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An Integrated Forest Monitoring System for Central Africa
Project Start Date
01/01/2000
Project End Date
01/01/2003
Project Call Name
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Team Members:

Person Name Person role on project Affiliation
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