Design of an empirical index to estimate fuel moisture content from NOAA-AVHRR images in forest fire danger studies

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1621-1637

  Chuvieco, E ^a   Aguado, I ^a   Cocero, D ^a   Riano D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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EID: 0038709676     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160210144660b     Document Type: Article

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