Sentinel-1 Shadows Used to Quantify Canopy Loss from Selective Logging in Gabon

Sentinel-1 Shadows Used to Quantify Canopy Loss from Selective Logging in Gabon

Selective logging is a major cause of forest degradation in the tropics, but its precise scale, location and timing are not known as wide-area, automated remote sensing methods are not yet available at this scale. This limits the abilities of governments to police illegal logging, or monitor (and th...

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Main Authors: Harry Carstairs, Edward T. A. Mitchard, Iain McNicol, Chiara Aquino, Eric Chezeaux, Médard Obiang Ebanega, Anaick Modinga Dikongo, Mathias Disney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Sentinel-1
synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
radar
tropical forest
degradation
forest degradation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/17/4233

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