Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 4, 1026(2025)

Review of Multi-Time Resolution Remote Sensing Forest Change Detection Methods

Yudi YANG, Ying GUO*, Xin TIAN, Qingwang LIU, Guoqi CHAI, Jianwen HUANG, Xin LUO, Shuxin CHEN, and Haiyi WANG
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  • Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques,Chinese Academy of Forestry,Beijing100091,China
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    Yudi YANG, Ying GUO, Xin TIAN, Qingwang LIU, Guoqi CHAI, Jianwen HUANG, Xin LUO, Shuxin CHEN, Haiyi WANG. Review of Multi-Time Resolution Remote Sensing Forest Change Detection Methods[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2025, 40(4): 1026

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    Received: Jun. 15, 2025

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    Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: Ying GUO (guoying@ifrit.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.4.1026

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