Title :
Automated detection of forest cover changes
Author :
Boriah, Shyam ; Mithal, Varun ; Garg, Ashish ; Steinbach, Michael ; Kumar, Vipin ; Potter, Christopher ; Klooster, Steven ; Castilla-Rubio, Juan Carlos
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Massive degradation in forest cover over recent decades caused by natural and human activities has made ability to detect changes in forest cover of critical importance. This paper provides a brief overview of our research on identifying changes in forest cover.
Keywords :
terrain mapping; vegetation mapping; automated detection; forest cover change; forest cover degradation; Data mining; Detection algorithms; Ecosystems; Google; Remote sensing; Time series analysis; Vegetation mapping; Algorithms; Forest change; Land cover change; Remote Sensing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652015
