Forest-fire-scar aging using SPOT-VEGETATION for Canadian ecoregions

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1116-1125

  Amiro, Brian D ^a   Chen, Jing M ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LANDSCAPE;

VEGETATION;

ECOREGION; FOREST FIRE; REMOTE SENSING; SPOT; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CANADA;

EID: 0038565934     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-040     Document Type: Article

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