An enhanced contextual fire detection algorithm for MODIS

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Giglio, Louis ^a,b   Descloitres, Jacques ^a   Justice, Christopher O ^c   Kaufman, Yoram J ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fire detection; MODIS

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

COOLER FIRES; FIRE DETECTION ALGORITHMS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS);

FIRE DETECTORS;

ALGORITHM; DETECTION METHOD; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ASTER;

EID: 10844238111     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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