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BUDD: Multi-modal Bayesian Updating Deforestation Detections
The global phenomenon of forest degradation is a pressing issue with severe
implications for climate stability and biodiversity protection. In this work we
generate Bayesian updating deforestation detection (BUDD) algorithms by
incorporating Sentinel-1 backscatter and interferometric coherence with
Sentinel-2 normalized vegetation index data. We show that the algorithm
provides good performance in validation AOIs. We compare the effectiveness of
different combinations of the three data modalities as inputs into the BUDD
algorithm and compare against existing benchmarks based on optical imagery