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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Annals</journal-id>
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<journal-title>ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9050</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprs-annals-XI-3-2026-565-2026</article-id>
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<article-title>Monitoring Landscape Dynamics via Multitemporal Classification at Comandante Ferraz Station neighborhood, Keller Peninsula, Antarctica</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Nascimento</surname>
<given-names>Eduardo Soares</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7053-1403</ext-link>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>dos Santos</surname>
<given-names>Renato César</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cardim</surname>
<given-names>Guilherme Pina</given-names>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>de Azevedo</surname>
<given-names>Samara Calçado</given-names>
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<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pina</surname>
<given-names>Pedro</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-7961</ext-link>
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<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>da Silva</surname>
<given-names>Erivaldo Antonio</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Graduate Program in Cartographic Sciences (PPGCC), Department of Cartography, School of Technology and Sciences São Paulo State University (FCT-UNESP), 19060-900 Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Department of Cartography, School of Technology and Sciences São Paulo State University (FCT-UNESP), 19060-900 Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Sciences São Paulo State University (FEC-UNESP), 19274-000, Rosana SP, Brazil</addr-line>
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<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Natural Resources, Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), 37500-903, Itajubá, MG, Brazil</addr-line>
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<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra (UC), 3030-790, Coimbra, Portugal</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>08</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>XI-3-2026</volume>
<fpage>565</fpage>
<lpage>571</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Eduardo Soares Nascimento et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>This study examines the landscape dynamics in the region surrounding Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, Keller Peninsula, King George Island, focusing on the quantification of land cover changes over 23 years. Emphasis is placed on the integration of a multitemporal Landsat time series (2001&amp;ndash;2024) within a standardized spatio-temporal data cube framework, coupled with a Random Forest (RF) classification approach. This methodology enables consistent pixel-wise trajectory analysis across seven distinct epochs. The RF models achieved robust performance, with F1-scores for dominant classes like water and soil typically exceeding 0.90, although seasonal snow and ice showed greater spectral ambiguity in transitional months. Quantitative results from the transition matrices reveal a significant landscape reconfiguration: while ice (85.3%) and soil (81.2%) showed high persistence, a prominent trend of deglaciation was identified, characterized by the transition of ice and snow into exposed soil and the emergence of pioneer vegetation communities detected from 2014 onwards. The study demonstrates that the integration of machine learning and data cubes provides a powerful tool for monitoring environmental shifts in high-latitude maritime Antarctica, supporting long-term ecological assessments and climate impact modeling.</p>
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