Combining satellite data for better tropical forest monitoring

Johannes Reiche, Richard Lucas, Anthea L. Mitchell, Jan Verbesselt, Dirk H. Hoekman, Jörg Haarpaintner, Josef M. Kellndorfer, Ake Rosenqvist, Eric A. Lehmann, Curtis E. Woodcock, Frank Martin Seifert and Martin Herold ()
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Johannes Reiche: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University
Richard Lucas: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Anthea L. Mitchell: School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
Jan Verbesselt: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University
Dirk H. Hoekman: Earth System Science Group, Wageningen University
Jörg Haarpaintner: Norut Northern Research Institute
Josef M. Kellndorfer: Woods Hole Research Center
Ake Rosenqvist: soloEO-Japan
Eric A. Lehmann: CSIRO Digital Productivity
Curtis E. Woodcock: Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University
Frank Martin Seifert: ESA-ESRIN
Martin Herold: Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University

Nature Climate Change, 2016, vol. 6, issue 2, 120-122

Abstract: Implementation of policies to reduce forest loss challenges the Earth observation community to improve forest monitoring. An important avenue for progress is the use of new satellite missions and the combining of optical and synthetic aperture radar sensor data.

Date: 2016
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