Modelling and mapping damage to forests from an ice storm using remote sensing and environmental data

Natural Hazards

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-342

  King, Doug J ^a   Olthof, I ^a   Pellikka, P K E ^b   Seed, E D ^a   Butson, C ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest damage; Ice storm; Remote sensing and environmental data; Spectral and spatial image analysis

Indexed keywords

FOREST; ICE STORM; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20044362979     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-004-1795-4     Document Type: Article

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