Assessment of deforestation in near real time over the Brazilian Amazon using multitemporal fraction images derived from Terra MODIS

Author

Anderson, Liana O. ; Shimabukuro, Yosio E. ; Defries, Ruth S. ; Morton, Douglas

Author_Institution

Inst. Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

2005

fDate

7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

318

Abstract

We present a methodology for rapidly assessing deforestation over the Amazon region needed for policy intervention. We use soil fraction images generated from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data at 250-m spatial resolution. Results showed reasonable agreement with higher resolution Landsat data (r²=0.73) for our study area. MODIS data are promising for near real-time deforestation monitoring, previously not practical with Landsat data.

Keywords

forestry; soil; terrain mapping; Brazilian Amazon; Landsat data comparison; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer; Terra MODIS; deforestation assessment; deforestation monitoring; policy intervention; soil fraction images; Biodiversity; Biosensors; Earth Observing System; Image sensors; MODIS; Monitoring; Pixel; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Spatial resolution; Amazon region; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor; deforestation; fraction images;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1545-598X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LGRS.2005.850364

Filename

1468089