Real time deforestation detection using ANN and Satellite images The Amazon Rainforest study case /

• Main Authors: Nunes Kehl, Thiago (Author), Todt, Viviane (Author), Roberto Veronez, Maurício (Author), Cesar Cazella, Silvio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Geography.; Artificial intelligence.; Remote sensing.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

The foremost aim of the present study was the development of a tool to detect daily deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, using satellite images from the MODIS/TERRA sensor and Artificial Neural Networks. The developed tool provides parameterization of the configuration for the neural network trai...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Literature Review
• 3 Method
• 4 Results and Discussion
• 5 Conclusions and Future Work.