Using Satellite Remote Sensing for Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Oceanic Islands: the Azores Islands case study.

  • Estado
    CONCLUÍDO
  • Nome
    Rita Godinho Rodrigues
  • Entidade de acolhimento
    CITA-A – Centro de Investigação e Tecnologias Agrárias dos Açores

Objectivo

The main objectives of this doctoral project are:

  • Creating a remote sensing based methodological approach for a multifunctional Land Use and Land Cover mapping in Oceanic Islands
  • Evaluating the efficiency of existing and forthcoming (by simulation) remote sensing data for a multifunctional Land Use and Land Cover mapping in Oceanic Islands
  • Assessing the efficiency of different remote sensing data processing techniques and approaches for a multifunctional Land Use and Land Cover mapping in Oceanic Islands
  • Developing and proposing a multi-sensor approach for a multifunctional Land Use and Land Cover mapping in Oceanic Islands
  • Assessing the efficiency of remote sensing change detection techniques and identifying most relevant LULC changes in Azores Islands from 2000 to 2010
  • Assessing the applicability of LULC models to Oceanic Islands by using the Azores Islands as case-study.