Potential of ATSR-l data for detection of clearings within dense humid tropical forest
- 20 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 16 (11) , 2071-2079
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431169508954540
Abstract
Along Track Scanning Radiometer-I (ATSR-I) data of part of the Acre State in Brazil wereexamined with a viewto assessing their potential use for the detection of clearings within dense humid tropical forests. Using Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery as a reference, a comparison of ATSR–1 and NOAA–11 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) images obtained within a day of each other indicated that the depiction of large forest clearings was better defined both spectrally and spatially on the ATSR–1 imagery than on that of the AVHRR. The reasons for these findings are discussed.Keywords
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