A forest fire risk assessment using NOAA AVHRR images in the Valencia area, eastern Spain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2201-2207

  Gonzalez Alonso, F ^a   Cuevas, J M ^a   Casanova, J L ^b   Calle, A ^b   Illera, P ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); FOREST FIRES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX (NDVI);

IMAGE SENSORS;

AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; FOREST FIRE; NATURAL HAZARD; NDVI; NOAA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGING;

SPAIN, VALENCIA;

EID: 0031184149     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697217837     Document Type: Article

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