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Evaluating TERRA‐1 MODIS data for discrimination of tropical secondary forest regeneration stages in the Brazilian Legal Amazon
Author(s) -
Lucas Richard M.,
Xiao Xiangming,
Hagen Stephen,
Frolking Steve
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2001gl013375
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , advanced very high resolution radiometer , remote sensing , regeneration (biology) , scale (ratio) , tropics , high resolution , environmental science , tropical forest , imaging spectrometer , geography , climatology , cartography , geology , spectrometer , ecology , satellite , engineering , aerospace engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
We establish the potential of TERRA‐1 Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) data for discriminating and mapping tropical secondary forest regeneration stages in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, in terms of both their age and pathway. In using MODIS data, many difficulties encountered in local to regional scale mapping and discrimination of regeneration stage using NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and fine spatial resolution Landsat/SPOT sensor data can be largely overcome.