DE DAPPER M., GOOSSENS R. & ONGENA T.
The use of Spot images for the assessment and mapping of geomorphology and land degradation by savanisation in a wet-and-dry tropical forested environment (Lubumbashi, Shaba, Zaire)
Abstract
Digital SPOT image processing, combined with conventional panchromatic B&W airphoto interpretation andfield observations, is used to survey and map geomorphological phenomena and land degradation by savanisation in theLubumbashi area(Shaba, Zaire), a typical wet-and-dry tropical forested environment. Thedigiral treatment includes LAI andbiomass calculations, box classification, mask techniques and image strerching.