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Detection of large-scale forest canopy change in pan-tropical humid forests 2000–2009 with the seawinds Ku-band scatterometer / S. Frolking in IEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing, vol 50 n° 7 Tome 1 (July 2012)  

Public [article]  inIEEE Transactions on geoscience and remote sensing > vol 50 n° 7 Tome 1 (July 2012) . - pp 2603 - 2617 Titre : Detection of large-scale forest canopy change in pan-tropical humid forests 2000–2009 with the seawinds Ku-band scatterometer Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : S. Frolking, Auteur ; Toni Hagen, Auteur ; M. Palace, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp 2603 - 2617 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Traitement d'image radar et applications [Termes IGN] Afrique tropicale [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] bande Ku [Termes IGN] Brésil [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] détection de changement [Termes IGN] diffusomètre [Termes IGN] forêt équatoriale [Termes IGN] Malaisie Résumé : (Auteur) We analyzed the 10-year record (1999-2009) of SeaWinds Ku-band microwave backscatter from humid tropical forest regions in South America, Africa, and Indonesia/Malaysia. While backscatter was relatively stable across much of the region, it declined by 1-2 dB in areas of known large-scale deforestation, and increased by up to 1-2 dB in areas of secondary forest or plantation forest growth and in major metropolitan areas. The reduction in backscatter over 142 18.5 km * 18.5 km blocks of tropical forest was correlated with gross forest cover loss (as determined from Landsat data analysis) (R = -0.78); this correlation improved when restricted to humid tropical forest blocks in South America with high initial forest cover (R = -0.93, n = 22). This study shows that scatterometer-based analyses can provide an important geophysical data record leading to robust identification of the spatial patterns and timing of large-scale change in tropical forests. The coarse spatial resolution of SeaWinds ( ~ 10 km) makes it unsuitable for mapping deforestation at the scale of land-use activity. However, due to a combination of instrument stability, sensitivity to canopy change and insensitivity to atmospheric effects, and straight-forward data processing, Ku-band scatterometery can provide a fully independent assessment of large-scale tropical forest canopy dynamics which may complement the interpretation of higher resolution optical remote sensing. Numéro de notice : A2012-353 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2182516 Date de publication en ligne : 06/02/2012 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2011.2182516 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=31799 [article]

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