Classification analyses of vegetation for delineating forest fire fuel complexes in a Mediterranean test site using satellite remote sensing and GIS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3093-3104

  Koutsias, N ^a   Karteris, M ^b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN AGRONOMIC INSTITUTE OF CHANIA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

FOREST FIRE FUEL;

REMOTE SENSING;

FOREST FIRE; FUEL; GIS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

GREECE; HALKIDIKI;

EID: 0043267451     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116021000021152     Document Type: Article

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