Will Remote Sensing Live Up to Its Promise for Forest Management?
1997; Oxford University Press; Volume: 95; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/jof/95.10.23
ISSN1938-3746
AutoresRandolph H. Wynne, Duane B. Carter,
Tópico(s)Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Resumoespite much hype and promise, satellite remote sensing is rarely used in day-to-day forest resource management, largely because of the coarse resolution of the last generation of spaceborne sensors.The multispectral scanner (MSS) onboard the first earth resources technology satellite (ERTS-1, later dubbed Landsat-1) had a resolution (pixel size) of 79 by 79 meters and could sense only in the blue, green, red, and near-infrared bands.That was in 1972.Ten years later, the thematic mapper (TM) on Landsat-4 brought resolution down to 30 meters and added a thermal band and two
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