Assessment of the three factors affecting Myanmar's forest cover change using Landsat and MODIS vegetation continuous fields data

• Published in: International journal of digital earth Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 562 - 585
• Main Authors: Liu, Fu-Jiang, Huang, Chengquan, Pang, Yong, Li, Mengxue, Song, Dan-Xia, Song, Xiao-Peng, Channan, Saurabh, Sexton, Joseph O., Jiang, Die, Zhang, Ping, Guo, Yan, Li, Yao-Feng, Townshend, John R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.06.2016; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Algorithms; automation; conservation areas; Deforestation; Digital; Earth; Environmental changes; Environmental policy; Fires; Forest cover change; Forests; global change; Highways; Landsat; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; monitoring; Myanmar; Policies; protected area; Protected areas; Remote sensing; roads; Roads & highways; support vector machines; Vegetation; ISW, Myanmar; Myanmar
• ISSN: 1753-8947; 1753-8955; 1753-8955
• DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2015.1111451

Long-term observation of the earth is essential for studying the factors affecting global environmental changes. Digital earth technology can facilitate the monitoring of global environmental change with its ability to process vast amounts of information. In this study, we map the forest cover chang...