A review of current space-based fire monitoring in Australia and the GOFC/GOLD program for international coordination

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 247-258

  Justice, Christopher O ^a   Smith, Richard ^b   Malcolm Gill, A ^c,d   Csiszar, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Land Administration ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; AVHRR; Satellite fire monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942302224     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf03013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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