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Fire Type Classification In The Brazilian Tropical Moist Forest Biome, Sanath Kumar Sathyachandran
Fire Type Classification In The Brazilian Tropical Moist Forest Biome, Sanath Kumar Sathyachandran
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The Brazilian Tropical Moist Forest Biome (BTMFB) is “Earth’s greatest biological treasure and a major component of the earth system” and forest degradation and deforestation by fire is a serious issue in this region. Fires in the BTMFB can be broadly classified as maintenance, deforestation and forest fire types. Spatially and temporally explicit information on the incidences of fire types are important as they have widely varying atmospheric emissions and ecological impacts. Satellite based remote sensing is a practical means of monitoring the BTMFB that spans almost 4 million km2. However, there has been no way to reliably …