@Article{KuxAherPiet:1995:EvRaRe,
               author = "Kux, Hermann Johann Heinrich and Ahern, Frank J. and Pietsch, R. 
                         W.",
          affiliation = "{} and Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, 588 Booth St., Ottawa, 
                         ON, KIA OY7, Canada and Dendron Resource Surveys Ltd., 880 Lady 
                         Ellen Place, Ottawa, ON, KIZ 5L9, Canada",
                title = "Evaluation of radar remote sensing for natural resource management 
                         on the tropical rainforests of Acre State, Brazil",
              journal = "Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing",
                 year = "1995",
               volume = "21",
               number = "4",
                pages = "430--440",
                month = "Dec.",
             keywords = "Data reduction, Environmental engineering, Forestry, Image 
                         analysis, Natural resources exploration, Project management, Radar 
                         imaging, Synthetic aperture radar, Tropics, Brazil, Deforestation, 
                         Natural resource management, Radar remote sensing, Tropical 
                         rainforests.",
             abstract = "In the framework of a Canada/Brazil Cooperation Project, an 
                         airborne SAR-580 campaign to acquire C-band radar data was 
                         undertaken during April 1992 in Brazilian Amazonia. The overall 
                         objective was to evaluate airborne and spaceborne C-band SAR in 
                         tropical forest environments. Results of these investigations will 
                         be used to increase the ability of professional and technical 
                         staff responsible for tropical forest management in Brazil to use 
                         radar data. This paper presents results of the SAR data evaluation 
                         in Acre, a state in Brazilian Amazonia. The use of geometrically 
                         and radiometrically corrected SAR images is described and related 
                         to the detection of deforestation practices for pasture and small 
                         settlements as well as other manmade features. When applicable, 
                         examples of different relief features (dissection by drainage, 
                         erosion, topography, for example)depicted from SAR images and 
                         their relationships with vegetation cover, land use, and land use 
                         planning are shown. Based on the interpretation of airborne wide 
                         swath images and simulated RADARSAT standard and fine mode images, 
                         it appears that airborne and spaceborne SAR data have an important 
                         monitoring potential for this region. From the data, information 
                         on tropical deforestation, drainage networks, soils, and 
                         vegetation may be obtained. With such information, development may 
                         be managed to avoid many of the severe environmental problems that 
                         have previously occurred in this region.",
                  doi = "10.1080/07038992.1995.10855166",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07038992.1995.10855166",
                 issn = "1712-7971",
                label = "7764",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "INPE 6450.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "23 maio 2024"
}