Rapid Assessment of Annual Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Using MODIS Data
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The Brazilian government annually assesses the extent of deforestation in the Legal Amazon for a variety of scientific and policy applications. Currently, the assessment requires the processing and storing of large volumes of Landsat satellite data. The potential for efficient, accurate, and less * Corresponding author address: Douglas C. Morton, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD 20742 E-mail address: [email protected] Earth Interactions • Volume 9 (2005) • Paper No. 8 • Page 1
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