Clearcutting in Brazil

This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) image, acquired on 19 April 2011, covers an area about 75 by 120 km over the Mato Gross region in Brazil and highlights large areas of forest clearcutting.

The image was obtained using ASAR’s Alternating Polarisation mode (with VV and VH polarisations). The complete image is available in MIRAVI:
http://hse-asar1.eo.esa.int/srrs/images/2011/04/19/ASA_APM_
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