Drones of various shapes, sizes, and functionalities have emerged over the past few
decades, and their civilian applications are becoming increasingly appealing. Flexible, low …

Forest insects and pathogens are major disturbance agents that have affected millions of
hectares in N orth A merica in recent decades, implying significant impacts to the carbon (C) …

We review various recent approaches to making digital soil maps based on geographic
information systems (GIS) data layers, note some commonalities and propose a generic …

Researchers from the US Geological Survey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the
European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy produced a 1 km resolution …

Global Percent Tree Cover at a Spatial Resolution of 500 Meters: First Results of the MODIS
Vegetation Continuous Fields Algorithm in: Earth Interactions Volume 7 Issue 10 (2003) Jump …

Although land cover map** is one of the earliest applications of remote sensing
technology, routine map** over large areas has only relatively recently come under …

Safeguarding the diversity of natural and semi-natural habitats in Europe is one of the aims
set out by the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural …

Multi-spectral imagery from the Landsat family of satellites has been used to map forest
properties for decades, but accurate forest type characterizations at a 30-m Landsat …

Map** forest variables and associated characteristics is fundamental for forest planning
and management. Considerable effort has been made in Northern Europe to develop …

This book discusses the fundamentals of land-use and land-cover characterization,
map**, and monitoring using remote sensing technology. After covering the basic …