Forest fire risk zone mapping from satellite imagery and GIS

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Jaiswal, Rajeev Kumar ^a   Mukherjee, Saumitra ^b   Raju, Kumaran D ^c   Saxena, Rajesh ^d  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology Bhopal   (India)

Author keywords

Corridor map; Criterion based analysis; Fire sensitivity; IRS ID LISS III; Remote sensing; Subjective weights

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; GIS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1442263730     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2434(02)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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