Application of Spectral Change Detection Techniques to Identify Forest Harvesting Using Landsat TM Data

The main objective of this study was to determine the spectral change technique best suited to detect complete forest harvests (clearcuts) in the Southern United States. In the pursuit of this objective eight existing change detection techniques were quantitatively evaluated and a hybrid method was...

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Main Author: Chambers, Samuel David
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34306
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08022002-182525/