Mapping Plantations in Myanmar by Fusing Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Data along with Systematic Error Quantification

Poortinga, Ate; Tenneson, Karis; Shapiro, Aurélie; Nquyen, Quyen; San Aung, Khun; Chishtie, Farrukh; Saah, David

doi:10.3390/rs11070831

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Mapping Plantations in Myanmar by Fusing Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 Data along with Systematic Error Quantification

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Authors:

Ate Poortinga

Karis Tenneson

Aurélie Shapiro

Abstract

Forests in Southeast Asia are experiencing some of the highest rates of deforestation and degradation in the world, with natural forest species being replaced by cropland and plantation monoculture. In this work, we have developed an innovative method to accurately map rubber and palm oil plantation...

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