Evaluating an Automated Approach for Monitoring Forest Disturbances in the Pacific Northwest from Logging, Fire and Insect Outbreaks with Landsat Time Series Data

Forests are the largest aboveground sink for atmospheric carbon (C), and understanding how they change through time is critical to reduce our C-cycle uncertainties. We investigated a strong decline in Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from 1982 to 1991 in Pacific Northwest forests, obser...

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Main Authors: Christopher S. R. Neigh, Douglas K. Bolton, Jennifer J. Williams, Mouhamad Diabate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-12-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/5/12/3169