High spatial resolution land use and land cover mapping of the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2008 using Landsat-5/TM and MODIS data

Almeida, Cláudio; Camargo COUTINHO, Alexandre; César, Júlio; Adami, Marcos; Venturieri, Adriano; Guerreiro Diniz, Cesar; Dessay, Nadine; Durieux, Laurent; Rodrigues Gomes, Alessandra

doi:10.1590/1809-4392201505504

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High spatial resolution land use and land cover mapping of the Brazilian Legal Amazon in 2008 using Landsat-5/TM and MODIS data

Published in Acta Amazonica • Jul 2, 2016

Authors:

Cláudio Almeida

Alexandre Camargo COUTINHO

Júlio César

Abstract

ABSTRACT Understanding spatial patterns of land use and land cover is essential for studies addressing biodiversity, climate change and environmental modeling as well as for the design and monitoring of land use policies. The aim of this study was to create a detailed map of land use land cover of t...

Subject

Amazon rainforest

Land cover

Geography

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