Remote sensing of forest fire severity and vegetation recovery

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-136

  White, Joseph D ^a   Ryan, Kevin C ^b   Key, Carl C ^c   Running, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Glacier National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn severity; Classification; Glacier National Park; Landsat Thematic Mapper; Reflectance; Vegetation recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030509068     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9960125     Document Type: Article

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