Multi-Decadal Mangrove Forest Change Detection and Prediction in Honduras, Central America, with Landsat Imagery and a Markov Chain Model

Multi-Decadal Mangrove Forest Change Detection and Prediction in Honduras, Central America, with Landsat Imagery and a Markov Chain Model

Mangrove forests play an important role in providing ecological and socioeconomic services for human society. Coastal development, which converts mangrove forests to other land uses, has often ignored the services that mangrove may provide, leading to irreversible environmental degradation. Monitori...

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Main Authors: Chi-Farn Chen, Nguyen-Thanh Son, Ni-Bin Chang, Cheng-Ru Chen, Li-Yu Chang, Miguel Valdez, Gustavo Centeno, Carlos Alberto Thompson, Jorge Luis Aceituno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Landsat
mangrove forests
image classification
change detection
change projection
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/5/12/6408

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