Fire and smoke observed from the earth observing system MODIS instrument - Products, validation, and operational use

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1765-1781

  Kaufman, Y J ^a   Ichoku, C ^a,b   Giglio, L ^a,b   Korontzi, S ^c,d   Chu, D A ^a,b   Hao, W M ^e   Li, R R ^a,b   Justice, C O ^a,c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; SCANNING; SENSORS; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALGORITHM; BIOMASS BURNING; DETECTION METHOD; FIRE MANAGEMENT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SMOKE;

EID: 0038370121     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160210144741     Document Type: Article

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