Remote sensing to detect sub-surface peat fires and peat +fire scars in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 98, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 351-358

  Gumbricht, T ^a   McCarthy, T S ^a   McCarthy, J ^a   Roy, D ^a   Frost, P E ^a   Wessels, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; PEATLAND; REMOTE SENSING;

BOTSWANA; OKAVANGO DELTA;

EID: 0036629984     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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