODIS imagery

The objective of this paper is to provide near real time information about deforestation detection (DETER) in the entire Brazilian Amazon using MODIS high temporal resolution images. It is part of the operational deforestation monitoring project to estimate the annual deforestation rate in the Brazi...

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Main Authors: Maurício A. Moreira, Bernardo F. T. Rudorff, Ramon M. de Freitas, Dalton M. Valeriano, Egídio Arai, Liana O. Anderson, Valdete Duarte, Yosio E. Shimabukuro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais em Bacias Hidrográficas (IPABHi) 2006-08-01
Series:Revista Ambiente & Água
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Online Access:http://www.ambi-agua.net/seer/index.php/ambi-agua/article/view/13/229