K&C Science Report – Phase 1 Detection of deforestation in Swedish forest

• Main Authors: Johan E. S. Fransson, Håkan Olsson, Leif E. B. Eriksson, Lars M. H. Ul, Maurizio Santoro
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Västra; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.530.638; http://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/kyoto/phase_1/KC-Phase1-report_SLU.pdf

Abstract—An extensive dataset of ALOS PALSAR L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter images is investigated for clear-cut detection in Swedish forest. SAR data were available for the counties of Västerbotten and Västra Götaland as well as for two local test sites (Remningstorp and Krycklan...