Remote sensing and GIS application for monitoring forest management operations

Satellite data potentially provide a useful tool for estimating forest cover and monitoring changes. Traditional forest surveying methods involve time consuming measurements of a large number of trees. Remotely sensed data may enable forest cover changes to be estimated very rapidly over large areas...

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Main Author: Ratnayake, Ranitha
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11309/