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Forest cutting Comoe

 Download PDF document        Last update: 2004-12-01   Done by: Dr. Dethardt Goetze     Copy dataset as template

Dataset metadata
DescriptionChange detection procedures after supervised and unsupervised classifications of a Landsat TM (1988) and an ETM+ (2002) image
Purpose To detect areas of deforestation, reforestation and of potential forest cover (if no cutting had occurred) in the southern Comoé National Park and the adjacent utilized area south of the park.
Main theme(s)
  1. Conservation
  2. Landscape
  3. Vegetation
Subtheme(s)
  1. Deforestation
  2. Forest
  3. Landscape dynamics
  4. Remote sensing
  5. Vegetation mapping
Biome(s) South Sudanian savanna woodland
Country(ies) Ivory coast
Administration unit(s) Préfecture Nassian
Locality(ies) Comoé National Park
BIOTA Observatory(ies)
  1. Comoé 1
  2. Comoé 2
  3. Comoé 3
Period(s)
  1. 1988
  2. 2002
Sampling method(s) Supervised and unsupervised classifications and change detection of satellite images
Responsible person(s) Dr. Dethardt Goetze
Regional networks(s) BIOTA West Africa
Related subprojects / workpackages / topics CT3-WP4 Botanical collections in West Africa
Copyright holder Dr. Dethardt Goetze
Restrictions of dissemination (4) Data provider
Start time of protection January 2001
Duration of protection 10 years
Rationale / notes Ongoing utilization for further analyses and publications



Data
Format Erdas Imagine
File name(s) / size(s) Numerous files in the folders "Forest cutting - change detection", 73.5 MB (zipped), "Forest cutting -classifications 1", 96.2 MB (zipped), and "Forest cutting -classifications s", 87.8 MB (zipped)
Software requirements Erdas Imagine
Documentation  
    Format ASCII-Text
    File name(s) Instructions.txt
    Status completed
    Notes
    Related publications Goetze, D., Hörsch, B. & Porembski, S., 2006: Dynamics of forest-savanna mosaics in north-eastern Ivory Coast from 1954 to 2002. - Journal of Biogeography 33: 653-664. Goetze, D., Hennenberg, K. J., Koulibaly, A. & Porembski, S., 2007: Forest-savanna dynamics in Ivory Coast. - In: Dynamics of forest ecosystems in Central Africa during the Holocene: past - present - future, ed. by Runge, J., Palaeoecology of Africa 28: 169-198.



Contact person
Goetze, Dr. Dethardt 
Dep. of Botany, University of Rostock 
Wismarsche Strasse 8 
18051 Rostock
Germany 
Phone: +49 381 498-6206 
Fax: +49 381 498-6202 
dethardt.goetze@uni-rostock.de

Position: Project coordinator

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