Combined Use of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data for REDD+ Applications in Malawi

Combined Use of Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Data for REDD+ Applications in Malawi

Recent developments in satellite data availability allow tropical forest monitoring to expand in two ways: (1) dense time series foster the development of new methods for mapping and monitoring dry tropical forests and (2) the combination of optical data and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data reduc...

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Main Authors: Manuela Hirschmugl, Carina Sobe, Janik Deutscher, Mathias Schardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-10-01
Series:Land
Subjects:
dry forest
land cover
REDD+
Sentinel
time series data
optical
SAR
data combination
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/7/4/116

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