Identifying Forest Conversion Hotspots in the Commonwealth of Virginia using Multitemporal Landsat Data and Known Change Indicators

Identifying Forest Conversion Hotspots in the Commonwealth of Virginia using Multitemporal Landsat Data and Known Change Indicators

This study examines the effectiveness of using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) derived from 1326 different Landsat Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper images in finding isolated housing starts within the Commonwealth of Virginia's forests. Individual NDVI images were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: House, Matthew Neal
Other Authors: Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2018
Subjects:
Remote Sensing
Landsat
Forest Loss
LTSS
NDVI
Hotspots
Rural Development
Trajectory
Disturbance
Exurban Development
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86139

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86139

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