MAPPING DEGRADED FOREST AREAS CAUSED BY FIRES DURING THE YEAR 2010 IN MATO GROSSO STATE, BRAZILIAN LEGAL AMAZON USING LANDSAT-5 TM FRACTION IMAGES

The objective of this study was to assess the extent of burned forest in 2010 in Mato Grosso State, located in the southern Brazilian Amazon region. Landsat TM images were acquired over the 2010 dry season. Overall, the approach consisted on mapping burned areas over the entire study area and then...

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Main Authors: Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Egidio Arai, Liana Oighenstein Anderson, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de Aragão, Valdete Duarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 2017-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Cartografia
Online Access:http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/revistabrasileiracartografia/article/view/44029