The potential of spot-vegetation data for fire scar detection in boreal forests

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3681-3687

  Eastwood, J A ^a   Plummer, S E ^a   Wyatt, B K ^a   Stocks, B J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

BOREAL FORESTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPOT VEGETATION; VEGETATION INDEX;

REMOTE SENSING;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPOT; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0032450551     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311698213894     Document Type: Article

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