With uninterrupted space-based data collection since 1972, Landsat plays a key role in
systematic monitoring of the Earth's surface, enabled by an extensive and free …

Accurate land cover information is required for science, monitoring, and reporting. Land
cover changes naturally over time, as well as a result of anthropogenic activities. Monitoring …

Accurate characterization of tropical moist forest changes is needed to support conservation
policies and to quantify their contribution to global carbon fluxes more effectively. We …

Formal planning and development of what became the first Landsat satellite commenced
over 50 years ago in 1967. Now, having collected earth observation data for well over four …

Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Abstract Information about forest stand species distribution is essential for biodiversity
modelling, forest disturbances, fire hazard and drought monitoring, biomass and carbon …

The wealth of complementary data available from remote sensing missions can hugely aid
efforts towards accurately determining land use and quantifying subtle changes in land use …

Land cover in Bei**g experienced a dramatic change due to intensive human activities,
such as urbanization and afforestation. However, the spatial patterns of the dynamics are …

Accurate information regarding forest tree species composition is useful for a wide range of
applications, both for forest management and scientific research. Remote sensing is an …

In the context of complex demands on forest resources and climate change, synoptic and
spatially-explicit baseline data characterizing national trends in forest disturbance and …