Forest cover mapping in French Guiana since 1992 using satellite radar imagery

Tuomas Häme; Yrjö Rauste; Laura Sirro; Nicolas Stach

Forest cover mapping in French Guiana since 1992 using satellite radar imagery

Tuomas Häme, Yrjö Rauste, Laura Sirro, Nicolas Stach

Inventaire Forestier National (IFN)

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Forest cover in entire French Guiana was mapped and changes monitored using C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from the ESA satellites. Three SAR orthorectified mosaics from 1992/1993, 2003/2004, and 2006/2007 were compiled. The areas of land cover classes were validated with an independent sample from optical satellite imagery (Landsat for around 1990 and Spot for 2006). The forest area showed a slight decrease, which was mainly caused by building of a water reservoir in the late 1990’s. C-band SAR is applicable for the wall-to-wall mapping of forest cover but the reference data should be improved. A specific very high resolution optical satellite mission is proposed for this purpose.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustaining the Millennium Development Goals -Volume II
Editors	Francesco Pignatelli
Publisher	European Commission EC
ISBN (Print)	978-0-932913-13-5
Publication status	Published - 2009
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, ISRSE-33 - Stresa, Italy Duration: 4 May 2009 → 9 May 2009

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Conference	33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment, ISRSE-33
Abbreviated title	ISRSE
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Stresa
Period	4/05/09 → 9/05/09

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Sustaining the Millennium Development Goals -Volume II. ed. / Francesco Pignatelli. European Commission EC, 2009.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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