Remote sensing of forest degradation: a review

Y Gao, M Skutsch, J Paneque-Gálvez… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Change detection techniques based on multispectral images for investigating land cover dynamics

DR Panuju, DJ Paull, AL Griffin - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Satellite images provide an accurate, continuous, and synoptic view of seamless global
extent. Within the fields of remote sensing and image processing, land surface change …

Identifying the spatiotemporal changes of annual harvesting areas for three staple crops in China by integrating multi-data sources

Y Luo, Z Zhang, Z Li, Y Chen, L Zhang… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Reliable and continuous information on major crop harvesting areas is fundamental to
investigate land surface dynamics and make policies affecting agricultural production, land …

Tracking disturbance-regrowth dynamics in tropical forests using structural change detection and Landsat time series

B DeVries, M Decuyper, J Verbesselt, A Zeileis… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Increasing attention on tropical deforestation and forest degradation has necessitated more
detailed knowledge of forest change dynamics in the tropics. With an increasing amount of …

Improved maize cultivated area estimation over a large scale combining MODIS–EVI time series data and crop phenological information

J Zhang, L Feng, F Yao - ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote …, 2014 - Elsevier
The accurate and timely information of crop area is vital for crop production and food
security. In this study, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) data from MODerate resolution …

Effects of urban tree canopy loss on land surface temperature magnitude and timing

A Elmes, J Rogan, C Williams, S Ratick… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) plays an important role in moderating the Surface Urban
Heat Island (SUHI) effect, which poses threats to human health due to substantially …

Quantifying the impacts of opencast mining on vegetation dynamics over eastern India using the long-term Landsat-series satellite dataset

AK Ranjan, BR Parida, J Dash, AK Gorai - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced spatio-temporal and up-to-date information on vegetation dynamics at various
spatial scales are imperative in understanding the human, biosphere, and atmosphere …

Monitoring and modeling spatial and temporal patterns of grassland dynamics using time-series MODIS NDVI with climate and stocking data

Z Li, T Huffman, B McConkey… - Remote Sensing of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Degradation of grassland has become a worldwide environmental concern. This study
examined temporal and spatial patterns of grassland potential productivity dynamics …

Detecting global vegetation changes using Mann-Kendal (MK) trend test for 1982–2015 time period

M Guo, J Li, H He, J Xu, Y Jin - Chinese Geographical Science, 2018 - Springer
Vegetation is the main component of the terrestrial ecosystem and plays a key role in global
climate change. Remotely sensed vegetation indices are widely used to detect vegetation …

Recent disruptions in the timing and intensity of precipitation in Calakmul, Mexico

S Mardero, B Schmook, Z Christman… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2020 - Springer
This study addresses changes in the timing and intensity of precipitation from 1982 to 2016
from three meteorological stations around Calakmul, Mexico, a landscape balancing …