An Integrated Forest Monitoring System for Central Africa
Project Start Date
01/01/2000
Project End Date
01/01/2003
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| Person Name | Person role on project | Affiliation |
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| Nadine Laporte | Principal Investigator | The Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, United States |
Abstract
Develop methods to map Central Africa forest types, and biomass using a multi-sensor multiscale approach (AVHRR, MODIS, JERS, ERS) ! Develop validation protocols for regional land cover products (Field, Video, Ikonos, Landsat) ! Reinforce collaboration between National Forest Services, ecologists and conservationists to develop an operational forest monitoring system
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