The 1998 forest fires in East Kalimantan (Indonesia): A quantitative evaluation using high resolution, multitemporal ERS-2 SAR images and NOOA-AVHRR hotspot data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 64-77

  Siegert, Florian ^a   Hoffmann, Anja A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Kekantoran Dinas Kehutanan Tk 1 K ^*  (Indonesia)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADAR IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; SURVEYS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VEGETATION;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON;

REMOTE SENSING;

ERS-2; FOREST FIRE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0034100961     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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