Estimation of Carbon Release from Tropical Deforestation Using High-resolution Satellite Data
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* Corresponding author and present address: Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO), Agargaon, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh Abstract – Recent global climate change is the consequence of many human activities; deforestation in the tropics is one of them. The research estimated the amount of carbon flux due to forest cover change by combining satellite image information and terrestrial field-based inventory. The study area is located at a tropical forest region of southeastern Bangladesh. It used Landsat TM and ETM+ satellite images and terrestrial sample based inventory data. The result is quite useful to understand the terrestrial carbon dynamics and global climate change.
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