Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Monitoring forests from space: quantifying forest change by using satellite data.

Author: Thompson, Jonathan.

Date: 2006

Source: Science Findings 89. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p

Description: Change is the only constant in forest ecosystems. Quantifying regional-scale forest change is increasingly done with remote sensing, which relies on data sent from digital camera-like sensors mounted to Earth-orbiting satellites. Through remote sensing, changes in forests can be studied comprehensively and uniformly across time and space.

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Thompson, Jonathan.  2006.  Monitoring forests from space: quantifying forest change by using satellite data..   Science Findings 89. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 5 p