The use of Meteosat and GMS imagery to detect burned areas in tropical environments

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-91

  Boschetti, L ^a,b   Brivio, P A ^b   Gregoire, J M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Australia; Burned areas; GMS; Meteosat

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

BURNED AREAS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; FOREST FIRE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; METEOSAT; MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

(CENTRAL); AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0242584842     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00189-X     Document Type: Article

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