Estimating Land Use and Land Cover Change in North Central Georgia: Can Remote Sensing Observations Augment Traditional Forest Inventory Data?

Estimating Land Use and Land Cover Change in North Central Georgia: Can Remote Sensing Observations Augment Traditional Forest Inventory Data?

Throughout the last three decades, north central Georgia has experienced significant loss in forest land and tree cover. This study revealed the temporal patterns and thematic transitions associated with this loss by augmenting traditional forest inventory data with remotely sensed observations. In...

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Main Authors: Gretchen G. Moisen, Kelly S. McConville, Todd A. Schroeder, Sean P. Healey, Mark V. Finco, Tracey S. Frescino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
forest trends
model-assisted estimation
post-stratification
image-based change estimation (ICE)
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/8/856

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