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Assessment of land use change in the coterminous United States and Alaska for global assessment of forest loss conducted by the food and agricultural organization of the United Nations

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Biswas, Tanushree, Walterman, Mike, Maus, Paul, Megown, Kevin A., Healey, Sean P., and Brewer, Kenneth, Assessment of land use change in the coterminous United States and Alaska for global assessment of forest loss conducted by the food and agricultural organization of the United Nations: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station., p. 37-45.

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The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations conducted a global assessment for forest change in 2010 using satellite imagery from 1990, 2000, and 2005. The U.S. Forest Service was responsible for assessing forest change in the United States. A polygon-based, stratified sampling design developed by FAO was used to assess change in forest area within 10 km by 10 km tiles at every 1° from 1990, 2000, and 2006 using Landsat TM and ETM+ data. The assessment included: 1) mapping land cover (tree and non-tree) and land use (forest and nonforest) within these tiles for each time period; 2) a segment-based analysis of land use transition between 1990 and 2000, and 2000 and 2005; 3) reporting forest change (area) by FAO [...]

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  • LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal
  • Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative

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  • Moving from status to trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) symposium 2012

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citationTypeConference Proceedings
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typeNotes
value11847
typePages
value37-45
typeConference Location
valueBaltimore, Maryland Newtown Square, PA

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