A near-real time forest-cover map of Madagascar derived from SPOT-4 VEGETATION data

1 January 2000

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing

Vol. 21 (16), 3139-3144
https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160050145018

Abstract

Using SPOT-4 VEGETATION data for near-real time mapping is new. In this Letter, a robust technique for cloud decontamination of the ten-day composites is presented. A forest-cover map of Madagascar is derived from monthly images from October 1998 to September 1999 with a user's accuracy of 87.8%.

Keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS
NEAR REAL TIME
REMOTE SENSING
FORESTS
SEASONAL VARIATION
VEGETATION

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